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
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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.
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rejected.content: Just want to know why we can only have one wife, did not the bible say go yee and populate
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rejected.content: In the Hebrew Bible, the limit of one wife was prescribed for priests (Leviticus 19:21) and kings (I Kings 11:1–13). Moreover, in Paul's letter to the Corinthians, polygamy was denounced in order to prevent discord in families and to prevent arrogance by the powerful (I Corinthians 7:2–7 and 9:3–27). Later in church history, the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and other mainline Christian churches have also opposed polygamy as an extension of the ancient tradition. Finally, in the United States, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints allowed polygamy but in 1890 it banned polygamy as part of its effort to gain acceptance into mainstream society. Thus, today most Christian churches, as well as society in general, views monogamy as the ideal.
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