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  • Maddog
    Mat 19:6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Mar 10:9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. When it comes to joining together with my...
  • frederick
    frederick reacted to steve's post in the thread Disproportionate Unification Theory...? with Like Like.
    Here is a tree that I ran across yesterday that I feel perfectly illustrates polygyny practiced in equality. One older wife and two newer ones. The fact that failure is in the future seems undeniable, although the main trunk (husband) appears to...
  • steve
    “Codominance”, what a wonderfully descriptive word for a failing theology.
  • Frank S
    Frank S replied to the thread Poly Practised Elsewhere.
    Polygamous 'Rabbi' fathers 18 children with 7 different women | 60 Minutes Australia
  • steve
    Hold that thought, I think there might be a metaphor here after all- the codominant nature of this organism (egalitarianism in the family structure) likely came about because of a compromised (girdled) root system of the dominant stem (failing to...
  • steve
    Yes, you get it! This is a perfect example of "co-dominance" (literally the term in arboriculture). This tree is doomed for eventual failure, and even if the main trunk survives, he will be forever maimed by the fact that he did not maintain...
  • Frank S
    Frank S replied to the thread Poly Practised Elsewhere.
    Polygamy is rare around the world and mostly confined to a few regions https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/12/07/polygamy-is-rare-around-the-world-and-mostly-confined-to-a-few-regions/
  • Frank S
    Frank S replied to the thread Poly Practised Elsewhere.
    Unfortunately and probably you are right
  • MeganC
    MeganC replied to the thread Poly Practised Elsewhere.
    Creeping Sharia.
  • Frank S
    Frank S replied to the thread Poly Practised Elsewhere.
    Expanding Recognition of Foreign Polygamous Marriages: Policy Implications for Canada https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID3771981_code89938.pdf?abstractid=3771981&mirid=1&type=2
  • MeganC
    MeganC reacted to Frank S's post in the thread Poly Practised Elsewhere with Wow Wow.
    Sex ratio theory suggests why mating practices have become dysfunctional in the West and other regions https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9939451/
  • Frank S
    Frank S replied to the thread Poly Practised Elsewhere.
    THE GENESIS OF THE LEGAL POSITION OF WOMEN IN UKRAINE-RUS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE 10TH CENTURY TO THE MIDDLE OF THE 14TH CENTURY https://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/server/api/core/bitstreams/02703037-e6cb-4e42-8e10-0427bcdc35e0/content
  • MeganC
    MeganC replied to the thread God's Laws vs. the laws of men.
    I did not mention Torah and I will not defend my comments as if I did. For future reference, I never play the "So you're saying" game where someone makes up something, acts as if I said it, and then expects me to defend or to apologize for...
  • Frank S
    Frank S reacted to steve's post in the thread Poly Practised Elsewhere with Like Like.
    “Sex ratio studies suggest that women’s perception of there being few acceptable partners activates a polygynous mindset, which in prosperous, monogamous societies drives promiscuity to the detriment of pair-bonding.” Haven’t read it all, but...
  • steve
    steve replied to the thread Poly Practised Elsewhere.
    “Sex ratio studies suggest that women’s perception of there being few acceptable partners activates a polygynous mindset, which in prosperous, monogamous societies drives promiscuity to the detriment of pair-bonding.” Haven’t read it all, but...
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