When I was little I could communicate in Italian and Japanese, but, alas, I no longer remember them.

martin wrote:
Is there a need for secondary/high school level Christian schools for the homeschooling community? I think many families would be stretched to provide a broad academic programme for their children at that level? What is the preference of homeschooling families?

Susanna wrote:
i dont have a pastor.

bernie wrote:
There comes a point of no return in a sinner's life, by repeatedly denying the truth, they sear their own conscience, unable to discern right from wrong....

May God richly bless and keep the blood bought brothers and sisters who rightly divide His word.

You have not shown us where in the OT or the NT that God specifically says that a man is to only have one wife. You have ignored our references where He not only blesses a man with multiple wives, but He actually refers to Himself as having two wives.

bernie wrote:
These polygamists are blinded by their sin.... They have never been humbled by Almighty God, cried out for forgiveness, repented... Their hearts remain unchanged.

The argument that it was always one man and one woman should be evident throughout Scripture, both OT and NT. However, we don't find that to be true. The very man, Moses, who wrote about Adam and Eve was, himself, a polygamist.

How about Abraham? God made a promise to him about his seed. We are also told how righteous his faith was. Yet he too was a non-repentant polygamist.

Dr. Phil wrote:
(except for an occasional deluded female)

Faithful Remnant wrote:
Open to all believers. A simple confession of "I believe Jesus is the Son of God" from the eunuch was all that Phillip needed to baptize him and I believe it is all that is needed to be welcomed at Communion.

The idea of making it a members only tradition seems, to me, to be missing the point of remembering Christ's sacrifice for ALL of us.

Walt wrote:
Adelphos,
You are a serious deceiver on this site. Your promotion of polygamy leads to terrible sex slavery for these women.

I am a woman and am very aware of how wives are treated within a Christian polygamist family. None of the women I know are sex slaves. They entered into the relationships on their own free will. They were all consenting adults when they fell in love with and married their husband. There was neither pressure from a church group or religious misconceptions of holiness. They entered into the union because they were in love and wanted to. In every instance both women knew about each other. The first wife was not bowled over by her husband or forced to accept another wife in the family. Actually it is usually the first wife who seeks out a second for her husband (and it has absolutely NOTHING to do with lesbianism).

Dr. Phil wrote:
Apostle Paul by the Spirit of God tells us that an elder of the church should be "the husband of ONE WIFE". (1 Tim. 3:2)

I'm not a Mormon, so I can't say what they teach.

However, I have seen Christian polygamist families, and I have seen the kind of leadership that it takes. They are good men that take care of their family, and love their wives and children, and are more well-adjusted than the average monogamous family.

Dr. Phil wrote:
Let's talk about shameless power lustful fornicators. adulterers, and pedophiles selectively using OT scripture...

As for polygamy, it is good and righteous, when entered into the proper way, just the same as monogamy.

Observation Post wrote:
Twain means two. Paul confirms in Eph 5:31.

"Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For "the two," He says, "shall become one flesh." 1 Corinthians 6:16-17

Thus, Paul indicates that a man can be one with his wife at the same time as with a harlot.

Observation Post wrote:
YES HE IS in His immortal spirit reality, not our mortal carnal reality.

[QUOTE]You cannot take an allegory which God intended to be interpreted and understood spiritually and use it to justify mortal carnality.I am not stating that God is in fact practicing polygamy. What I am saying is that in an allegory He has referred to Himself as having two wives. He has not done that in reference to any sins, for example homosexuality.

Do you not see how that works? God can not say that polygamy is a sin AND use an allegory in which He is practicing it.

[QUOTE]Question for you: At the time of this allegory do you believe there were no men alive in Samaria and Judah... only women and only one in each kingdom? After all the allegory does state two women.... right?Of course I don't believe that. Do you? An allegory is a symbolic representation of a spiritual meaning.

Observation Post wrote:
Pay attention please....
Which things are an allegory:

(which obviously none of you men are able to discern)

That is the part of the allegory to which I am referring to. God is plainly stating that He has two wives. Of course, we all know that in reality He is not actually married to anyone. However, He is using this allegory to explain something. He has never used an allegory where He is commiting a sin (that's not a possibility with Him for obvious reasons).

Now, can you explain why you think He is able to use such and allegory AND say polygamy is a sin (there is no reference in the Bible to polygamy being a sin)?

Observation Post wrote:
Wow! An allegory of the two families of Samaria and Judah turning their backs to God and going after other gods is interpreted literally that God is a polygamist! And therefore God has eternally approved polygamy literally! That putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with 22. Wow!