1Tim.3
[1] This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
[2] A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
[3] Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
[4] One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
[5] (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

How many of our self acclaimed men of God are truthful to all these law.
May God help us to understand better than what selfish God of men are preaching.

englishmart:
inasmuch as it's expedient to marry just one wife, do you think it would be counted as a sin to marry more than one wife?

Deut 17:17

Dtruthspeaker:


You read it wrong.

If you break the high points, do you not see that "I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception" is what we say in Law, BOTH JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY?

If severally, now I think you would see how far and wide it travels and can travel, the effect of which, YOU SEE, AS PROVEN BY THEM RUNNING UP AND DOWN, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS FOR ONE SHIT OR THE OTHER.



Contradiction? Please lay what you think is a contradiction.

Read what wrong? There is nothing to read wrong. The only specific curse mentioned is painful childbirth
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About creation story, see below

AntiChristian:

You're an expert in giving excuse!

Translation! "I can not Counter"!

AntiChristian:

Continue! Why did God made law protecting the first wife...?

Obviously, to check the growth of wickedness.

AntiChristian:

Why give people more wives when one is enough?

Where did God ever give a person more than one wife?

If it was so, you mentioned the people whom you stupidly think "God gave them".

So, you are just talking rubbish as usual, as you grasp on air, to hang on it, as you fall to your splatter.

Righteousness2:
Continue Decieving yourself! When you Stand before the ALMIGHTY, you tell HIM , HE was talking about this or that.
Very funny bunch of humans

Bros, don’t take it personal.

You don’t have any set of facts to substantiate your position, hence you call it believe.

All religion on earth strive on the tenet of believe and believe means, you have to take what you are been told at face value, no question asked. Ironically in all other aspect of our existence as human, we operate on facts and not believe…we don’t believe that food will magically appear on the table, we go work for it, we build chairs and seat on them, but don’t believe that as we lay backward chairs will automagically appear and support our weight.

And in majority of cases, we adopt the religion of our parents and as kids are vulnerable to accepting those teachings and grow to adapt, protect and propagate them.

Then, if as it is now there are a thousand and one region out there, with each professing that theirs is the right and only way back God, and we know they cannot all be right and God can not author this confusion, which is the right one? How can God condemn to hell fire an innocent child who grow up exposed and vulnerable to the other religion that is the ‘wrong way’ but still believe it?

Bottom line is, we are both on the same page, you don’t know much of what you are proclaiming if they are facts or not, you suspended all the five senses God gave you to investigate and confirm if something is true or not and just believed….the Bible also also emphasized the fact that, you must believe ie you must not follow the fact, just believe and continue to believe.

Adeoye11:
For the first time in the history of Nairaland, I saw some good and educative comments.
Let me put mouth by saying wait o, in this economy some people still dey manage get two wives shey Dat means buhari never sapa us well well be that.
Second, try address the need or your need of why do I need to marry second wife if not that all of us nah sex sex sex thing dey worry us, the issue of second wife would have been addressed if you pray very well before entering the marriage, marry your friend, check all that needed to be checked like red flags, body count, cooking skills, relationship with family members, relationship with friends, anger management amongst others and by also having in minds that no perfect marriage anywhere in the universe, spouses are meant and bound to create problem for each other, so owing to these facts and reality if you enter marriage you go enjoy.
Just marry your own problem, manage the problem, face the problem and die bin the problem shikena.
Third, have you people ever ask yourself what happens to kids that comes from two wives marriages?? Especially if one of the folks either the wife or the husband has much property then if you know you will prefer to stay with your one problem.
Overtime have discovered that you cannot even finish the problem from one wive family, not to talk of two-wives family.

I pen out...
Criticism are welcome I wan learn before I enta that thing called marriage

No where in the Bible that God condemn polygamy.
So, the answer to the question asked by OP is capital NO.
However, the circumstances surrounding your life as a man could be that of the one that makes you goes polygamous.
Monogamy is very much better.
But, if you find yourself married to the wrong partner and you have enough economically and your mind is functioning properly to handle two household, don't hesitate to give polygamous practice a chance.
Many men have perished simply because of not wanting to go polygamous and their wives sent them to early graves.

As for the offspring of a polygamous man, everything is about how he organized himself around his children.
Even, children of same womb, with a father who is not organize will have problems with the man property.
May God help us to understand what is happening around us better.

PoliteActivist:


Read what wrong? There is nothing to read wrong. The only specific curse mentioned is painful childbirth
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About creation story, see below

So, Cain and Abel are one child, not 2?

Or bread and butter?

Please, you have the right to not accept what I say, but you do not have to put yourself into ridicule to reject it.

englishmart:
In the old, people like Solomon, David, Jacob, etc married more than one wife. God is still God and doesn't change. Do you think He now sees something wrong in marring more than one wife?

