tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post920837875212278239..comments2024-03-29T14:03:27.321+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: Sister WivesJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-45143348574184625572015-02-05T22:49:07.207+02:002015-02-05T22:49:07.207+02:00Sure did over 40 years ago during my days at City ...Sure did over 40 years ago during my days at City College of New York. Luther & Milton addressed his ideas quite effectively as did Mohammed who acknowledged Jesus as Messiah.Tripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-10385438013560036242015-02-05T08:31:09.302+02:002015-02-05T08:31:09.302+02:00I take it you have read Augustine too?I take it you have read Augustine too?James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-60895461931214076022015-02-04T19:03:21.315+02:002015-02-04T19:03:21.315+02:00Polyandry is the practice of a woman having more t...Polyandry is the practice of a woman having more than one husband - every society that has practiced it has had the same outcome: reduced birth rates. Tripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-16799783390967564062015-02-04T19:01:07.971+02:002015-02-04T19:01:07.971+02:00The Catholic church did so but only because of a m...The Catholic church did so but only because of a mandate from Roman law. Churches are supposed to comply with biblical law, not necessarily secular law. <br /><br />We have had numerous discussions over the years and you are well aware that my knowledge of history is quite extensive. But I am FAR more of a literary than historical scholar. Trust me when I tell you that there isn't a living Tripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-59233591742109647132015-02-04T13:57:45.923+02:002015-02-04T13:57:45.923+02:00Not according to the Atlantic. Polyandry is a woma...Not according to the Atlantic. Polyandry is a woman with multiple husbands,<br /><br />http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/02/when-taking-multiple-husbands-makes-sense/272726/<br /><br />apparently once common among the Inuit as well. I guess what's good for the goose, polygyny, is also good for the gander, polyandry.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-46836939687772760762015-02-03T18:37:09.396+02:002015-02-03T18:37:09.396+02:00Polyandry allows males only to have multiple spous...Polyandry allows males only to have multiple spouses. That's what Mormons practiced although polygamy would become the term by which their practice came to be popularly known. Correctly speaking, polygamy allows non-monogamous marriages for both men and women.<br /><br />CraigAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-62673587773013289962015-02-03T17:45:22.018+02:002015-02-03T17:45:22.018+02:00Supposedly in Nepal a woman can take more than one...Supposedly in Nepal a woman can take more than one husband. I didn't know there was a gender prescribed form of polyandry.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-38671847956414434712015-02-03T17:24:22.882+02:002015-02-03T17:24:22.882+02:00Polygamy as practiced in Mormon history was not an...Polygamy as practiced in Mormon history was not an arrangement of gender equality. If it were, women would have been allowed to take more than one husband.<br /><br />CraigAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-27083123620922392902015-02-03T08:06:01.587+02:002015-02-03T08:06:01.587+02:00What on earth for, Trip! The Catholic Church long ...What on earth for, Trip! The Catholic Church long ago banned polygamy, and the Mormon Church banned it in the 19th century, albeit to clear the path for Utah statehood. Now one of these "clans" appeals to the federal government with the hope it will see it as its individual "right." Even if women willingly accept these arrangements, which many do not, it is still reprehensibleJames Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-18216899543830681202015-02-03T01:25:36.149+02:002015-02-03T01:25:36.149+02:00Reynolds vs the U.S. was an 1870s test case on ant...Reynolds vs the U.S. was an 1870s test case on anti-bigamy laws as an infringement on the free exercise of religion. The Court upheld the constitutionality of the law ruling that the Mormon Reynolds was not exempt from the law because of his religion. You can believe what you will but can’t act on it by ignoring the law. It was a landmark case on the road to the LDS Church’s eventual decision to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-68951422549332848472015-02-03T00:17:54.841+02:002015-02-03T00:17:54.841+02:00''polygyny'' is the correct term f...''polygyny'' is the correct term for a man having more than one wife<br /><br />Contrary to Christian and much of Western social values it is biblically permissible. Martin Luther and John Milton wrote of this - I know from having discussions about the subject on Christian websites and being a defender of the practice and of its legality. History shows that Christians practicedTripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-37796572802419950162015-02-02T21:12:41.614+02:002015-02-02T21:12:41.614+02:00The taboo against polygamy endured through the sex...The taboo against polygamy endured through the sexual revolution of the 1960s when an unwritten code allowed consenting adults to see casual sex as harmless recreational fun. Of course it had financial implications in the event of an unplanned pregnancy. But familial obligation is not the point of screwing around. But one-man one-woman marriage was something Americans still held sacred.<br /><br Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-27251015743460741572015-02-01T08:21:45.770+02:002015-02-01T08:21:45.770+02:00Except that even the Mormon church frowns upon suc...Except that even the Mormon church frowns upon such types of cohabitation, which is going to make it hard for these groups to gain the support they are looking for.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-55227612312467198792015-01-31T21:32:43.201+02:002015-01-31T21:32:43.201+02:00Polygamy and Polyandry are simply old subsets of a...Polygamy and Polyandry are simply old subsets of a new movement, Polyamory aka Group Marriage. That civil rights issue is next on the menu. Nebrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05974591864059776528noreply@blogger.com