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StillDtruth:Once again. David's sin was not being polygamous. His sin was adultery and murder. Saul sin before God was not being polygamous , it was disobedience to God's commands to do exterminate the Amalekites. Polygamy is not a sin and in some cases he mandated it so that a deceased widow is taken care of and the deceased man's name can continue to live on. Nevertheless, it is clear that God's preference is monogamy because it has a better chance of reducing the chaos strife and disruption that polygamous households can come with. Paul even said that it is good for a man not to marry in Ist Corinthians 7: 1-16. But so as to reduce immorality, men should marry their own wife's and women their own husband's. Why don't men then follow Paul's advice and not marry it all. Since he said that that is the good thing. When looking at scriptures you must look at it comprehensively so that you have a balanced perspective and not just take one or two verses and begin to make bold and erroneous claims that can't stand up to scrutiny. If God gave David multiple wives and said he would have even given him more if he asked for it, then God will have sinned against himself if you say that Polygamy is not a sin. It is a preference and not a sin. Celibacy, Monogamy, Polygamy are all human preferences. That is where it begins and that is where it ends. Your marital status is not a determinant of your spiritual relationship with God Paul als |
StillDtruth:You are either very dense or justvthrowing red heerings. The subject matter is polygamy and not real estate. Meanwhile, the King did not by the Virtue of his position own ALL the real estate in Israel. That is why Ahab first tried to buy the land from Naboth. When he refused to sell, Jezebel had Naboth set up and killed. Saul's wives were the ones he married. The women of Israel were not his because he was Kind over them. Just like Bathsheba was Uriah's wife and not automatically David's because he was king. Go and learn and stop making a fool of yourself |
StillDtruth:You are not saying any thing worthy. Wether deliberately or you can't understand it. You are not debating the salient points. The fact is that in matters such as this context is extremely important. The letters of Paul, the responses of Jesus and the doings of the patriarchs all had a socio cultural background to them that can't be ignored. For instance take the issue of eating of unclean animals. Peter was teaching that they not be eaten...until God taught him otherwise. Paul's letters were a response to events in the church at that time. They were not written in isolation and were clearly addressed to certain groups of individuals in response to certain events that were ongoing. You are ignoring context and unable to see the whole picture and not interested in having a balanced discussion. Therefore it's a waste of time. Once again. Polygamy is not a sin against God...because he himself said he gave David wives and would have given him more if he asked. If it was a sin, it would mean that God himself sinned against himself. Not one scripture passage did God condemn anyone for marrying more than one wife. And their many instances were polygamous men were in very loving relationships with him. Jesus himself said marriage ends here on earth...for like the angels who do not marry that is how we will be in heaven. Marriage is not at the core of man's relationship with God. It is a human activity for multiplying the species and providi h support for the offspring and parents during their time here on earth. |
StillDtruth:Do you even know that Polygamy became mandatory for a man if his brother died? He was required by Jeswish custom to marry his brothers widow and sleep with her and have her have children. Do you know that God punished by death someone who married his brothers widow but was cunningly avoiding to impregnate her? Bro your knowledge about this thing is limited. Go and learn |
Big man outside, cry cry baby inside house. A whole African, Nigerian, Lagos Man wey dey cry dey kneel down dey beg Olosho...unto wetin na. You fall men hand no be small. Just be happy with your wife and become strong on your weaknesses. It is well with you |
Westerhoffe:Don't mind the guy. People do only surface level thinking. If God did not command anywhere not to marry more than one wife, and had very healthy loving relationships with men that had more than one and even says that it was he who gave one of such men many wives and if he wanted more, all he needed to do was ask....how than can you say polygamy is a sin. Polygamy and monogamy are human preferences in intersexual relations. Both have merits and demerits according to the times and environments where they are practiced. What God judges an individual by is the condition of your heart towards him and How you treat other human beings. You can be monogamous and be a wicked soul. You can be polygamous and be wicked. You can be monogamous and be a righteous person. You can be polygamous and be a Neighbour's person. Everything marriage ends here on earth, it has no bearing in heaven. |
StillDtruth:Menn na wa. You just dey jump from one argument to the other. Go read 1st Samuel 12 especially verse 7 to 9. Gods own words through the prophet Nathan. He said I gave you your master's wives..if that was not enough and you wanted more, I would have given you more. This is the clearest evidence that Polygamy is not a sin against God. God gave David multiple wives...if it was wrong in his sight...God will not do so and express his willingness to give him more if he wanted. In all this, I am sure you have not bothered to even ask yourself, what exactly is Sin. Since you like to Google, Google Harmatiology and learn. Marrying many wives is not a sin. Adultery is the sin. Which actually is stealing another man's property. God certainly preferred a monogamous marriage. But the simple truth is that the number of wives a man marries has zero bearing on his relationship with God. You can be a Polygamist and love God whole heartedly and do his will and God loves you return.. You can be a monogamous and be an abomination before God. You can be a Polygamist and be abhorrent to God. It is your character and actions that will determine. This is the balanced teaching that Jesus taught. "The law of Moses permitted you to divorce your wife because of the hardness of your heart...but it was not so in the beginning." These are Jesus very own words. What the law of Moses that was given to him directly by God permitted can not be a sin. |
