Very interesting. I think if I was to say there was one facet of the mormon church that I always struggled with when I was active, it was the polygamy thing. It makes no sense to me. I once got in trouble for asking in Sunday School why men could marry multiple times in the temple and women couldn't. Isn't that polygamy in heaven. If it is, I don't want to go there.
That's "polyandry" (women having multiple husbands) vs. "polygyny" (men having multiple wives). Both are polygamy. There are two possible reasons why there's always been more of the latter than the former: global sexism, or the fact that at any point in history, there tend to be more women than men (the X carrying sperm tend to be stronger swimmers and less susceptible to environmental stresses than the Y carrying sperm--go where you will with that one). It's probably a combination of both, but I'll leave that to be hashed out by the social scientists.
Interesting thought: If both gay marriage and polygamy were legal, would you start to see bisexual polygamy? What would they call that? How would hierarchies be arranged and maintained?
My polygyny/polyandry qualifier was just to clear up the terms on the matter Kodi brought up (men marrying multiple times in the temple, women not). The "what would happen" question was rhetorical anyway, so no need to formulate a response.
In other words, the first was to make things clearer, the second to make things . . . I don't know, spicier.
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Being "Celtic Catholic" and semi Jewish, I'm all for everyone and their beliefs.
But I've never understood fully why anyone would want to follow one started by a guy named Joe Smith.
Very interesting. I think if I was to say there was one facet of the mormon church that I always struggled with when I was active, it was the polygamy thing. It makes no sense to me. I once got in trouble for asking in Sunday School why men could marry multiple times in the temple and women couldn't. Isn't that polygamy in heaven. If it is, I don't want to go there.
That's "polyandry" (women having multiple husbands) vs. "polygyny" (men having multiple wives). Both are polygamy. There are two possible reasons why there's always been more of the latter than the former: global sexism, or the fact that at any point in history, there tend to be more women than men (the X carrying sperm tend to be stronger swimmers and less susceptible to environmental stresses than the Y carrying sperm--go where you will with that one). It's probably a combination of both, but I'll leave that to be hashed out by the social scientists.
Interesting thought: If both gay marriage and polygamy were legal, would you start to see bisexual polygamy? What would they call that? How would hierarchies be arranged and maintained?
yes Ly, I'm aware of the difference. Those Mo's just lump it all in there together (even though one isn't applicable).
And I'm not sure to answer your question. I think you would start to see it more. I think it already exists on a larger scale than one might think.
My polygyny/polyandry qualifier was just to clear up the terms on the matter Kodi brought up (men marrying multiple times in the temple, women not). The "what would happen" question was rhetorical anyway, so no need to formulate a response.
In other words, the first was to make things clearer, the second to make things . . . I don't know, spicier.
would it be offensive for me to say that mormonism feels like one giant cult to me? not unlike that dude from waco texas?
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