Polygamy---Commanded by God in the Old Testament or Tolerated?

[_Yoda]

Charity,

Do you believe that plural marriage will be required of everyone in the Celestial Kingdom, or that it will be the exception rather than the rule?

Edited to add----I would like to thank Charity for participating on this thread. I invited her to post on this thread because I wanted her view.

This is an issue I am very confused about.

Thank you, Charity. :)

[_charity]

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Liz promised me a respectful discussion here. You just broke her promise.

[_charity]

You haven't a friggin clue. I cannot believe you have the foggiest notion of what you think you are talking about.

Each of your ridiculous points are diametrically contrary to history. There is no documentation to demonstrate a trend toward any of your conjecture.

You can't prove it because the proof does not exist.

If I demonstrate valid documentation to the contrary you will simply cease commenting and attack something else you are whofully ignorant about.

What I posted is from the journals of the women involved. You anti's seem to want to ignore what the actual experience was of these women and tell them how they should have felt.

Of course, not every experience was positive. I suppose you want to eliminate monogamous marriage, too, because there are failures.

[_charity]

Charity,

Do you believe that plural marriage will be required of everyone in the Celestial Kingdom, or that it will be the exception rather than the rule?

Edited to add----I would like to thank Charity for participating on this thread. I invited her to post on this thread because I wanted her view.

This is an issue I am very confused about.

Thank you, Charity. :)

I don't know, liz. I know many men who have had only one wife. President Hinckley is one. My brother-in-law, a righteous man, who preceeded his wife in death. There are others, such as Elder Nelson and Elder Oaks who have been married plurally. There are men I know personally, who have been married plurally due to the death of their first wife.

I really do not know how that is going to be. If there are women who need husbands, I would not want to be so selfish as to deny them an eternal existence in the celestial kingdom because I was not willing to share my husband.

I really do think that dancer's "evolved" humanity is really de-volved. Plural marriage isn't about extra sexual partners. Plural marriage is about pure love.

[_Yoda]

I really do not know how that is going to be. If there are women who need husbands, I would not want to be so selfish as to deny them an eternal existence in the celestial kingdom because I was not willing to share my husband.

Why would you feel that this would fall on your head? Why would a just and loving God allow something like that to happen?

What about men who can't get to the CK without a wife? Should the situation be allowed in reverse? What about a woman who has a first husband who dies? Suppose she marries someone when she is young. They have no children. She remarries, and has children with the second husband. She can only be sealed to the first. The children currently go to the first husband. How is this right?

If the situation was reversed, the man would be able to have both wives and the children. If men and women are equal, why could this situation not exist the other way around?

[Guest]

You haven't a friggin clue.

What I posted is from the journals of the women involved...

Charity,

Are you busy researching to back up these unsustainable comments or are you going to let these whoppers go too?

This is the reason why you are not taken seriously by many members here. Most of your opinions are formulated out of the vast library of fiction contained only in your mind.

You state trends as if they were backed up by solid evidence, yet there is little to substantiate your claims.

You can do better than this.

[_Yoda]

(Moderator Note) Guys....Shades set up this forum with a few more strict rules in mind. He was once quoted as saying that "in this forum, when you disagree, it should be polite disagreement, like you might have with your grandmother."

I'm not trying to discourage heated debate...but let's keep the heat focussed on the topic rather than on individuals. Liz

Speaking as "Liz the poster", I appreciate all of the views. Most of you know where I stand with this and how conflicted I have felt about this issue, so I really do want to encourage all viewpoints here. Thanks for making this a very interesting thread.

[_Trevor]

(Moderator Note)
Hey, Trev...this comment was rather snide for the Celestial Forum. Do me a favor and let's keep things on the up and up, OK? Thanks! Liz

Well, guess I better check out, because I have little tolerance for a syrupy defense of polygamy that cannot stand a confrontation with unpleasant facts.

[_Inconceivable]

[color=red](Moderator Note) Guys....Shades set up this forum with a few more strict rules in mind. He was once quoted as saying that "in this forum, when you disagree, it should be polite disagreement, like you might have with your grandmother."

Well, that explains it. My grandma was nearly deaf. There was always a lot of yelling.

[_Yoda]

(Moderator Note)
Hey, Trev...this comment was rather snide for the Celestial Forum. Do me a favor and let's keep things on the up and up, OK? Thanks! Liz

Well, guess I better check out, because I have little tolerance for a syrupy defense of polygamy that cannot stand a confrontation with unpleasant facts.

I don't have a problem with the confirmation of unpleasant facts. TD has done that throughout the thread. You are welcome to do the same, and I encourage it. Just keep the personal barbs in check. That's all I ask.