Your references, all from the Old Covenants; doesn't condone man taking more than one wife; but to go even further; Christ said:
Matthew 19:3–6: And Pharisees came up to him and r <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Matthew%2019.3%E2%80%936#footnote1>tested him by asking, s <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Matthew%2019.3%E2%80%936#footnote2>“Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” 4 He answered, t <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Matthew%2019.3%E2%80%936#footnote3>“Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, u <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Matthew%2019.3%E2%80%936#footnote4>‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and v <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Matthew%2019.3%E2%80%936#footnote5>the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. w <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Matthew%2019.3%E2%80%936#footnote6>What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” Ehesians 5:22-33: 22 z <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote1> Wives, a <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote2>submit to your own husbands, b <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote3>as to the Lord. 23 For c <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote4>the husband is the head of the wife even as d <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote5>Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is e <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote6>himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit f <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote7>in everything to their husbands. 25 g <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote8>Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and h <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote9>gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by i <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote10>the washing of water j <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote11>with the word, 27 so k <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote12>that he might present the church to himself in splendor, l <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote13>without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.1 <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote14> 28 In the same way m <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote15>husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because n <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote16>we are members of his body. 31 o <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote17>“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and p <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote18>the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However, q <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote19>let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she r <http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%205.22%E2%80%9333#footnote20>respects her husband. On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 10:20 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > wrote: > Entry number 7 concerns the Koran's allowing Muslims to have up to four > wives and encouraging Muslims to marry widows > --- > > In Exodus 21:10, a man can marry an infinite amount of women without any > limits to how many he can marry. > > In 2 Samuel 5:13; 1 Chronicles 3:1-9, 14:3, King David had six wives and > numerous concubines. > > In 1 Kings 11:3, King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines. > > In 2 Chronicles 11:21, King Solomon's son Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 > concubines. > > In Deuteronomy 21:15 "*If a man has two wives*, and he loves one but not > the other, and both bear him sons...." > > > Polygamy in Christianity > From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy_in_Christianity#mw-head> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy_in_Christianity#p-search> > > There are numerous examples of polygamy in the Old Testament > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Testament>, but it is generally not > accepted by modern Christianity > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity>. Some Christians actively > debate whether the New Testament > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Testament> or Christian ethics > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_ethics> allows or forbids > polygamy and there are several Christian views on the Old Covenant > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_views_on_the_Old_Covenant>. This > debate focuses almost exclusively on polygyny > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygyny> (one man having more than one > wife) and not polyandry <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyandry> (one > woman having more than one husband). > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy_in_Christianity > > > > On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 8:46:03 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Using the Sex Drive to Create Violence <http://www.citizenwarrior.com/> >> >> [image: Description: Link to Citizen Warrior] >> <http://www.citizenwarrior.com/> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Posted: 13 Nov 2015 01:31 AM PST >> >> *We received the following email a few days ago, and it contains a good >> point worth sharing:* >> >> *[image: Description: >> http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aOexL6nV5Ts/VkWt3Q2NdxI/AAAAAAAAFUg/IS_w7G9Oq2s/s320/hamas%2Bsoldiers%2Bready%2Bto%2Bdie%2Bfor%2Bvirgins.jpg]* >> <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aOexL6nV5Ts/VkWt3Q2NdxI/AAAAAAAAFUg/IS_w7G9Oq2s/s1600/hamas%2Bsoldiers%2Bready%2Bto%2Bdie%2Bfor%2Bvirgins.jpg> >> >> I just finished reading, for probably the 20th time, CW's invaluable >> article, *The Terrifying Brilliance of the Islamic Memeplex* >> <http://www.citizenwarrior.com/2007/10/terrifying-brilliance-of-islamic.html>. >> Today's re-read sparked a thought of a possible addition to entry number 7. >> In fact, I think an entire separate article could be written on this >> premise. (If CW has already written such an article, I have missed it and >> my apologies.) >> >> Entry number 7 concerns the Koran's allowing Muslims to have up to four >> wives and encouraging Muslims to marry widows, and my thought is this: >> These two provisions not only help guarantee a steady supply of offspring, >> they also ensure a steady supply of young men without wives. IMO a >> significant source of Islam's power amongst young men of fighting age is >> that by denying them normal sexual relations, their powerful sex drive is >> then available to be channeled/sublimated into aggression — aggression in >> which success is rewarded with sex. If they die they get into heaven for >> sex with virgins, and if they don't die there is a good possibility of >> obtaining sex by raping captive women. >> >> It also helps that the position of women in Islam nearly eliminates the >> other (i.e. non-sexual) natural moderating influences of women on male >> aggression. >> >> CW, both your site and your book have greatly assisted me in encouraging >> non-Muslims to learn more about Islam, and your site is always the first >> one I recommend to those who want to read further. Your work is vital and >> much appreciated! >> >> Regards, >> >> L. Evans >> >> P.S. Your article, *How to Resist Islamic Encroachment and Still Be >> Happy* >> <http://www.citizenwarrior.com/2010/11/how-to-resist-islamic-encroachment-and.html> >> made me realize that I'm not the only one who gets overwhelmed by what is >> happening in the world and who needs to take a break from the news. 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