StillDtruth:Too many English. No substance. Let me leave you to you. |
StillDtruth:No way. Stop twisting. Saul was dead. David inherited his wives. Saul was not alive. David slept and impregnated Bathsheba when Uriah was alive. ( he was already married to multiple women and already had many children from various wives and concubines) before meeting bathsheba. His sin was adultery and murder. Not polygamy. |
Veecruz:If God gave David the wives of Saul his master after his death. And then was angry with David for taking Uriah's wife and killing him...you should be able to simply deduce that Polygamy is not a sin against God. Coveting and taking your Neighbour's wife is the sin. Go check the judgement for David's sin. It was devastating. My claim ab initio is that Polygamy is not a sin against God and monogamy is not the standard for righteousness. There is no where in the Bible where God forbids a man from marriage to more than one woman. Paul was advising men not to marry because of the benefits of being free from the burdens and responsibilities that marriage comes with that limits a person from being fully devotedto God. Catholic Priests follow his advice and do not. Those who marry do not sin. Those who don't are not automatically righteousness. Do not multiply wives to yourself simply means do not abuse your powers as a King to be marrying as many wives as you wish for because you have wealth, power and fame. God might prefer man to do a certain thing but may allow him to do something else. It does not mean it is a sin against God. From Jesus own statement, it is clear that God's preference is monogamy...but the realities of the world ( survival and preservation) and the nature of man allows men to marry more than one and this Polygamy is not evil in God's sight. It is not a sin against God. That is the true and balanced teaching of the Bible. Many men that God favored and exalted were polygamist. In the books of the new testament we don't hear too much details of the family lives of the main characters because that was not the focus of those books. They were accounts of the life and redemptive work of Jesus. Letters to various churches and eschatology. Kings and Bishops are advised not to multiply wives because their position requires discipline and focus on communal affairs that the chaos and tension that Polygamy comes with can be a real and unwanted distraction. Please don't use Google answers for me. You as a lawyer knows the value of credible sources to back claims. I studied Jewish religious law as so many thousands of theologians. It does not make us lawyers. The bible itself records Paul as a tent maker. I for one have zero desire to marry more than one wife or for my kids to have any step siblings. I don't own a farm where I need more free labour nor do I own a large pasture of flock where I need more hands. The chaos of Polygamy is not attractive to me in any way. But if life happens and I have to marry more than one...I know I have not sinned against God in any way shape or form. I mentioned that I was trained in religious studies just so you don't give flippant answers to me. It was you that was trying to impress with your law degree saying you seperate truths from lies....as if that is what lawyers really do. That a lawyer means that you are trained in logical reasoning. If that is the case you ought to know that it is impossible to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Polygamy is a sin against God from the Christian scriptures. |
Veecruz:When David was condemned by God for killing Uriah...he was told that "I gave you you masters wives...if you wanted more, I would have given you." These were God's very own words via the mouth of Nathan his prophet. If God himself gave David multiple wives and was willing to give him more if he asked, how then would polygamy be a sin before him? Answer this question or just say nothing more. Paul was not a lawyer. Stop saying B.S. He learned the Torah under Gamaliel just like an aspiring Reverend today would learn the Old Testament scriptures. He was a tent maker by profession. Stop reading your own meaning into scripture passages. Let the passages speak for them selves. And who said Lawyers prove truth and lies? Don't make me laugh. A lot of you are the most dishonest bunch of human beings that were ever created. Most of you look for loop holes in events and arguments to create doubt and let the guilty go scotsfree and have little or no regard for the truth...as long as you get paid for twisting the truth. Who you want dey impress? |
Veecruz:That was to the person who will become King of Israel and it also said not to multiply gold and silver to himself.. so by your logic, being rich should be a sin. Paul also recommended christians not to marry at all. I hope you read your Bible well. Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry. But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her . 1st Corinthians vs 7: 8-9. So in your illogical way of thinking. Marriage for a man is a sin...because Paul said so. Context is very important when reading the scriptures. Friendly advice...the person you are talking to spent 5 years of is life in a classroom in a University studying Religion. So you better be sure of of what you are saying. |
This is the truth. Polygamy is not a sin against God. Monogamy is not righteousness. Marriage begins and ends here on earth. There is no marriage in heaven said Jesus. |
