Monogamy

[Rowan]

Choosing to spend your life whilst being faithful to someone shouldn't be a complex issue. If you cant control your urges then don't make commitments that you cant keep. Its really simple. We are human, we can control are urges and we can make decisions. We are different to animals in the wild. We dont rape others, we dont kill others, we dont steal from others, not without consequence. Why should this be so difficult? The world isn't designed to bring the human race down, its designed to keep it thriving. Monogomy is good for the economy (which is good for you) and proven in long term to be great for ones longevity (low risk of STI, etc).

[Lacquer Head]

First sentence of that article: "Adultery ... is sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than their spouse or spouses"

What's your point? If Christians consider adultery a sin, the solution for a "sin-averse religious polygamist" is to have multiple spouses.

As I said, I'm not referring to polygamy as purely marriage based. Being intimate with other people, etc. Even so, polygamy IS considered a sin, so either way, sinsinsin.

The monogamist Romans fed Christians to lions for entertainment for hundreds of years and they had to hold religious meetings literally underground and in secret. My point is that the Roman moral of monogamy became a Christian one as the Roman elite converted to Christianity. The idea of the secular Western state being essentially based on the Roman state has possibly led to the strength of monogamy and its status in law for hundreds of years. To me it makes more sense than "them damn Christians" as an argument, especially given that I have established earlier that polygamy should not be a problem for any of the Abrahamic faiths had they developed in a vacuum.

Which monogamous Romans? The same ones with all the mistresses (...and young boys) they could ever want? As I said before, I'm not referring to polygamy and monogamy in pure marriage based ideas. Someone married to one person, yet ****ing a mistress is engaging in a form of polygamy. The idea to expunge all forms of polygamy (from having sex with other people to having multiple spouses) seems to be a recent trend inspired by the church.

Choosing to spend your life whilst being faithful to someone shouldn't be a complex issue. If you cant control your urges then don't make commitments that you cant keep. Its really simple. We are human, we can control are urges and we can make decisions. We are different to animals in the wild. We dont rape others, we dont kill others, we dont steal from others, not without consequence. Why should this be so difficult? The world isn't designed to bring the human race down, its designed to keep it thriving. Monogomy is good for the economy (which is good for you) and proven in long term to be great for ones longevity (low risk of STI, etc).

You can be faithful to someone and have sex with other people, if it's part of your relationship, you're not breaking any kind of promise

Also, by your logic, we should all remain single and celibate, it's even BETTER economically and it's hard to get an STI from your hand...unless you're Ashley Olsen.

[Rowan]

As I said, I'm not referring to polygamy as purely marriage based. Being intimate with other people, etc. Even so, polygamy IS considered a sin, so either way, sinsinsin.



Which monogamous Romans? The same ones with all the mistresses (...and young boys) they could ever want? As I said before, I'm not referring to polygamy and monogamy in pure marriage based ideas. Someone married to one person, yet ****ing a mistress is engaging in a form of polygamy. The idea to expunge all forms of polygamy (from having sex with other people to having multiple spouses) seems to be a recent trend inspired by the church.



You can be faithful to someone and have sex with other people, if it's part of your relationship, you're not breaking any kind of promise

Also, by your logic, we should all remain single and celibate, it's even BETTER economically and it's hard to get an STI from your hand...unless you're Ashley Olsen.

Ive never understood the purpose of getting married if you intend to have sex with other people. Its redundant.