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Using the tool of brainwashing and indoctrination to counter an argument is counterproductive. For some reasons, polygamists found favour in the eyes of God in the Bible.

The fact is Oyibo people make the laws, we follow. Recently they told us that homosexuality is acceptable and even some churches and schools are already gravitating towards that. Read the Bible for what it is--a history book for entertainment and orderliness. Nothing in the Bible is the word of God. Prod the Christians and the only argument they have in the debate is quoting the same Bible we are refuting.

Ask any Christian where Cain's wife came from, then sit down and enjoy the show.
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Dtruthspeaker:


You read it wrong.

See the entire curse on women below. Once you remove childbirth and husband the curse is negated.

Also, looking at the world do you truly believe it's women that are cursed?? More men commit suicide, die young, do the dangerous/dirty jobs etc. Men have to bear responsibility of the family like a male. Many break under that yolk.

Also, take a wholistic picture of the whole creation story. God was the one who created Adam and Eve and serpent and tree and gave them their natures and knew everything that'd happen before it happened.

PoliteActivist:

See the entire curse on women below. Once you remove childbirth and husband the curse is negated.

See, even here you make the distinction of 2 different things to wit- "child birth AND husband"!

Yet you try to argue.

Sorry, you have no valid opposition.

PoliteActivist:
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About creation story, see below

Simple, the first report, discloses The Plan.

The second report shows how The Plan was executed.

No contradictions!

To me, drinking and polygamy are not sin against God provided you are not a church leader in the present dispensation.

However these two could make you sin against God easily, hence reasons modern church leaders condemn it.

Drunkenness is sin but drinking alcohol is not. But how do you allow Christians drink when people's tolerance level is different. Same way polygamy could make a good Christian easily sin against God. The new testament advised that those who wants to be church leaders stay away from marrying more than one wife. It is advisory but not a sin.

Dtruthspeaker:


So, Cain and Abel are one child, not 2?

Or bread and butter?

Please, you have the right to not accept what I say, but you do not have to put yourself into ridicule to reject it.

Meaning what?
It is not a must to reply. Sometimes accept you have no counter argument and shut up

Dtruthspeaker:


See, even here you make the distinction of 2 different things to wit- "child birth AND husband"!

Yet you try to argue.

Sorry, you have no valid opposition.

Meaning what? Once again, it is not a must to always reply. Sometimes accept you have no counter argument and shut up

Dtruthspeaker:


Simple, the first report, discloses The Plan.

The second report shows how The Plan was executed.

No contradictions!

Go and actually READ them. They are both STORIES of how God CREATED the world, nothing like plan. They are even told by two different people. One person refers to God as "God", the other refers to God as "The Lord God". Go and READ it, then stop baseless arguing.

THERE WONT AV BN NEED FOR NEW TESTAMENT IF THE OLD IS NOT FAULTY!GOD SENT HIS BEGOTTEN SON TO CORRECT THE ILLS OF THE WORLD!POLYGAMY IS ONE OF THE ILLS OF THE SOCIETY!!

Thank you, Jesus.

❤❤❤❤

Dtruthspeaker:


Nope!

Let me make it worse!

Only Adam male was Judged!

Adam female, aka Evil una go say Eve was not completely Judged. She only had an "Interim Judgement". No Final Judgement.

Cain, was not Judged.

And as you see, the stupid Israelites guilty in the golden calf sin performance, were not yet Judged.

So everyone is chilling somewhere, waiting for Judgement Day. Except Abraham, going by the Lazarus and rich man affair.

Okaaaayyy

In accordance with this narrative of urs now we can safely say that both David (God favourite) and Solomon (God's choosen) will go to hell upon judgement abi??

Its only Abraham (cus lazarus said it) that is in heaven...okk, odaa

Dtruthspeaker:


Obviously, to check the growth of wickedness.

But God did not deem it fit to remind them that He forbibs polygamy instead of giving laws?

Where did God ever give a person more than one wife?

If it was so, you mentioned the people whom you stupidly think "God gave them".

So, you are just talking rubbish as usual, as you grasp on air, to hang on it, as you fall to your splatter.

You can check my original comment here to see whom God gave more wives!

Dvin:
Why do you bear the name "anti-christian"?

Cos my views are simply anti modern day Christianity!

TOPCRUISE:
God did not condemn it. Neither are you going to hell fire for marrying more than one wife.

So the passage read in the Bible,quoted by Righteousness, especially the 9th verse is not condemnation,abi! That is corronation!
You be man, continue to deceive yourself!

Righteousness2:
GOD'S Standard from the beginning remains One man one wife.
GOD'S Standard is HE hates Divorce.

Jacob, Solomon , Religion, Society or whoever are not the standard. The Word of GOD is the Standard .

Read Matthew 19: 4-9 to know GOD'S Standard!

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them Male and Female .
(Not Male and Females or Vice versa)

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his Wife(Not Wives): and they twain shall be one flesh?

