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Poly Practised Elsewhere

Frank S said:
For now, the links I have posted today are the last ones I will post in this tread for the foreseeable future. I have enjoyed doing this, but other projects and responsibilities are requiring my time. I began posting links back in the earlier part of May. On most days it has been at least two links, but occasionally more. This has resulted in over 300 posted links so far. In one way it seems like a lot, but actually it is a small number compared with what is out there that could be posted. I have to agree with @Jackofall82 commenting back on September 10th about polygamy being underreported.

My observation is that polygamy is underreported mainly in a few but influential parts of the world where ungodly culture and willful blindness to the Bible are now rampant. In reality, polygyny historically was and still currently is pervasive in most of the world. An undertone I have observed in some posts in this forum seems to have the perspective that there are only a few of us who see polygyny as righteous. My postings have been an endeavor to dispel that sentiment and to instead encourage all who know Biblical polygyny is righteous that – YOU ARE NOT ALONE! In reality, there are millions who see and know the truth regardless of how seldom or even negatively it is reported in our own little part of the world.

I want to thank those who made comments to various posts along the way – many of them were really good and appreciated.

May God add His blessing to the use and spreading of knowledge about Biblical polygyny. May it be both for the good of God’s people and especially to the honor and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Your labors have been and will be appreciated.
 
Frank S said:
May God add His blessing to the use and spreading of knowledge about Biblical polygyny. May it be both for the good of God’s people and especially to the honor and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Thank you very much for your service to us all in providing these links. I've personally enjoyed reading them and appreciate the effort you made to spread the truth of polygyny. May God bless you and yours according to His amazing grace.
 
Thanks Frank for all your hard work; much excellent information curated.

Here are the links from page 1, processed by archive.is or archive.org

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27206590
http://archive.is/A9Sk0

https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/35381-video-kajiado-man-marries-2-wives-same-day
http://archive.is/mNPiH

https://www.nation.co.ke/news/-Chri...than-one-wife/1056-4299848-dtv96mz/index.html
http://archive.is/SG7Md

http://www.thenairobi.com/2018/08/kenyan-politicians-in-polygamous.html
https://web.archive.org/web/2019030...2018/08/kenyan-politicians-in-polygamous.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/31/world/asia/india-record-family/index.html
http://archive.is/IoZsU

https://answeringchristian.wordpres...hristian-polygamist-polygamy-in-christianity/
http://archive.is/kfwWe

https://zeddmonsang.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/strange-christian-cult/
http://archive.is/y9wai
The video is; https://www.you tube.com/watch?v=HrHk9KSkxOk
(remove the space between you and tube)

https://cruxnow.com/cns/2018/05/11/...support-polygamy-but-catholic-church-says-no/
http://archive.is/T0Koa

https://www.sde.co.ke/article/2000173888/sorry-ladies-african-men-are-wired-for-polygamy
http://archive.is/loUhs

http://www.timesofisrael.com/in-defiance-of-israeli-law-polygamy-sanctioned-by-top-rabbis/
http://archive.is/Fc3UJ
 
Frank S said:
"These were peaceful and kind people; life as a child among them was very good. The kindness and concern for one another were greater than in more advanced societies I have since known.

The polygamy among them was difficult for many of us to adjust to. Indeed, the missionaries began to educate them and agitate for them to drop all of their wives but one and then to officially marry only that one. It seemed only right, but it wreaked havoc among the natives. The wives that were dropped inevitably became prostitutes. A polygamous society in which there was happiness and virtually no divorce was transformed into a monogamous one filled with meanness and immorality.

Even in later years I never agreed with the missionaries on this."
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People like this got to see the affect of a society that changed from polygamy to monogamy. Could it be that those bad things aren't just an affect of individual lives been ruined by men being forced to dump their wives but symptoms of monogamy in general?
 
You all are very welcome - and thanks to those of you who gave endorsements along the way to make it what it is.
Your encouragements did encourage me to go further than what I had originally planned.
Glad to do what I could to spread the truth.

Thank you to @eye4them for archiving the links from the first page - I think that's good.
If you have the time, please accept my encouragement to do more of the same.
 
