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No! You cannot "check internal consistency of Scripture" without reading Scripture!
I am only limited to reading Scripture when it comes "to check internal consistency of Scripture".
It is implicit when you "check internal consistency of...
Hi and welcome to Biblical Families. Thank you for the intro, and I pray you and your wife will grow together in the truth of God's Word. Understanding marriage as God sets it out in His Word takes a bit of (un)doing because we've been so deeply...
You are worshipping your opinions and reasoning. You are committing heresy.
That, sir, is blasphemy. Scripture is the very Word of the living and true God, breathed out; πᾶσα γραφὴ θεόπνευστος (2 Tim. 3:16). You have crossed a line with your...
The ironic reality is that most of our practicing families are too busy to engage here as often as the rest of us would like. There are a few that may be able to chime in. This is a question that gets asked a lot.
The best place to get answers...
@MemeFan frequently approaches these issues from the standpoint of practical application and what the average person is likely to do and why.
Many of us are much more focused on the theological and occasionally metaphysical reasonings behind...
Avoiding bigamy difficulties is easy: have only one legal wife.
If you want everyone in the family to have similar rights as a legally married couple then form an LLC and make everyone part of the LLC.
IMHO government licensed marriage is...
Welcome, Jaime and Natalie! I love your intro and your sharing of your experiences.....those resonate with us so much! The modern church is so wayward.....don't even have words for it. It does seem like the plural marriage world is bifurcated...
P.S. I’ve since purchased “A Christian Defense of Polygamy Throughout The Centuries” by J.D. Langton, which is itself a compilation of several texts from Milton, Madan, et al, and am working my way through it.
But to be honest, the real thing...
You are too kind.
Odd in that I am the only one in the group who does not have religion as part of the consideration with respect to my advocacy for polygamy but focuses almost entirely on the practical advantages.
On a sidebar note as another...
Grace and peace, beloved of God.
I have been a bit of a lurker here on BibFam off and on for about a year while my lovely wife and I navigate the prospect of polygyny with prayer and patience, following a providential answer to prayer late last...