Christian Polygamy; What Does the Term Mean?

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But it doesn’t mean that at all. The fact of the matter is that it doesn’t mean anything, its just another illusion to justify a human desire.</div> <bR> <div> The Biblical patriarchs practiced polygamy for economic, social and political reasons. Religion had nothing to do with it. To say polygamy is biblical is to say incest, rape and murder is biblical. You can find it all in the Bible. See the books of Jonathan Kirsch: <I>The Woman Who Laughed At God - Moses, A Life - King David, The Real Life Of The Man Who Ruled Israel - </I>and - <I>The Harlot By The Side Of The Road, </I>it will open your mind and eyes. </div> <bR> <div> Did you know that Moses did not write the first five books of the Bible, and that like King Arthur, Moses is very likely a mythical person?</div> <bR> <div> The best that the Christian polygamists can do is say that the Bible does not prohibit plural marriage. So what? King David had a son who raped his sister and was never punished. Therefore, could we say the Bible does not prohibit incest and rape? </div> <bR> <div> Once again I refer to the wisdom of the founding fathers and deism, which does not accept the premise that the Bible is revelation, but a history. Nor did the deists believe that God gave revelations to any man. </div> <bR> <div> One last remark about our Founding Fathers. Wilford Woodruff had a dream where a few of the Founding Fathers came to him and wanted to become Mormons, so he had all the signers of the Declaration of Independence baptized in a Mormon ritual called, Baptism for the Dead. As a result, many Mormons behave as if the Constitution is a Mormon document and everything Mormon, including plural marriage, is constitutional. I suppose that notion is good for Mormon self esteem, but once again, a real stretch of the imagination.<I> </I></div> <bR> <div> To say that polygamy is biblical is just another ploy to induce men and women to accept plural marriage.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arrus BT" >Contact me at:  </FONT><A HREF="mailto:webmaster@polygamyversuscommonsense.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:webmaster@polygamyversuscommonsen"><U>webmaster@polygamyversuscommonsense.com</U></A> .                                                                            <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arrus BT" ><B>Copyright 2004 John R. Llewellyn and Power Link ISP, Inc. 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