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https://www.jweekly.com/2004/07/23/a-fascinating-look-at-israel-s-polygamist-black-hebrews/
https://web.archive.org/web/2017083...ng-look-at-israel-s-polygamist-black-hebrews/

https://www.ucanews.com/story-archi...polygamists-‘should-be-charged’&post_id=51422
archive.org and archive.is fail on this one.

https://www.herald.co.zw/zimbabwes-sister-wives/
https://web.archive.org/web/20171118010119/https://www.herald.co.zw/zimbabwes-sister-wives/

https://www.zambianobserver.com/thelosttribe-ofisraelinteresting-history-ofthe-tongapeople/
https://archive.is/mE8Ek

http://www.serve.ie/zambia-week-1-diary/
https://web.archive.org/web/20171031090542/http://www.serve.ie/zambia-week-1-diary/

https://zambianeye.com/it-is-a-privilege-to-be-born-from-a-good-honourable-polygamous-family/
https://web.archive.org/web/2019031...orn-from-a-good-honourable-polygamous-family/

https://repository.westernsem.edu/j... Apollos Inuwa-OCR.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
https://web.archive.org/web/2019100... Apollos Inuwa-OCR.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

https://www.w24.co.za/SelfCare/Love...us-marriages-share-their-experiences-20190125
https://archive.is/qYguJ

https://mrdivis.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/polygamy-in-south-africa/
https://web.archive.org/web/2013101...ress.com/2012/04/22/polygamy-in-south-africa/

https://asempanews.com/polygamy-missionaries-defiled-africas-marriage-system-pastor/
https://web.archive.org/web/2019100...aries-defiled-africas-marriage-system-pastor/

http://www.dayspringassembly.org.ng/scroll.php
https://web.archive.org/web/20171212155658/http://www.dayspringassembly.org.ng/scroll.php

https://www.independent.ng/abuja-residents-support-polygamy-best-form-marriage/
https://web.archive.org/web/2019060...esidents-support-polygamy-best-form-marriage/

https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/4066...2-a-history-of-mistresses-in-the-philippines/
https://archive.is/Ld2zT

https://face2faceafrica.com/article/guinea-becomes-latest-african-country-to-legalise-polygamyy
https://web.archive.org/web/2019030...s-latest-african-country-to-legalise-polygamy
 
https://www.academia.edu/34200605/Aquinas_on_Polygamy

This paper intends to retrieve Aquinas's natural law, theological, and Biblical arguments against polygamy in order to give the Christian Churches in Papua New Guinea conceptual resources for addressing the relationship between polygamy and Christian marriage. This paper summarizes Aquinas's teaching on natural law as well as on natural and sacramental marriage. Polygamy is in accord with the first natural end of marriage which is procreation, is against the second natural end which is community, and is completely contrary to the sacramental nature of Christian marriage.
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I found this particular part revealing...

Just as there is one Christ, so there is one Church, his body. Consequently, “the sacrament of marriage signifies the union of Christ with the Church, which is the union of one with one.”
Therefore, polygamy destroys the ability of marriage to signify and manifest the Body of Christ. Polygamy disrupts the personal bond of the husband and wife, for how can the husband give himself completely, body and soul, to two or more women simultaneously? If a Christian man takes a second wife, the Christian character of his first marriage is destroyed. His relationships with his wives are unredeemed.
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You can see how the RCC's objection to polygamy is rooted in there false view of the church and their worship of women.
 
Frank S said:
For now, the links I have posted today are the last ones I will post in this tread for the foreseeable future. I have enjoyed doing this, but other projects and responsibilities are requiring my time. I began posting links back in the earlier part of May. On most days it has been at least two links, but occasionally more. This has resulted in over 300 posted links so far. In one way it seems like a lot, but actually it is a small number compared with what is out there that could be posted. I have to agree with @Jackofall82 commenting back on September 10th about polygamy being underreported.

My observation is that polygamy is underreported mainly in a few but influential parts of the world where ungodly culture and willful blindness to the Bible are now rampant. In reality, polygyny historically was and still currently is pervasive in most of the world. An undertone I have observed in some posts in this forum seems to have the perspective that there are only a few of us who see polygyny as righteous. My postings have been an endeavor to dispel that sentiment and to instead encourage all who know Biblical polygyny is righteous that – YOU ARE NOT ALONE! In reality, there are millions who see and know the truth regardless of how seldom or even negatively it is reported in our own little part of the world.

I want to thank those who made comments to various posts along the way – many of them were really good and appreciated.

May God add His blessing to the use and spreading of knowledge about Biblical polygyny. May it be both for the good of God’s people and especially to the honor and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Thank you for everything.
 
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