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

Anything apart from GOD'S Standard is SIN. It is Fornication, Adultery and Man/ woman Decieving themselves!

Oga, you still have not answered the question!!!! Who is talking about divorce here?? The question is: is it a sin to marry more than one wife??

AntiChristian:

But God did not deem it fit to remind them that He forbibs polygamy instead of giving laws?

That clearly tells you that, He knows, we know, The Law!

He Said Once before The Commandments He gave Moses, He Said it Again, Once after The Commandments. Beginning and End!

If that does not tell you something, then nothing will.

AntiChristian:

You can check my original comment here to see whom God gave more wives!

And in None of those cases did He Give. THEY TOOK!

Dtruthspeaker:


David nearly died in it but was very very lucky to escape. Thus, he is the True Wisest man in the world.

Solomon died in it and did not escape. Therefore, he was not the wisest man in the world.

Gideon's case is Sub Judice!

So God never forbid it.

OlawaleBammie:

Okaaaayyy

In accordance with this narrative of urs now we can safely say that both David (God favourite) and Solomon (God's choosen) will go to hell upon judgement abi??

Its only Abraham (cus lazarus said it) that is in heaven...okk, odaa

Only David will make it.

Solomon did not make it. Did you see that he sought to kill the person God chose to replace him as one of his last acts on top all the other great sins he had done?

HRMK:
THERE WONT AV BN NEED FOR NEW TESTAMENT IF THE OLD IS NOT FAULTY!GOD SENT HIS BEGOTTEN SON TO CORRECT THE ILLS OF THE WORLD!POLYGAMY IS ONE OF THE ILLS OF THE SOCIETY!!

So why was Muhammed sent afterwards, authorizing 4 wives again

AntiChristian:


So God never forbid it.

Forbid? Has your stupidity returned? You raised 3 people, 2 received their punishment on earth as the record shows, the 3rd one is yet to be judged and yet, you ask a stupid question?

I think you have exhausted you sanity quota for the day.

PoliteActivist:

Go and actually READ them. They are both STORIES of how God CREATED the world, nothing like plan.

One is clearly a Plan and the other is the execution of it. And of course, both are REPORTS (STORIES) of what happened.

PoliteActivist:

They are even told by two different people.
One person refers to God as "God", the other refers to God as "The Lord God". Go and READ it, then stop baseless arguing.

This is a CHANGE OF POST! Just say, you could not Counter.

For the Issue is "Creation Story" as you call it, NOT YOUR CONFUSION OF "God and Lord God".

So, get your mind clear and right before you start raising new arguments, SIMPLE BECAUSE YOU CAN NOT DEFEND THE PRESENT ONE.

PoliteActivist:


Meaning what? Once again, it is not a must to always reply. Sometimes accept you have no counter argument and shut up

See! You still have so much to learn if you can not comprehend the import and meaning of your own statement here

PoliteActivist:

See the entire curse on women below. Once you remove childbirth and husband the curse is negated.

A person will call you insane, if you think "child birth and husband" are the same thing like saying windscreen and windshield.

Get your head right before you come arguing against me.

Acehart:
Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. - 1 Cor.11:1

The above is a command (with the tone of a plea). Christ is our example and we are told to imitate God.

Did God marry? Yes. The Book of Hosea is an epilogue of God’s marriage: He marries a woman, she is grossly unfaithful and He still loves in spite of her worthlessness. Hosea 3:1 gives a succinct view of God’s view on marriage: “Go and love your wife again, even though she commits adultery with another lover. This will illustrate that the LORD still loves Israel”- one wife for life.

We follow God’s illustration and not the illustration from any man.

Na so them go carry HIV outside and give you. Go and love your wife again indeed. You forgot that there may be a peculiar reason why God commanded him thus.

Righteousness2:
GOD'S Standard from the beginning remains One man one wife.
GOD'S Standard is HE hates Divorce.

Jacob, Solomon , Religion, Society or whoever are not the standard. The Word of GOD is the Standard .

Read Matthew 19: 4-9 to know GOD'S Standard!

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them Male and Female .
(Not Male and Females or Vice versa)

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his Wife(Not Wives): and they twain shall be one flesh?

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

Anything apart from GOD'S Standard is SIN. It is Fornication, Adultery and Man/ woman Decieving themselves!

and you're...... God? i didn't think so, rephrase and say "your European influenced" standards

Dtruthspeaker:


See! You still have so much to learn if you can not comprehend the import and meaning of your own statement here



A person will call you insane, if you think "child birth and husband" are the same thing like saying windscreen and windshield.

Get your head right before you come arguing against me.

The problem with this type of forum is, you could actually be arguing with an insane person.

Who said husband and child-bearing are the same thing? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??

Two items were mentioned in Eve's curse: child-birth
ang husband. For a single lady without children those items are absent, negating the curse!