Kenya and Germany on Polygamy

[Glenn101]

On 7/3/2019 at 4:50 PM, Robert F. Smith said:

Depends on how late you place the final redaction of the text.  If you place it as late as the post-Exilic period when the Jews were ardently opposed to any an all micegenation, then of course they might have put such words in the mouth of Aaron and Miriam, but that is just speculation.  However, with King David being part Moabite, that seems silly.

True. And we really do not know what Aaron ans Miriam were complaining about. I am going by the text as it is rendered to us right now which seems to indicate a current event, but yes, it is all speculation and evidently, as you have pointed out, not something of any great consequence to the Lord.

Glenn

[jpv]

On 7/2/2019 at 10:37 AM, Robert F. Smith said:

However, Isaac was monogamous,

Do you think Joseph was wrong in D&C 132?

[Robert F. Smith]

11 hours ago, jpv said:

Do you think Joseph was wrong in D&C 132?

No; why would I?  The first thing I see is formulaic language typical of Scripture.  Second, I note from the biblical record that some of those guys only have one wife.  Did they have others?  Perhaps, but I can only go by the actual record, which is in the form of highly redacted Holy Writ.  Finally, I can compare various Holy texts with one another to give myself better perspective.  In the Book of Mormon, for example, we have some polemic against the House of Judah (which is characteristic of a Northern E document, Elohistic doc) in condemning the multiple wifery/concubinage of David & Solomon (Jacob 2:23-24, 3:5), and otherwise a lack of mention of Judah generally throughout.  The BofM is a Manassite document.  The Bible was redacted by the Jews (House of Judah).

[nuclearfuels]

On ‎7‎/‎2‎/‎2019 at 11:24 AM, bluebell said:

You might not, but I think that many people in this day and age would find the notion of having dozens of wives and concubines who pretty much had to do whatever the husband decided and who were basically the same as property to be distasteful.  

The tricky part about that - is that I - and possible a few others - find some current commandments distasteful. Nevertheless we try to comply 

 

[The Nehor]

9 hours ago, nuclearfuels said:

The tricky part about that - is that I - and possible a few others - find some current commandments distasteful. Nevertheless we try to comply 

 

Yep. Why do I have to be nice to stupid people. Clearly it would be more helpful in the long run to let them know they are morons but the scriptures say otherwise.  

[nuclearfuels]

On 7/25/2019 at 7:31 PM, The Nehor said:

Yep. Why do I have to be nice to stupid people. Clearly it would be more helpful in the long run to let them know they are morons but the scriptures say otherwise.  

Let us not forget the spirit of the law, now Nehor.

When you're in a well to do ward and almost no one helps you, their lack of helping you helps you grow adn was thus also an act of God.

All roads lead to growth, some roads just have less screaming

[nuclearfuels]

On 7/2/2019 at 12:54 PM, The Nehor said:

We need to reinvent the family paradigm and get a new economic paradigm that helps people raise families and allows for happiness in that life.

 

I agree.

As to what that new paradigm might look like, I'd guess polygamy or robot partners. Hoping for the former.

[nuclearfuels]

On 7/2/2019 at 1:09 PM, Robert F. Smith said:

Women and men apparently are just not interested in having children in Japan and in Europe.  Polygamy wouldn't change anything.

If extinction of a person's family line isnt motivation to marry and have kids, my hats off to the nihilism of popular culture over the past 50 years.

 

[nuclearfuels]

On 6/25/2019 at 1:23 PM, Glenn101 said:

I think that the different permutations that could come from this i.e. marriage between several consenting adults, such as ideas promoted and practised by  John Humphrey Noyes is one of the reasons God will not allow the practice of polygamy in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints until at least the Millennium.

Glenn

Aren't we close enough to the Millenium yet?

Are we there yet?

[nuclearfuels]

On 6/24/2019 at 7:48 PM, Robert F. Smith said:

 

It isn't so much a matter of legislation, since the U.S. Supreme Court will likely legalize plural marriage.  The question is whether the LDS Church will make it legal, and that is very doubtful.

Excellent clarification, Robert. (not being sarcastic)

That is the essence of my question: when will the Church re-institute it?

What other measures do you anticipate the Church making due to the ongoing Demographic Cliff? 

I don't see them taking the Govt of Japan's route of robots fixing all our problems

[nuclearfuels]

On 6/24/2019 at 10:37 PM, changed said:

I work with someone who comes from a polygamous family - he is the first son of the first wife, out of 20 wives.  It sounded like more of a business deal, wives running farms etc.  He's kind of Christian?  not really religious.

Does your coworker support the practice as well? Or has he gone a different path?

[Robert F. Smith]

1 hour ago, nuclearfuels said:

Excellent clarification, Robert. (not being sarcastic)

That is the essence of my question: when will the Church re-institute it?

What other measures do you anticipate the Church making due to the ongoing Demographic Cliff? 

I don't see them taking the Govt of Japan's route of robots fixing all our problems

There's always Aldous Huxley's Brave New World of test tube babies.

