11-23-2003, 07:32 AM | #81 | |
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11-23-2003, 08:37 PM | #82 | |
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11-23-2003, 09:04 PM | #83 | |
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11-24-2003, 06:36 PM | #84 | |
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Interesting thread you've got going. Since I have a direct interest in this subject, as well as some needed informatin, I'm posting a rather long reply:
I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormons. We have participated in polygamy in the 1800's, which was partly based on ancient prophets like Abraham and Jacob from the Bible. One of our basic beliefs is that there are prophets today, good, inspired men chosen by God to tell us what His will for us is. We follow these leaders willingly after first asking God for ourselves to know the truth of their calling. We believe that at some points in history it was God's will that a few specific families practiced polygamy, but only when this was directly authorized by God himself, and for various reasons each time. I've read first-hand accounts of women who were involved in polygamy in the early settlement of Utah, and they were very intelligent, involved in society, and happy. One woman was able to attend college and become a doctor as a result of the other wives being willing to care for her children. No one was forced to participate. As has been stated, we no longer participate in this practice, mostly because it is against the law and another of our core beliefs is that "we believe in . . . obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law". This is the official position of the Church, and our prophet has said this about polygamy: Quote:
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I was going to start a thread on this, but I see there's a very interesting one already. In "The Official US Presidential Election" thread, JD and I started talking about polygamy. This was part of the last post on the subject:
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I beleive it says in the Koran that you can have up to four wives but they must all be treated equally.
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