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Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by truespeak: 3:19pm On Mar 24
MaxInDHouse:



Double account responding to yourself really funny! cheesy

Max, Max. It's unfortunate you would say this. But I know you are still pained by that jw thread grin
Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Westerhoffe(m): 3:23pm On Mar 24
Veecruz:


Says the Liar who is even right now still lying forgetting that all the times he lied are solidly plastered all over the thread and seen by all. You are a devil, full and full and doing everything your father Satan does. grin grin grin

No Road, son of Satan, absolutely no Road! Case Closed grin grin grin grin


I replied to you according to your accusations.

Case not closed until you provide where GOD said polygamy is adultery according to you.

And don't run away now.
I've promised you this will be very long since you don't want to stop lying and name-calling.
Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Veecruz: 3:24pm On Mar 24
MaxInDHouse:

Double account responding to yourself really funny! cheesy

Jw Satan nairaland branch manager has come with his lies again after all the years of setting traps, yet everyone can see that we are clearly different people.
Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Veecruz: 3:29pm On Mar 24
Westerhoffe:

replied to you according to your accusations.

Case not closed until you provide where GOD said polygamy is adultery according to you.

And don't run away now.
I've promised you this will be very long since you don't want to stop lying and name-calling.[/b]

While you were lying and twisting and lying some more and trying to make fresh arguments and repeating and repeating and repeating yourself, because you could not find any new way to prove your case, grin grin grin

No Road, son of Satan, absolutely no Road! Case Closed grin grin grin grin grin
Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Veecruz: 3:36pm On Mar 24
Westerhoffe:

Now I see where your problem is… it is the spirit of deception and trickery, and difficulty understanding English.

Now you've lost words and resorted to twisting my comments too. cheesy cheesy cheesy

Hahahahahaha grin grin grin grin

See devil crying about his mistake of impliedly confessing the Truth that Deuteronomy 17:14-17 truly meant "the people of Israel.! cheesy grin grin

Truth has caught you, son of Satan and you have no case again grin grin

I told you, NO ROAD! Hahahahaha grin grin grin grin.
Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Veecruz: 3:38pm On Mar 24
Westerhoffe:



Are you shocked they called our LORD JESUS CHRIST the same you both had been calling me? cheesy cheesy cheesy

No… it just proves whose sides you both are on.

See am! See as you don show say you be devil true true with your demon picture.
Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Veecruz: 3:48pm On Mar 24
Westerhoffe:
..Even those who saw your errors and ignorance called your attention to it, but you think you're still right, but only in your own eyes.

And I replied them and they have run away because they already know that you have said everything they wanted to say, yet you lost.

So, they don't want to disgrace themselves as you have done. grin grin grin

But, I'm here, if they have something different, I'll address it, if I can.

But, for now, ALL OF YOU ARE WRONG!

And Specifically for you, No Road and case closed, even if you keep playing your scratched CD till God Comes. grin grin grin grin grin

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Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Veecruz: 3:52pm On Mar 24
truespeak:


Ha! The guy does have screws loose for I have been watching all this time. He reminds me of that mad guy you dealt with some years back, can't remenber his name.

Bobbestman.! Back then it was he and that Antichrist mad muslim devil who drew my attention to this blasphemy.
Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Veecruz: 4:10pm On Mar 24
Westerhoffe:


I said you're ignorant, you think you're smart.

How can you profane the HOLINESS of GOD? GOD is in Heaven, you're here on Earth. You can only profane yourself and not GOD'S HOLINESS.

Sit down, be humble, and learn.

See devil! I said "blaspheme" and profane but devil ignored the blaspheme part because he can not answer it.

But thought there is something he can use with profane by pretending to forget that God is profaned when you profane His Name or His Sanctuary Or His Consecrated things or His Words exactly as He told Samuel when people like you cried for a king.

But I know you are just looking for something that you think is a mistake which you can use to escape your great disgrace and shame.

But No Road, for you. Hahahaha grin grin
Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by bobestman(m): 4:15pm On Mar 24
Veecruz:


You bring wrath on yourself when you sin and cause others to sin. And having 2 wives is a multiplication of the 1 wife into 2,

And God does not want "normally" only "Holy" and He also Commanded that we should never "follow the multitude to sin" like Ezra , Johan, Jonathan, Jahaziel, and co did not join the people to sin.



