There are sects, like some Mormons, who are polygamous. There are some free-spirited Christians who are also polygamous (although not in an organised way, just more of a wanting-to-get-rocks-off way
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about monogamy being unnatural-- personally, i wonder how realistic it is to expect to find someone to be life partners with for 60 years or so. i mean, when life expectancies were shorter, maybe this wasn't so much of an issue. It's just that people can change so much during the course of their lives; i think "serial monogamy" might be more realistic.
i think that the biblical abraham and sarah were married for a good long while, but even then, he had a kid by her handmaiden. does that count as polygamy?
well, i do understand this view, but haven't you ever seen people who just got married for the wrong reasons? do you mean that you do not accept divorce?
There are many Churches who do accept divorce because of the "wrong reasons". Even Catholics do, although it takes some paperwork. People are flawed, after all. But if we're speaking in ideals, I think grace_of_spades summed that up well.
ah. well, if we are speaking in ideals and principles, then i can get behind that. so... do you think that churches who don't accept divorce are being sort of unnecessarily fundamentalist? or making a mistake in holding mere humans to a perfect ideal?
i think that the biblical abraham and sarah were married for a good long while, but even then, he had a kid by her handmaiden. does that count as polygamy?
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