Originally posted by pear
Hi Tig
I never made any claim for Judaism prohibiting polygamy. I was comparing Christianity and Islam.
Jesus and Paul quote: “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh” (Genesis 2:24). That verse is cited by Jesus and Paul as decisive in the meaning of marriage today. And the meaning focuses especially on this leaving parents and cleaving to one wife and becoming one flesh with her. That one flesh reality is profoundly compromised by polygamy.
You can't have it both ways. You quote Genisis which the Jews wrote to back your argument and then say that there is nothing in Judaism that prohibits polygamy. And if the Jews believed in it, then Jesus must have believed in it also. How many wives did king David and king Solomon have?
Or are you saying that Jesus changed the law?
And by the way, the Mormons who are Christians do not agree with you.
If you still are having problems with your pecker because of gays and radical feminist laws, don't go and see the film "On the basis of sex". It will make your blood boil.
And don't read the age this morning. It has a story on Kirkby getting married.
You better stay in bed.
You still have not explained the cause and effect that you claim.
Pear
Fair enough, I got the old testament mixed up with the new testament. But yes, I think Jesus changed the law, and both Jesus and Paul apparently quoted that verse in support of the new law. I won't deny that many so called Christians (like the Mormons) have denied this.
Do you mean Kirby? What was that case where the NSW police knew they had evidence of a homosexual pedophile judge but they sat on the evidence to use as blackmail, so that they could always get the decisions they wanted from the judge?