But it did not talk about the multiplying sheep and goats but only the 2 things whose multiplication whose multiplication have a very bad and immoral meaning.
These thing are very simple but you are using logic to explain to keep your delusion cos you never agree you are wrong. Polygamy is a choice. It is clearly written and their is a reason God gave laws for it. If he don't want it, he will never give laws for those who wanna go into it. You are not God. You know nothing on this issue let alone the consequences of trying to teach God his laws or why he gave laws on polygamy. Christians sin more with one wife - do you know?

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Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Veecruz: 4:47pm On Mar 24
bobestman:
These thing are very simple but you are using logic to explain to keep your delusion cos you never agree you are wrong. Polygamy is a choice. It is clearly written and their is a reason God gave laws for it. If he don't want it, he will never give laws for those who wanna go into it. You are not God. You know nothing on this issue let alone the consequences of trying to teach God his laws or why he gave laws on polygamy. Christians sin more with one wife - do you know?

Exactly how choosing to commit a sin is a choice.

And God has clearly told us that He loves only Holy and Clean things not things that contain sin and unholiness in them, as clearly shown by ALL HIS LAWS.

And it is proven that you can not do Polygamy without committing sin especially the sin of Adultery, which no one here has been able to counter.

So,it is your choice to sin or to live Holy, but this thread has clearly proven that no one can do Polygamy without committing a sin especially the sin of Adultery.

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Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by bobestman(m): 6:41pm On Mar 24
Veecruz:


Exactly how choosing to commit a sin is a choice.

And God has clearly told us that He loves only Holy and Clean things not things that contain sin and unholiness in them, as clearly shown by ALL HIS LAWS.

And it is proven that you can not do Polygamy without committing sin especially the sin of Adultery, which no one here has been able to counter.

So,it is your choice to sin or to live Holy, but this thread has clearly proven that no one can do Polygamy without committing a sin especially the sin of Adultery.
You are just beating about the bush. As being celibate is a choice so is polygamy. Adultery is sleeping with a married woman and an example is what David did with someone's wife. Polygamy is having 2 or more wives. Call it what it is. If you want to talk about purity in marriage, christians are the ones unclean and going against God's law - Ask me why. God have his reasons why he allowed it. Stop trying to teach God his laws

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Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by MiddleDimension: 9:59pm On Mar 24
Westerhoffe:



Where in what verses/verse in the Bible did GOD say taking more than one wife is adultery? That's all I asked you but to avoid answering, since you cannot find any because GOD never said so, you resorted to name-calling! "Devil, Satan, Muslim, bla bla bla."

Just provide one only, you can't, having realized I've exposed your ignorance to the world and to you.

Give me just one verse where GOD said what you claimed.
Or do you think I'm a sheeple anyone can just lie to and programme the way you were programmed?
To believe all what your pastors say without checking if they're saying the truth or not?
I'm not that kind of a person!

GIVE ME JUST ONE VERSE WHERE GOD SAID DO NOT TAKE MORE THAN ONE WIFE FOR IT IS ADULTERY.

Stop trying to cover up your lies and ignorance with laughs and emojis.

On this topic on this thread, you're in for a long ride.

Also, the story of David and Bethsheba shows that polygamy IS NOT ADULTERY.

Adultery: voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than that person's current spouse or partner
source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adultery

What David did with Bethsheba, was adultery because according to the definition of adultery given above from the marian dictionary, David was a married man, and Bethsheba was NOT HIS WIFE AT THE TIME HE TOOK HER.

Polygamy on the other hand is defined thus: the fact or custom of being married to more than one person at the same time
source: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/polygamy

Since David was not married to Bethsheba, we can then conclude that their relationship WAS NOT POLYGAMY and anyone WHO TRIES TO DESCRIBE IT AS SUCH, is only trying to give a dog a bad name so as to hang it. In other words, the person is not being honest. Dishonesty is not a virtue, and should not be found among born agains, those who are born of God. Bible says: liars are of their father, the devil! (john 8:44).

The very fact God was the one who gave David his wives thereby giving him a polygamous home, and blessed him with children from those women, but punished David when he took Bethsheba, means that there is a difference between polygamy and adultery.

