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Raymond84:
In the Bible, there are instances of individuals having multiple wives, particularly in the Old Testament. However, it's important to note that the Bible does not explicitly endorse or condemn polygamy. Instead, it records various accounts of individuals who engaged in polygamous relationships, such as King Solomon, who famously had many wives.

While polygamy was culturally accepted in some ancient societies, the New Testament emphasizes the importance of monogamous marriage. For example, in the New Testament, Jesus referred to the divine plan for marriage as being between one man and one woman, citing the Genesis account.

Ultimately, interpretations of biblical teachings on marriage vary among different religious traditions and individuals.

When you use the word "culturally" are you saying it was not of God but of culture of these people, you referred to, and though it was not the will of God but was ok with God, sorry I want to be clear on it.

Image123:
Comedians. Apart from New Testament men of God, off the top of my head, i can mention Abraham, Isaac, and Moses. Except they don't qualify as prophets in his view.

The names you mentioned are all qualified to be called prophets, Abraham was a friend of God acknowledge by God, spoke with God got revelations from God etc, Isaac the father of esau and Jacob, a prayer warrior who prayed till his baren wife Rebekah became a happy mother, Moses spoke with God and was ear and mouth between God and the children of Israel

yewit37486:
Don't waste your time explaining to people who already know what they want to do and are just looking for a way to justify it.

Anyone that wants to marry 100 wives should please go ahead, it wouldn't change the fact that the Bible is clear on it being One man, one wife.

This is the problem with some people, once you are in some sort of discussion or argument with someone and you don't have points to make relevant your discussion or argument, you easily turn personal aggressive or angered.
If the bible is clear on it being one wife one husband prove it with superior argument don't hide from it, after all you are doing the work of God whether you know it or not.

GanagiBitrus:
Judaism permits Polygamy.
Christianity forbids Polygamy.

How? pls explain more

God1000:
Okay, maybe you should read Ephesians 5:31 for more understanding and clarification

Yes the Old Testament allows polygamy but doesn’t encourage it, the new testament on the other hand emphasized more on one man -one wife

What do people actually mean by allowed but not encouraged?
If something is allowed that simply mean that the thing is good, if its not good it should be disallowed. And if its good then it should be encouraged, there is no let's manage it here, if its not good its not good, if its good its good encourage it

oluwaseyi0:
The Bible is so volatile and contradictory that most people literally cherry pick whatever they want from it, it support everything you want

The bible is not contradictory, it is simply that majority of christians have listened, accepted and got themselves Indoctrinated with doctrines that are not consistent with the word of God, so when they are now shown the truth it looked strange to them.

thesicilian:
We didn't attend the same school, I have my own school that I attended, and you have yours.
So if I say I have my own school I attended, does that mean I was the only one in the school?

If I tell my friends I can stay here, I'm going back to my own house, does that mean I'm the only one who lives in the house? Come to think of it, "my own house" doesn't even mean I own the house, it just implies that I have a legal right to use the house. So 40 people can call a house their own house as long as they're legal occupants of the house.

That's the lexical ambiguity I'm talking about.

Jesus never condemned polygamy, most of those in the bible who seemed to condemn it were the overzealous converts who were not even with jesus and tended to apply their personal beliefs in most of their teachings.

Some of the greatest icons in the Bible were polygamists, such as Abraham, Solomon, David etc

And they're all already in heaven while you are here talking about unimportant things like polygamy instead of focusing on the actual teachings of christ like repentance, forgiveness, love etc

Thank you very much, God bless you and oil your grace the more
I wanted to add but your explanation here says it all.

Beverlyjean:
So in ur own words , you will have an erection if u sight a naked lady that's dead

He tried explaining the mentality of those involved, and a natural reaction of a healthy and determined being to you, don't personalized it by trying to bring in his person into this

Carcholce:
Stop disguising. You are simp.

A simp is an awkwardly kind person.

Even you don't think you understood what you said

bonechamberlain:
Ignorant people who don't understand international politics would come here to start the Israeli is powerful anthem.

Firstly it's on record that Iran is the first country to attack Israel directly, destroying some infrastructures. Unlike Israel attacking Iranian proxies.