yewit37486:The only verse that actually backs one man one wife came from the mouth of Jesus. When he said Moses permitted you to marry more than one wife because of the hardness of your heart, but it was not so from the beginning. Meaning, polygamy was not God's plan all along. Nevertheless, it is permissible and not a violation of any commands. Therefore it is not a sin in any way shape or form. But, then the argument can then be made that if the original intention of God was monogamy then becoming born again should mean man operates on the original will of God. But then the fact remains that polygamy is not a sin and monogamy is not righteousness. Sin and Righteousness are both independent of both and that is why Jesus said there is no marriage in heaven. Marriage begins and ends here on earth. In heaven we all become single for life. |
thesicilian:Men your sense dey very complete. Personally, I do not have any desire to have more than one wife because of the headaches that polygamy brings. One woman alone is chaos,not to talk of two or three jealous women who will compete with each other and recruite their children to do the same. In fact , it was to avoid this chaos and let the man of God focus on his ministry that Paul advised ministers not marry at all sef. I really like your explanation of the lexical ambiguity and I've learned something on this forum today. |
DEGREE2466:Find less privileged to give. No be me you go see inside that kain car. You want sell car for 3.5 million. You no get sense to so small paint job on the trims to make it look decent. Stay dense!!! |
michlins:You will never know how important well paved roads are to the growth of any economy. Why are you arguing that politicians don't steal money for projects when this is a recurring theme. The USA is a whole continent on its own but the roads are paved from your doorstep to another doorstep as far as 23 hours away....why do you think delivery businesses like Amazon can thrive? Go and learn more. That is my advice to you and stop defending crooked politicians |
Topman7:I hope you know that the whole of Nigeria is just about the size of Texas...just one state out of 50 +1 ( Hawaii ) of the USA. So if you think you don't know what I am saying, pack well. Just last month, my entire neighborhood had its roads re-tarred. No fan fare, no begi begi nothing...just because we complained of some peeling off of the granite in just one small spot in one of the streets. It was done three days...the entire neighborhood of about 8 streets. There is no excuse for corruption. Stop making needless comparisons. I said Nigeria is getting broke everyday. I carely |
Topman7:Now Imagine traveling from the doorsteps of your house to another city 24 hours away and the roads are like this from the beginning yo the end. Some may not be as fresh looking...but they are tarred and lines are marked from your house to your destination. That is what you experience in the USA and this is what all our stolen monies should be spent on. We have no business with untarred roads in Nigeria with the kinds of money we had. Now Nigeria is getting broker day by day. |
Painful to see. A man must learn to manage his temper especially in this western world where the system can drive any body to despair and quiet desperation. I have been mocked, taunted, abused, ridiculed, derided , scorned by very prayerful very religious christians to such an extent that I almost turned my back on God if not that I knew him so well before migrating. God said I should " be still ", not defend myself and must not confront anyone and let him fight for me. It was extremely tough and painful to keep quiet when all sorts of wicked lies and false malicious gossip were being peddled against me....but I did and the results were amazing. God vindicated me in many beautiful ways and I sometimes pray that he forgives those people...because of the severity punishment he meted out to them. |
Better go and dash someone this your scrap wey you dey give undeserved praise soo. Abi eye dey pain you. How does this car fit into what is clearly " good looking" |
May God have mercy on us. Thank God for his help. See-finish is one of the worst things that can happen to a man with his wife and inlaws. Especially when you have done nothing to merit the see finish. |
Exousiang01:You also want them to use their brain more than their brawn or else they will end up the same way as a tool in the eyes of the smart Retreat is part of warfare tactics. |
hookupagent1:Stop smoking Igbo and taking tramadol. You will be alright |
He was not meant to satisfy them. They were meant to satisfy him. |
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healthkknatural:I will never forget my experience in 2006 in Kano to be exact. I was falsely accused of peeing in an uncompleted building which turned out to be a small village mosque under construction. The man accosted me to ask if I had peed in the uncompleted building and I vehemently said no. That instead I was ko where near the building because I was riding a bicycle touring the village as we awaited the preparation of our lodge by the corners liaison officer. The man said " I am greatly relieved that your answer was No or else I would have been obliged to kill you if you confirmed that you were the one who peed inside the uncompleted building as the other villagers had said. " The man added " I would have killed you and absolutely nothing will happen" Throughout my stay in that town , I felt like a chicken walking among human beings that could be slaughtered at any time. That's the only reason I did not stay back in Kano after wards. E don tey wey God don dey save me!!! He said he was |
Trap. |
Certainly under the influence of drugs. Drug usage actually makes you vulnerable to demonic possession as your mind cant be gaurded when you are inoxicated. Gradually the lines become blurred and the demon takes over fully. Nobody everybody dey normal these days. Na to just dey waka jeje. And observe wella. |
EreluRoz:You have a point but do you know that a lady choosing to work, deprives the man of more time to explore other business opportunities when the kids have arrived. Because both are working , both also have to jointly take babysit the kids...to the man's disadvantage. |
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.Same thing you should know. After 5 years of Law and Law school, we lawyers never stop reading and learning and proving Truths or Lies, whichever is in issue..