Will God give what he considers a sin? Is God partial? Why would he bless David's polygamous home and punish him when he actually committed a sin when he took someone else' wife? Is God partial? Bible says God IS NOT partial! (Acts 10:34; Col 3:25).

It is unfortunate that you and I have to be explaining and talking about this to these people!

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Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by benji93: 10:24pm On Mar 24
Actually, most scholars reasonably interpret this to mean that, do not have several wives. It doesn't include a few. Some translations do not use 'multiply', they use 'do not take many wives' instead. This is more specific to Kings, and we do see the result of marrying many wives in the case of Solomon. Meanwhile, God seemed to permit it in Exodus 21 vs 10, for the common man. I am assuming you knew this but ignored it. cheesy
Veecruz:
Deuteronomy 17:17, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away::


This proves that all who say God approves polygamy and does not condemn it are Liars and Devils and children of Satan!

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Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Questionnaires(m): 10:40pm On Mar 24
Veecruz:
Deuteronomy 17:17, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away::


This proves that all who say God approves polygamy and does not condemn it are Liars and Devils and children of Satan!

Our African Ancestors Did Well With Polygamy And Never Needed To Cheat On Their Wives!


You FAKE Christians Hypocritically Disapprove Of Polygamy But Cheats Anyhow.


Incase You Don't Know; The Paternity Fraud is 2nd Highest in Nigeria @ Over 30%

And Most of Them Are Amongst Monogamy Christians.


Make Una Dey There Dey Zwoooor!


Your Women Are Using Christianity To Feck The Hell Out of Their Puzzies!

You're There Working Your Ass Feeding Children That Aren't Yours!

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Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by MiddleDimension: 10:48pm On Mar 24
benji93:
Actually, most scholars reasonably interpret this to mean that, do not have several wives. It doesn't include a few. Some translations do not use 'multiply', they use 'do not take many wives' instead. This is more specific to Kings, and we do see the result of marrying many wives in the case of Solomon. Meanwhile, God seemed to permit it in Exodus 21 vs 10, for the common man. I am assuming you knew this but ignored it. cheesy

Both for ''common men'' and for Kings, it is lawful and an honourble thing to have more than one wife.

You said you ''saw the effect of having more than one wife in the case of Solomon''. The question I ask is that: what effect does polygamy have in the life of David and Gideon? Also, can we have see the fact Cain killed Abel as the effect of monogamy too? What about Jacob and Essau? is what happened between them the impact of monogamy?
Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Ken4Christ: 10:58pm On Mar 24
Veecruz:
Deuteronomy 17:17, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away::


This proves that all who say God approves polygamy and does not condemn it are Liars and Devils and children of Satan!

You are quoting this scripture out of context.

See the full verse below;


Deuteronomy 17:17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

The last part says that he should not also multiply to himself silver and gold.

If your submission is correct, then we will be forced to conclude that God is also saying that we should not be rich. But we know that such conclusion is far from the truth.

If you read the whole chapter, God was referring to those who will become King in Israel.

He is saying that they should not use that position for selfish gains like it's happening in Nigeria.

Don't multiply wives to yourself. It's not the same as saying don't marry more than one wife. The Law of Moses clearly made provisions for more than one wife. And it cannot contradict itself.

And the reason he gave such instructions is so that these wives will not turn their hearts away from God like it happened to Solomon.
Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by benji93: 3:38am On Mar 25
In that instance, i was referring to the many wives Solomon had(Not just more than one). David would be the more comparable example, but he had fewer wives. While troubles can emerge from monogamous marriages too, it doesn't mean monogamy was the cause. We certainly are exposed to the consequences of a host of other decisions, other than the type of marriage we choose or were born into. An example is the case of Jacob, Leah, and Rachel, and the strife that ensued. If you replace every polygamous marriage in the bible with a monogamous one hypothetically you would be eliminating certain elements that could stir up trouble. If a second wife had not come into the picture for Jacob, the risk of a potential cause of strife. Not that strife amongst children cannot happen even in monogamous relationships, but the chances go up with polygamy.

Besides I wasn't even arguing that Polygamy is a sin. I was only pointing out that the guy I mentioned chose a verse that could be ambiguous at least superficially, and restricted to kings, whereas there are other verses in which it seems God permitted it even for the common man that could afford it.
MiddleDimension:


Both for ''common men'' and for Kings, it is lawful and an honourble thing to have more than one wife.

