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jq
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 Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:31 pm Post subject: Question about Christianity |
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Okay, so I am reading through part of the old testament and I am reading that many righteous people, including father Abraham, had concubines (It mentions his on Genesis 25:6). I wasn't sure what a concubine was at first, so I looked it up in a dictionary. The dictionary says that a concubine is " a woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not legally married, esp. one regarded as socially or sexually subservient; mistress" (Dictionary.com).
What I am wondering is, how can this be? I know that Jesus speaks about monogamy, and I know that monogamy is WIDELY practiced in the Christian community. What I am wondering is why some people, an in Abraham's case, HIGHLY REVERED people, of the old testament aren't addressed for polygamy (or having multiple live-in partners) as committing a sin. Nowhere that I have seen yet is Abraham called out for the sin of polygamy or for having multiple sex partners. YET, monogamy is something widely preached by a faith that holds Abraham in a very high esteem.
A little help on understanding this? (Feels like a contradiction to me.)
? Last Edit: Nov 11, 2007, 3:56pm by jq ?
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Kizzume
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I am not qualified to answer that. It just seems contradictory to me.
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Hiedi
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| Quote: | What I am wondering is, how can this be? I know that Jesus speaks about monogamy, and I know that monogamy is WIDELY practiced in the Christian community. What I am wondering is why some people, an in Abraham's case, HIGHLY REVERED people, of the old testament aren't addressed for polygamy (or having multiple live-in partners) as committing a sin. Nowhere that I have seen yet is Abraham called out for the sin of polygamy or for having multiple sex partners. YET, monogamy is something widely preached by a faith that holds Abraham in a very high esteem.
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I will try to answer this, even though I am not really qualified to answer either. That passage of scripture refers to a period of time before the law of Moses, the rules and regulations of the Jewish religion.
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