[Calm]

5 hours ago, nuclearfuels said:

extinction of a person's family line i

Maybe it is a guy thing, but I don’t see the big deal here. Maybe because all my descendants don’t carry my family name.

[Bernard Gui]

10 hours ago, Robert F. Smith said:

There's always Aldous Huxley's Brave New World of test tube babies.

Already happening, and more.

 

[Bernard Gui]

7 hours ago, Calm said:

Maybe it is a guy thing, but I don’t see the big deal here. Maybe because all my descendants don’t carry my family name.

Grandma and Grampa Gui had 9 children, but I am their only grandson with their name. In their culture, carrying on the family name (the father’s) was very important, so our 8 grandsons will hopefully perpetuate the name and make them proud and happy. It may not be a big deal to some, but it is to others. Some folks hyphenate names for the same reason.

Edited August 3, 2019 by Bernard Gui

[Damien the Leper]

On 7/2/2019 at 10:48 AM, The Nehor said:

Without massive social and cultural changes to adapt to it.....maybe. Polyandry may be the only option for China though. It will be interesting to see what happens there over the next few years. China is two cultures that have never integrated and facing a social crisis. Civil conflict and even war are not out of the question.

Can you explain this more in depth? You've got me fascinated.

[The Nehor]

3 minutes ago, Valentinus said:

Can you explain this more in depth? You've got me fascinated.

Which part? The one child policy was rescinded a while ago but it was in place for a long time and parents favored male children. I doubt they will encourage women to marry more then one man at a time but it would make sense there.

The two cultures is the split between the urbanized and developed areas and the rural farmers and sweatshop workers, some of whom are still living in the equivalent of the 60s. Add in that the government is still pretending they are communist and the whole thing could fall apart if another Mao were to show up.

[Damien the Leper]

2 minutes ago, The Nehor said:

Which part? The one child policy was rescinded a while ago but it was in place for a long time and parents favored male children. I doubt they will encourage women to marry more then one man at a time but it would make sense there.

The two cultures is the split between the urbanized and developed areas and the rural farmers and sweatshop workers, some of whom are still living in the equivalent of the 60s. Add in that the government is still pretending they are communist and the whole thing could fall apart if another Mao were to show up.

The second paragraph and thank you. Your explanation helped. A friend who studies politics stated that China is an authoritarian capitalist nation. Is that remotely accurate?

[The Nehor]

9 minutes ago, Valentinus said:

The second paragraph and thank you. Your explanation helped. A friend who studies politics stated that China is an authoritarian capitalist nation. Is that remotely accurate?

Pretty accurate but there is some socialism with the government owning some key enterprises such as banks, energy, and most transportation. All land is technically owned by the government and leased by others but in practice since you can sell the lease and the lease is some times a century long it is not that different from capitalism. There is also a ton of nationalism with China being structured around international gains, primarily economic and territorial ambitions.

Edited August 5, 2019 by The Nehor

[Damien the Leper]

11 minutes ago, The Nehor said:

Pretty accurate but there is some socialism with the government owning some key enterprises such as banks, energy, and most transportation. All land is technically owned by the government and leased by others but in practice since you can sell the lease and the lease is some times a century long it is not that different from capitalism. There is also a ton of nationalism with China being structured around international gains, primarily economic and territorial ambitions.

What caused the shift from Maoist ideology to the system today? 

[The Nehor]

9 minutes ago, Valentinus said:

What caused the shift from Maoist ideology to the system today? 

The failure of the agricultural communes, overinvestment in heavy industry, and a three year famine. Most of the drive came from the people and not from the government. China liberalized economically without liberalizing politically or ideologically.

[Damien the Leper]

32 minutes ago, The Nehor said:

The failure of the agricultural communes, overinvestment in heavy industry, and a three year famine. Most of the drive came from the people and not from the government. China liberalized economically without liberalizing politically or ideologically.

Still sounds like a recipe for disaster.

[changed]

On 8/2/2019 at 12:36 PM, nuclearfuels said:

Does your coworker support the practice as well? Or has he gone a different path?

Gone a different path.  

[Stargazer]

On 8/5/2019 at 8:39 PM, Valentinus said:

Still sounds like a recipe for disaster.

Some have said that the excess male population will have to be dealt with, probably by having a war.  Human wave tactics can run a lot of men into a meatgrinder, as long as the defenders have plenty of ammo.  Sounds obscene, and it is, but they've done it before.  It's easy enough if one's morality is sufficiently Marxian.

[nuclearfuels]

On 8/6/2019 at 7:22 PM, Stargazer said:

Some have said that the excess male population will have to be dealt with, probably by having a war.  Human wave tactics can run a lot of men into a meatgrinder, as long as the defenders have plenty of ammo.  Sounds obscene, and it is, but they've done it before.  It's easy enough if one's morality is sufficiently Marxian.

Sad but true, not only for the Marxists but for everyone else as well.

What To Expect When No One's Expecting is a powerful book about demographics (non-LDS author) that unwinds threats of war from the Middle East; what do the govt politicians of such countires have to lose?  Their unemployed/underemployed, unmarried group of males - if nto told who to blame for thier country's problems - will look inside and start a rebellion at home