You said you ''saw the effect of having more than one wife in the case of Solomon''. The question I ask is that: what effect does polygamy have in the life of David and Gideon? Also, can we have see the fact Cain killed Abel as the effect of monogamy too? What about Jacob and Essau? is what happened between them the impact of monogamy?
Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Expanse2020(m): 7:58am On Mar 25
Westerhoffe:



You think you know the Bible, but you don't, and to worsen it, you have difficulty understanding simple English sentences.

I will yet again expose your erroneous statements.

You lied and decided to mislead the people about EZRA 10:3, claiming it is referring to DEUTERONOMY 17:17, meanwhile EZRA 10:1-3 was referring to EXODUS 34:15,16.

Now you see you're such a blatant liar, a Satanic grade deceiver, and a mislead.

I'll expose your errors, lies, and deceptions the more!

Sit tight.


The rate at which you contort the Bible is alarming.

Your mislead says Abraham sent away his other wives and concubines? NO!

Abraham sent away their SONS from ISAAC. There is no record of Abraham sending away the women save for Hagar.

So there, you lied just exactly like Satan the father of lies did when trying to make lies look like the truth.


Genesis 25 (KJV)
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¹ Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
⁶ But unto the SONS of the CONCUBINES, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.


I insist, GOD said, "IF A MAN HAVE TWO WIVES…! as in “If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:”
— Deuteronomy 21:15 (KJV)


GOD did not say here that, if a man has two wives, it is ADULTERY! Rather, GOD analyzed how the man should share his properties BETWEEN/AMONG THE CHILDREN OF HIS WIVES!

Now, to expose your deception and attempted cover-up with your quote from Ezra, despite all your failed attempts to back up your claims of adultery from the Bible, this is what the Bible said there:


Ezra 10 (KJV)
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¹ Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
² And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken STRANGE WIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
³ Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.


They admitted they've sinned against GOD by taking STRANGE WIVES of NON-ISRAELIS according to the word of GOD here:

Exodus 34 (KJV)
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¹⁵ Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
¹⁶ And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.


I have yet again exposed your contortion and twisting of the Bible to butter your personal opinion, and not the word of GOD. And to make yourself sound true and over-zealous, you kept calling me names like Satan, son of Satan, bla bla bla.
That doesn't work here on me.

What a pity to those you lead for you're a blind and a blindfolded leader.


NOW, GIVE ME A VERSE FROM THE BIBLE WHERE GOD SAID HAVING TWO WIVES IS ADULTERY.

You want to drag this, I'll make it LONGER! AND EVEN RIGHT NOW, WE'VE JUST STARTED!!
God didn't like polygamy but he he sharing the inheritance in the family 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Don't mind that guy he didn't know anything in the bible rather they twisted bible to Thier tsste

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Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by MiddleDimension: 8:01am On Mar 25
benji93:
In that instance, i was referring to the many wives Solomon had(Not just more than one). David would be the more comparable example, but he had fewer wives. While troubles can emerge from monogamous marriages too, it doesn't mean monogamy was the cause. We certainly are exposed to the consequences of a host of other decisions, other than the type of marriage we choose or were born into. An example is the case of Jacob, Leah, and Rachel, and the strife that ensued. If you replace every polygamous marriage in the bible with a monogamous one hypothetically you would be eliminating certain elements that could stir up trouble. If a second wife had not come into the picture for Jacob, the risk of a potential cause of strife. Not that strife amongst children cannot happen even in monogamous relationships, but the chances go up with polygamy.

Besides I wasn't even arguing that Polygamy is a sin. I was only pointing out that the guy I mentioned chose a verse that could be ambiguous at least superficially, and restricted to kings, whereas there are other verses in which it seems God permitted it even for the common man that could afford it.

I know you were not arguing it is a sin. I am sorry for responding the way I did. I only wanted to give us reasons why we should not be quick to bring up the idea of oh, polygamy is more problematic than monogamy. its just that I expressed my thoughts in a wrong way. Doing that would try to do damage to our arguement that polygamy is on all count equal with monogamy.

there are challenges in monogamy and we see that everywhere and every day, but no body would say because of that, monogamy is wrong. I know you are not arguing against polygamy, but there are those who would take that idea to mean polygamy is wrong. So, I prefer we just leave it out.

