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One Man, Multiple Women - What the Bible Has to Say About Polygamy

Polygamy was never outlawed in the OT. I challenge anyone to show me in the Mosaic Law where God outlawed it! You won’t find it! In fact, God made laws around it instead of directly against it! Not only were God’s people allowed to be polygamous, but did you know that at one point in time, Catholic priests were once polygamous, too?! It’s true – let’s look at an article written by Dr John Oakes, “Why did celibacy become mandatory for priests? Posted on July 11, 2005 by John Oakes wrote in Church History, General. Why did celibacy become mandatory for priests? Let me start by copying and pasting an answer to a similar question received previously. You will find the rest of my answer to your specific question after the following: Can you tell me when the Catholic church started insisting its priests were celibate? How celibacy became common and why it became required are two very different things. In the third and fourth centuries it became common in ...
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Prostitution and Other Misunderstandings - Sexual Immorality, Part II

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The term ZNH is used 93 times in the OT. Of these, not all of them had to do with sex, but with idolatry. Some of these are: Exo 34:15 - “... otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the harlot with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone might invite you to eat of his sacrifice, 16 and you might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters might play the harlot with their gods and cause your sons also to play the harlot with their gods…” (NASB). Lev 17:7 - “They shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the harlot . This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations” (NASB). Lev 20:5 - “...then I Myself will set My face against that man and against his family, and I will cut off from among their people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, by playing the harlot after Molech. 6 ‘As for the person who turns to mediu...
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It Really Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means - Sexual Immorality, Part I

Sexual immorality. The term has been a bane to myself and to countless other singles who wanted to experience the joy of sex, but couldn’t find a suitable marriage partner. When I was really struggling with not being able to have sex, I got so frustrated that I emailed some church about it (not the church I was attending, as they really did not care). The message that I received back from one of their pastors was less than encouraging. He said that it was “sad” that I was trading in the blessings of God for the temporary carnal pleasures of the flesh. But, isn’t sex from God?? The answer to that is a resounding, “Yes!!” To this day, I cannot stand the anti-sex attitude of most churches, where they have a set of “don’t you even think about sex” rules for singles; while having an opposite set of rules for people who were married. “But, this is how God intended it to be! Sex outside of marriage is sinful and wrong!” See, that’s the exact same attitude I’m talking about! Why is it ...
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