Secondly - the Israeli's and it's ignorant supporters make so much noise about the Iron dome (a system that cost over 1 billion dollars to build and also very expensive to maintain) but had to depend on Jordanian, UK and the U.S fighter jets and all manner of military assistance to thwart the Iranian attack.

Thirdly, If Israel is going to attack Iran, it would definitely happen with an agreement between Iran, Israel and the U.S. The attack would be to save the Israeli regime from ridicule. The attack by Iran exposed Israel as no one has ever contemplated such direct attacks, leaving that unanswered would be a slap to the Israelis and all their noise about being a super power.

Fourthly - there are so many underground and backdoor diplomatic moves going on between Iran, Israel, the U.S and possibly Russia to prevent escalation. Even before the attack by Iran the aforementioned powers were aware of the attack on time, that's why they were able to intercept those Iranian missiles.

Israel is punching way above it's weight in the international system and I believe this Iranian strike would ensure some brain reset. Even the U.S is becoming tired of Netanyahu and his fellow extremist in West Jerusalem.

You just succeeded in forcing a laugh out of me, with this your analysis. My response is reserved till when the Israelis respond and the veil is opened for all eyes to see the level of destruction inflicted on the iranians, one thing I have come to know about the Israelis is that they keep their promise, and precision is their watch word, but in all these peace is better.

olarent:
We wait them, but the should know clearly that Iran is also a big player in war.

No probs the war when it begins will tell who really is the big player in war

No matter how cheating is defined, no woman should lay the burden of another man's child on another man, to me the mother and baby should locate the father and the supposed new husband, case closed

Rest in peace

Why would things as bad as this not be happening, when you enter social media, especially Facebook that's so common children have access to because almost every body have android phone this days, all you see is porn, before you even flip three pages, what you will see is porn and nothing is being done to stop or reduce its spread by government or any organization.

The church is getting there, amen

Boondocxs:
Imagine this beast
Are you happy you hit a woman
Let's clap for you na, you've shown her your masculinity
Nonsense dead brain men
I hope she presses charges
Make body tell you small since you like to hit women

But its good for the woman to hit the man abi

Na wao, I just tire for some kind tradition

Demiurgos:
Look, i'm not in support of iran here but the main sponsor of terrorism around the world is the US itself. Most of the killings you see in various third world countries are sponsored by them

How explain small

hasyak:
You ask an interesting question.

Hatred is usually caused by mothers, and to some extent, fathers. Polygamy? The truth is, man is polygamous by nature; it's society that's trying to change the narrative. That's why you see baby mamas all over. If a man is capable, why accept his mistresses/baby mamas outside but restrict him from marrying them? Why shame the mothers outside? It should be encouraged, honestly. The benefits outweigh the shortcomings. It gives children legitimacy, secures the women in case of death, and more, which I won't delve into further.

The capacity of the man when it comes to managing two or more women is where the majority of the problems come from. On the women's side, the major problem is their inherent sense to protect their own, and this leads to jealousy and competition.

We first need to accept our shortcomings, then work out a way that protects All..

Thank you

Maks27:
hmm
I’m just trying to be careful
I’m still young and still have a long way to go .
What if something happens in few years and I opt out of the relationship .
Is it not better to carefully end it with her now ( but Omorr I’m in love with this girl )
I’m confused right now

Pls do because it would surely not end well, the earlier you end it the better for you

It is not a surprise, the devil will not fight against its own, it fights against those that refused to be under its control or have agreement with it
Yesterday it was BBC, now YouTube commentaries of diverse nature rushing to fore just to tarnish a name, a work with the culminating point, to bring down the church of Jesus Christ.
I pity those christians that are in support of this because their time is coming to drink from the same cup they served, when you give the devil a weapon don't ever think he would use it only on your enemies, surely he will also use it on you.
Jesus Christ my Lord and savior passed through this and till date, men are still trying hard to find a way in rubbing mud on his name, but that never and would never stop him from being the king of kings and Lord of lords.
To the late servant of God TB Joshua, I greet you with great humility, I thank God for the life you lived and I know all these at the end will only help to spread the name of Jesus Christ and win more souls for the kingdom of God through Jesus Christ amen.