Moreover, the issue the other children of Jacob had with Joseph is not because Joseph was born of a different mother, but because of how his father treated him relative to them. The bible says: ''When his brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved them, they hated their brother [/b]so much that they would not speak to him in a friendly manner.'' (Gen 37:4). Also, take note that the other brothers who were united in their hatred for Joseph were children of different mothers! This is a shocking fact to those who are so quick to point to the story of Joseph and present it like whatever they had was due to the fact their father had more than one wife! Also, take note that the ones who hated joseph did not hate Benjamin who was born of Joseph's mother but even protected him! Speaking of Benjamin, Judah said: ''What is more, [b]I pledged my life to my father for the boy. I told him that if I did not bring the boy back to him, I would bear the blame all my life.'' (Gen 44 vs 32). Another shocking fact!

The last shocking fact I would like to point out to those who think Joseph's story is an example of how polygamy is not good, and there are so many of them who think this way including their pastors and priests. They do not know the DETAILS OF THIER OWN SCRIPTURES! So, the last one I would like to point out here is that not all his brothers hated him. The bible says: Reuben heard them and tried to save Joseph. “Let's not kill him,” he said. ''Just throw him into this well in the wilderness, but don't hurt him.” He said this, planning to save him from them and send him back to his father.(Gen 37: 21-22). When he found out they had sold him to some traders, the bible said ''HE TORE HIS CLOTHES IN SORROW''. So, in a way, we can say that Joseph's story is a story of how love exists in among the children of different mothers in polygamous homes! This is a shocking fact to people who claim the joseph story is a story of how the polygamy is wrong.

But I would like to thank you for your bold stands putting these people aright in their own faith. kudos to you!

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Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by gohf: 10:53am On Mar 25
Jokerman:
Only a non Christian will support Polygamy after Jesus Christ settled the matter in Matt 19:4
was Jesus referring to how many women a man should marry?
Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by gohf: 10:56am On Mar 25
Veecruz:
Deuteronomy 17:17, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away::


This proves that all who say God approves polygamy and does not condemn it are Liars and Devils and children of Satan!
Deut.17.17 - The king must not take many wives for himself, because they will lead him away from the LORD. And he must not accumulate vast amounts of wealth in silver and gold for himself.

The king must not take MANY wives, who the king, not the people and this was written by Moses.


Who was speaking here and to whom?
2Sam.12.8 - I gave you his house and his wives and the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. And if that had not been enough, I would have given you much, much more.

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Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Veecruz: 6:04pm On Mar 25
gohf:
Deut.17.17 -

The king must not take MANY wives, who the king, not the people and this was written by Moses.

And I have been asking everyone who says this but they can't answer

"from where would the king come from? Is it from the sky or amongst the people of Israel?

And people agree that for a better understanding we must start from verse 14, "When you come to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and you possess it.." who is the "you" there? Is it a King or the people?

And in line with this Law did God ever choose a king having wives?


gohf:

Who was speaking here and to whom?
2Sam.12.8 - I gave you his house and his wives and the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. And if that had not been enough, I would have given you much, much more.

If you say God gave him the wives and women of the whole country, then does he not have a right to marry any and all the women in the whole country regardless of whether they are married or not or he is married or not?

If he had that right, then would he need to murder a husband to take his wife?

Do you plot a murder when you have a right?

If he had a right as you say, then why would God charge him for exercising his rights after all as you say, God had given him every woman and wife in the kingdom?

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Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Veecruz: 6:22pm On Mar 25
Ken4Christ:

You are quoting this scripture out of context.

See the full verse below;

Deuteronomy 17:17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

The last part says that he should not also multiply to himself silver and gold.

If your submission is correct, then we will be forced to conclude that God is also saying that we should not be rich. But we know that such conclusion is far from the truth.

If you read the whole chapter, God was referring to those who will become King in Israel.

He is saying that they should not use that position for selfish gains like it's happening in Nigeria.

Don't multiply wives to yourself. It's not the same as saying don't marry more than one wife. The Law of Moses clearly made provisions for more than one wife. And it cannot contradict itself.

And the reason he gave such instructions is so that these wives will not turn their hearts away from God like it happened to Solomon.

