tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762465.post7023906592294848376..comments2023-09-28T06:26:07.114-04:00Comments on Hugh McBryde (<i>the Modern Pharisee</i>): John Witte of Emory gets polygamy right, and wrong.Hugh McBrydehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16926516260588481185noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762465.post-22176877016305360652008-06-22T03:10:00.000-04:002008-06-22T03:10:00.000-04:00Aw, you noticed.Aw, you noticed.Hugh McBrydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16926516260588481185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762465.post-60736151449067109762008-06-22T03:07:00.000-04:002008-06-22T03:07:00.000-04:00Mr. Witte also asserted the following:"In the Jude...Mr. Witte also asserted the following:<BR/><BR/>"In the Judeo-Christian tradition, monogamy came with the giving of the law on Mount Sinai—613 commandments that comprised the Torah. The Torah has a whole series of laws making it clear that marriage is defined as the union of a man and a woman."<BR/><BR/>Uh, yes, marriage is defined as being between a man and a woman ... but it most definitely is NOT defined as a man with ONLY one wife. Where are these laws? I haven't found them.<BR/><BR/>What I have found are laws which stipulate that:<BR/><BR/>1) If a man take another wife, his first wife's allotment of food, clothing and sex will not be reduced.<BR/><BR/>2) If a man have two wives and he love one more than the other and the less-loved wife has born his first-born, that first-born's rights as the first-born are to be respected.<BR/><BR/>3) If a man lay with an unbetrothed woman, he shall marry her and not be able to divorce her. (Hint: There is no condition for him to be single.)<BR/><BR/>4) If a man die without a son, his brother take his widow as wife and raise up an heir of his brother. (Hint: There is no condition for him to be single.)<BR/><BR/>Etc., etc., etc..<BR/><BR/>Now if it were true that the Law of God (which is perfect and just and holy and a lamp unto our feet and pure and utterly righteous) ... now if it were true that this Law enjoined monogamy-only, how is it that David, for example, could be a polygynist and it be declared of him that "he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of his life - except in the case of Uriah the Hittite"?<BR/><BR/>Come on, Mr. Witte. Read your Bible - and please start with Matthew 15 and Mark 7 where we are warned against following the traditions of men instead of the Law of God.Disciplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07869409191010505307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762465.post-72443286491798006952008-06-22T02:39:00.000-04:002008-06-22T02:39:00.000-04:00The author's assertion that polygyny is "just plai...The author's assertion that polygyny is "just plain wrong" is so brainless it leaves me gasping for breath as it were. To declare that something is "just plain wrong" shows that there really is NO INTELLECTUALLY LEGITIMATE BASIS for that declaration.<BR/><BR/>Question: Why is polygyny wrong?<BR/><BR/>Answer: Because it's wrong! That's why!<BR/><BR/>Wow!Disciplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07869409191010505307noreply@blogger.com