5/18: Polygamy

[elSicomoro]

Originally posted by warthog
serge your argument is weak and easily broken through. Reading the Bible front to back even once would have prevented you from having this misunderstanding.

It depends on how you look at the Bible though. I don't believe that the Bible was meant to be read cover-to-cover.

Warthog, it would seem that your argument is based on the premise that the Bible is the ultimate word of God, which may or may not be the case. We will never know, as the subjectivity of a higher power can never be tested for support.

The Bible can be contorted in many ways--lots of groups use it for backing in terms of an argument against homosexuality. And while I took humor in your interpretation of polygamy (b/c as I said, the Bible is a great contortionist...and people forget about the "immoral" things in there), I do not take the Bible literally. For one, there are too many "inaccuracies" and lots of repetitive numbers (e.g. 40). Secondly, the Bible has been interpreted, translated, re-translated, re-interpreted, etc. Unless we can find the original Bible texts, we will never completely understand what the Bible REALLY said. Whose to say whether your interpretations or mine are true or not, for there is no way that support can be provided in a case like this.

In the last 50-60 years we humans have gone out of our way to cut our ties to God, and for what? Single parent families, latchkey kids, school shootings.... shall I go on?

I don't believe that it is a result of a lack of God in our lives. All this went on behind closed doors for centuries. As our population grew, these incidents multiplied. With the nature of American society, it fell under the microscope. If anything, these situations could be a result of having TOO much God.