God1000:
haven't they killed enough people already, or the death of over 25,000 people mean nothing to you

This is beyond retaliation now, it is ethnic cleansing

When we start using gramma like this, Somr times I tire what is ethnic cleansing?
25000 deads, what Hamas did was what?

God1000:
that's what I'm saying, two wrongs don't make a right

You don't behave like a terrorist just to make a point, Israel has another agenda entirely regarding this Gaza conflict

You said Israel has another agenda entirely, ok I agree even though I don't agree, but whatever your presumed agenda is, Hamas have that agenda life

frankson1:
You don't "read things in between the line" or maybe you do but don't understand what you read.

The reason why he didn't squander the money was because he had plans to relocate to the UK so he would have needed the money.

Besides, from your second sentence to the 5th doesn't make sense. They're not connected so kindly make the connection.

So if they really were planning to relocate to UK, was 50 million not enough for them to have relocated? All these they have not said a single word of defense of themselves, but by the way 55m was traced by the police to donated 50m is found intact Mr ibu's treatment is in good shape no disruption of any kind, where is the money coming from.

I want to hear them talk their own side of the story before concluding, all these allegations flying up and down,I never hear them talk, Mr ibu himself don dey get strong, the police should charge the case to court so that everyone that has what to say can speak out, let this issue come to an end.

Courz:
SCOAN paid agents don full Nairaland. They are trying their hardest to sway people's opinion from believing the people that exposed TB Joshua. A Real Cult move. This makes this Cult dangerous. I have been seeing multiple threads trying to spoil the image of those that exposed their god TB Joshua.This tells you how his members are not normal. Long term Brainwashing will make you no longer know what is right and wrong. You will no longer reason like a human. You can see that not one single member sympathised with the victims of his atrocities. They keep pointing at the money he has used to blind many. They don't know that their actions so far are helping to prove the eyewitnesses in the documentary right. As long as your god TB Joshua has been exposed, you must play dirty and try to be manipulative to make people doubt eye witnesses that exposed him. I know this tactics all too well. Why do all Cults operate the same way? If you people like, create 100 threads to try to manipulate the public the same way TB Joshua brainwashed all of you there, it won't remove that Documentary exposing him. We are not Brainwashed like you people o. Our brains are in tact and when we see evil we know. That documentary will continue to be a stain in your image as long as you all live. God Almighty has decided to step in and expose Evil.

THAT SIMPLY MEAN TELL THAT YOU ARE PAID AGENT OF BBC and their BACKERS.

Empresa:
Persuade SCOAN to drag BBC to court, then you will see evidence that will shock you. Sharp sharp his wife have started doing miracles, who teach her? Who is her spiritual father?

TB Joshua couldn't answer these two questions till he died

Can you pls tell us the spiritual father of prophet Elijah?

themainman600:
were you deaf while watching when they said they weren't allowed to use phones

And to you that was enough evidence to be based on.

nairalee:
I hate it when people use sentiments to dismiss serious investigations. If your daughter is among the victims that either died or were raped will u dismiss the report with your left hand?

Don't worry serious accusations without evidence are coming for you, don't complain when people take side against you, what you give expect it back one way or the other

bennybuhari:
This cant happen in Nigeria

Its already happening

Lastmankc:
Since AJ start avoiding buhari,he starts winning again.

I knew someone will say this or close to this

Andrelade:
Since the war started ,how many Hamas have you been able to kill or arrest apart from the children and woman and innocent people you have been killing .While not say, the war will not end untill you kill all the Palestinians and take their land .
Is it not a shame on you that even the few hostages you collected was negotated for ?You beg Hamas to release them .Despite all the destrution and killing, you and your brainless fighters have not been able to free one of the captured people on your own .This shows you are nothing but a failure . Israelite are waiting for your head .Mad man Netanyahu!!!!
Can you tell us while the Jews attacked and kill Isreal christian worshippers just yesterday in Tel Aviv?
Some foolish people here in my country think you all mad jew Isrealites give a damn about Jesus.The dont know the Jew call Jesus a thief and they are always proud of nailling him to the wood .
May the blessing and Mercy of God be with Jesus the Messiah where ever he is presently .Amen.
And may the mad people that call Jesus receive healing with no relapse
Amen

I think you need this Jesus Christ to get you cleans from this madness that is about to eat you up