I understand all you have in mind but you people have not considered that God's Laws always address every person eg
Is embezzlement (stealing) and unlawful enrichment not a sin which anybody whether president (king) or clerk can be guilty of?

And can a person who gathers horses not commit the sin of coup and rebellion like boko haram have done?

And you have confirmed this by saying
"If you read the whole chapter, God was referring to those who will become King in Israel"

Which is in the end God caught everyone in His Law for any of them could be chosen to be King, hence, it Is The People, He ended up giving The Command! grin

What a very wise and sweet move God made with one big master stroke knowing that men are cunning sinners who would like to use any and every darkness to commit sin and say claim they did not know. Whereas we all know what things are bad and evil!
grin angry grin

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Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Veecruz: 6:44pm On Mar 25
Questionnaires:

Our African Ancestors Did Well With Polygamy And Never Needed To Cheat On Their Wives!

You call a house where wives and children were murdering themselves including the cheating fool who was always afraid of being murdered doing well?
Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Veecruz: 7:02pm On Mar 25
benji93:
Actually, most scholars reasonably interpret this to mean that, do not have several wives. It doesn't include a few. Some translations do not use 'multiply', they use 'do not take many wives' instead. This is more specific to Kings, and we do see the result of marrying many wives in the case of Solomon. Meanwhile, God seemed to permit it in Exodus 21 vs 10, for the common man. I am assuming you knew this but ignored it. cheesy

Do you not see that they are interpreting it that way because they wish it to be so?

Is lust confined only to kings? Is it not all men who fear not Good and lack understanding who lust for women?

The word "if" in Exodus 21, does it not already show God's Preference displeasure in taking another?

Can you not reasonably see that God was handling a people accustomed to committing sins and He was therefore, putting down stringent Judgment to ensure that just is and equity is given to a party suffering from the unlawful act of another, as a just Judge?

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Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Ken4Christ: 10:15pm On Mar 25
Veecruz:


I understand all you have in mind but you people have not considered that God's Laws always address every person eg
Is embezzlement (stealing) and unlawful enrichment not a sin which anybody whether president (king) or clerk can be guilty of?

And can a person who gathers horses not commit the sin of coup and rebellion like boko haram have done?

And you have confirmed this by saying
"If you read the whole chapter, God was referring to those who will become King in Israel"

Which is in the end God caught everyone in His Law for any of them could be chosen to be King, hence, it Is The People, He ended up giving The Command! grin

What a very wise and sweet move God made with one big master stroke knowing that men are cunning sinners who would like to use any and every darkness to commit sin and say claim they did not know. Whereas we all know what things are bad and evil!
grin angry grin

Yes, God's word is for everyone but there are people he also gave specific instructions. When God told Abraham to sacrifice his only son, does it mean every father should do that because it's in the pages of the Bible.

The statement was make to caution Kings not to abuse their office. Like I mentioned in my previous post, the Law already made provisions for the Jews to marry more than one wife and even have as many concubines as they wish. The same Law will not come and say otherwise in another passage. You are reading the phrase, don't multiply wives to yourself as don't marry more than one wife. This is not what it meant.

In the same sense, he also warned Kings not to amass wealth for themselves. Does it mean that God is saying that they should not be rich?

Must you win an argument at all cost?
Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Veecruz: 6:34am On Mar 26
Ken4Christ:


Yes,God's word is for everyone but there are people he also gave specific instructions. When God told Abraham to sacrifice his only son, does it mean every father should do that because it's in the pages of the Bible.

The statement was make to caution Kings not to abuse their office. Like I mentioned in my previous post, the Law already made provisions for the Jews to marry more than one wife and even have as many concubines as they wish. The same Law will not come and say otherwise in another passage. You are reading the phrase, don't multiply wives to yourself as don't marry more than one wife. This is not what it meant.

In the same sense, he also warned Kings not to amass wealth for themselves. Does it mean that God is saying that they should not be rich?

Saying "God's word is for everyone" is exactly the case for we all know that Law which is for the public Law and the one directed to a specific individual or a group of individuals.

And you.yourself have avknowlegded that this is a public Law in saying
"If you read the whole chapter, God was referring to those who will become King in Israel". Which is The Whole People of Israel.

Which is why anyone saying.God allows polygamy is a Liar and a Devil


And on amass of wealth, Is embezzlement (stealing) and unlawful enrichment not a sin which everybody including president (king), clerk, mechanic can be guilty of?

