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For your point to be right, God would've had to play a passive role or show a type of concern that was negative towards polygamy. My Genesis reference doesn't say God just watched or He was bothered by a woman trying to get the affection of a guy that's already married. Instead, we see that...

I don't see that as being enough and I think that can be seen based on some of the reasons why Paul wrote letters to various Churches. As various issues popped up after Jesus's death, Paul often wrote to reassure, correct, and instruct these Churches when issues would pop up. Fast forward to...

Not exactly encouraging in the sense of telling someone to take two wives, but the Bible shows that God was okay with it in other ways. I explained this by referencing the story about Jacob and his wives and how God intervened. You're forgetting that exception clause for divorce (except for...

What leads you to believe that? Is there a passage in there or something else?

@Scooter If this was the only thing God said about marriage in the Bible, then I'd agree with you. It would mean that there's only one male and female in a marriage and if you really want to follow what it says, then we could even say that the man can only have one marriage in his lifetime...

How can we know this? We can theorize what this would look like. For instance, why wasn't this revealed from the start? It took centuries for the canon to be formed and agreed upon. Men deliberated and debated on it which is another thing that I wouldn't expect if revelation was given.

That's true. I wonder if there were more than 4 gospels then. I know the Gospel of Thomas and others were used by some Christians. Really, this is one big problem in Christianity, the selection of books, like who says that God can't inspire people who aren't apostles? Who says that the Canon...

From the above article: Sure, every instance of polygamy practice in the Bible had problems. But does that make all polygamous marriages immoral or is the issue just the way it is practiced (which means it can be practiced different ways, good and bad)? The author doesn't consider this point...

Source: https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/does-the-bible-permit-polygamy My response will be in the next post. I welcome all others to chime in.

True. At best, we can use Justin Martyr to say that all 4 Gospels existed by his time, but he does not say specifically that John was the author of any of them. I think Irenaeus was the first one to specify that John wrote a gospel. Here's one perspective: Source...

I believe many Christians view the Jews and their state as being part of prophecy, and that leads to them always taking the side of Israel over the Arabs. I remember when I was a Christian, I also had this same feeling and thinking, and it made me think that Israel could do no wrong. But now...

Irenaeus not only talks about Polycarp being old, but very old. This leads me to believe that he was passed 60. 60 isn't that old. I'm thinking a lot of the people in leadership were also well taken care of. They would've had an entire community supporting them, making sure they ate well...

In my view, it's almost like trying to make much out of little, and that tends to lead to stretching the truth. In my view, here's the strongest evidence for John being the author, or at least some other eyewitness: 1. John 21:20 and 24... the author identifies himself as an eyewitness 2...

Interesting. Would be good if you can have one that's long enough so that you can experiment. Used to listen to a radio show called Coast To Coast Am that always had guest on that I talked about obes, travelling to the astral plane, and even yanking people out of their body. All fascinating stuff.

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