prompt: Just want to know why we can only have one wife, did not the bible say go yee and populate
chosen.content: Just want to know why we can only have one wife, did not the bible say go yee and populate
chosen.role: user
chosen.content: While the Bible encourages people to go out and multiply, polygamy was not a practice endorsed by God and was eventually forbidden throughout the majority of Christianity. This was due in part to abuses of the institution, such as the selling of female infants into child marriage to the same men that had multiple wives. While this was a natural consequence of a society following their own traditions in regards to how marriage should function, it was eventually recognized as a detriment to proper functioning of society and Christian community as a whole and, therefore, polygamy was forbidden. Additionally, the Bible's emphasis on monogamy allows for deeper relationship between spouses and reduces the potential for power struggles and abuses within the family structure.
chosen.role: assistant
rejected.content: Just want to know why we can only have one wife, did not the bible say go yee and populate
rejected.role: user
rejected.content: The Bible does indeed say "go and populate" (Gen. 1:28), but it does not specifically say anything about multiple wives. The only restriction that the Bible provides is that a man is not to take multiple wives if he already has a wife (see Deut. 5:17; 2 Sam. 3:14).
rejected.role: assistant