And is it already.proven here that you all men amd not just presidents.alone lusted after more wives?

So, its proven that with one swoop, God caught you all.

Ken4Christ:

Must you win an argument at all cost?

As westerhorf, Bibestman and MiddleDimension.have shown, they who speak Lies.and blaspheme The Lord do so at all cost, so why should i not go the whole way with them, in Fence of The Lord?

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Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Veecruz: 6:51am On Mar 26
bobestman:
You are just beating about the bush. As being celibate is a choice so is polygamy. Adultery is sleeping with a married woman and an example is what David did with someone's wife. Polygamy is having 2 or more wives. Call it what it is. If you want to talk about purity in marriage, christians are the ones unclean and going against God's law - Ask me why. God have his reasons why he allowed it. Stop trying to teach God his laws

Exactly how choosing to commit a sin or to run.away from it, is a choice. So no point here.

And.secondly, i have been asking. how can you do you do polygamy.without breaking The Law and commiting sin especially the sin of Adultery as proven by this case?
Re: Marrying A Second Wife Good Or Bad I Need Ur Opinion by Blunttruth: 5:27pm On Aug 05, 2022
Trustedapparel:
I am a married man with 2kids but their is one big lady that I met she loves me very much ....since I Bleep that lady I can't get my eyes of her ....I have been thinking about her since after the marathon sex we hard last month... honestly I want to make her my second wife ...

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Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Ken4Christ: 7:38am On Mar 26
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Veecruz:


Saying "God's word is for everyone" is exactly the case for we all know that Law which is for the public Law and the one directed to a specific individual or a group of individuals.

And you.yourself have avknowlegded that this is a public Law in saying
"If you read the whole chapter, God was referring to those who will become King in Israel". Which is The Whole People of Israel.

Which is why anyone saying.God allows polygamy is a Liar and a Devil


And on amass of wealth, Is embezzlement (stealing) and unlawful enrichment not a sin which everybody including president (king), clerk, mechanic can be guilty of?

And is it already.proven here that you all men amd not just presidents.alone lusted after more wives?

So, its proven that with one swoop, God caught you all.



As westerhorf, Bibestman and MiddleDimension.have shown, they who speak Lies.and blaspheme The Lord do so at all cost, so why should i not go the whole way with them, in Fence of The Lord?


You are still going round in circles. Let me ask you a simple question. Do you know that the Law of Moses made provision for the Jews to marry more than one wife? Answer Yes or No.
Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by bobestman(m): 9:25am On Mar 26
Veecruz:


Exactly how choosing to commit a sin or to run.away from it, is a choice. So no point here.

And.secondly, i have been asking. how can you do you do polygamy.without breaking The Law and commiting sin especially the sin of Adultery as proven by this case?
Re: Marrying A Second Wife Good Or Bad I Need Ur Opinion by Blunttruth: 5:27pm On Aug 05, 2022
Trustedapparel:
I am a married man with 2kids but their is one big lady that I met she loves me very much ....since I Bleep that lady I can't get my eyes of her ....I have been thinking about her since after the marathon sex we hard last month... honestly I want to make her my second wife ...
Are you not ashamed of yourself? Upon everything we have told you here you are still looking for whatever available to remain stucked in your delusion. God have his reasons for approving it and the more you keep argueing it the more you make Him look like a liar. If you want to know the reasons ask
Re: Deuteronomy 17:17 Shows That God Does Not Approve Polygamy!!! by Veecruz: 11:42am On Mar 26
bobestman:
Are you not ashamed of yourself? Upon everything we have told you here you are still looking for whatever available to remain stucked in your delusion. God have his reasons for approving it and the more you keep argueing it the more you make Him look like a liar. If you want to know the reasons ask

See how you have been moving from issue to another when you see you have no answer,
Are you not ashamed of yourself? Upon everything that has been laid before everyone which no one is able to validly counter, you still carry your bedsheet of lies to cover yourself and think you are protected?

And hasn't God showed that all His Ways are holy, clean and pure? Eg He does not approve a person with what we would call a natural thing like flat nose, is it now a big thing like ashawoness and adultery?

You are the ones calling Him a Liar and that He is not Holy and that He loves adultery and sin. That is what YOU are saying about God.

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