If you've read my other posts you know that I'm a pacifist, so I'm not going to defend carpet-bombing by EITHER side in World War II. I'm confused by what you mean when you say "why to believe that they were so good guys?" I wouldn't be at all surprised that prostitution was rampant in Germany after WWII. However, I do not think it is true that a Protestant youth conference suggested polygamy as an answer.
Polygamy wasn't actually that common in Jesus' lifetime, but you're right that he never spoke against it. Actually, there's nothing in the Bible that condemns polygamy among laypeople.
I think the question of paternity is probably why there haven't been many polyandrous cultures through history. (And, in those that exist, women usually marry pairs or sets of brothers.) But, again, I'm talking about modern times. None of my polyamorous female friends are trying to get pregnant, so the issue of fatherhood doesn't come up.
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Re: reading the koran
Date: 2006-08-16 07:03 am (UTC)If you've read my other posts you know that I'm a pacifist, so I'm not going to defend carpet-bombing by EITHER side in World War II. I'm confused by what you mean when you say "why to believe that they were so good guys?" I wouldn't be at all surprised that prostitution was rampant in Germany after WWII. However, I do not think it is true that a Protestant youth conference suggested polygamy as an answer.
Polygamy wasn't actually that common in Jesus' lifetime, but you're right that he never spoke against it. Actually, there's nothing in the Bible that condemns polygamy among laypeople.
I think the question of paternity is probably why there haven't been many polyandrous cultures through history. (And, in those that exist, women usually marry pairs or sets of brothers.) But, again, I'm talking about modern times. None of my polyamorous female friends are trying to get pregnant, so the issue of fatherhood doesn't come up.