Topic: Can Christian men marry more than one wife? - page 6. (Read 2216 times)

"Go on and multiply", the Bible says. Being Christians, men are monogamous in nature. Having one and only wife is strongly commanded. This is showing Faithfulness to his wife and his family. In the eyes of God, marrying more than one wife is a mortal sin.

Yeah. The thing here is that you used the term marry which also equates to marriage. And marriage specifically sets a union of two people to be seen as one. There's really nothing much to and if you want to marry more than once then convert to islam

No matter whether christian or any religion why would a man want to married more than one wife? Have he forget the vow he had make when he go into marriage with his wife? If a man cannot even keep his promise he is worst than a beast.....

If we let the Bible speak we can be hurt for saying no. If we trace the history from the old story in marriage we can notice that men before can marry more than one. There wasn't given law in that time so it wasn't forbidden. Now Christian men can no longer marry more than one bcoz it is not the right way of being a Christian. The old has gone the new has come. But all people commit sin. There wasn't perfect man in this world. Man can marry only one but can have mistress that the original wife doesn't have any idea. When time comes conflict will come that can be worst.

I believe that having more than wife as a christian would be too harsh and it is against the will of the Lord. Marriage is made for us by the God so we must honor it as a way of honoring Him too. Having more than one wife I think is not justifiable. Men must respect and know the value of a woman. Having more than one woman won't give you peace.

Christians can only marry once, and many other wives in them can be civil, that is, with unrelated relationships. But returning to marriage as an institution of family values in different religions has its own dogmas and rules, how can a man in a family and a marriage can and should behave like he can have children and wives. if you look more abstractly, how many wives and children can feed a man, so much he will have them. God keep your families.

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The Government (USA) lets you live with anyone you want. What goes on in your house may or may not be marriage according to the way you live. Look at what the government says in court cases. The say "consenting adults." In other words, you can live like you were married as long as you consent.

But try to get a marriage license for all of your wives, and the Government won't let you... if they realize what you are doing. Why is there a difference?


Let me make this as clear as I can. Imagine that you get a marriage license. It has your name and her name on it. Is your name you? No! It is a person of the marriage. It is a fake person. That piece of paper isn't a man or woman. It's a stupid piece of paper. Your marriage to the woman isn't the paper.

The thing that the Government won't let you do is have the same fake person - the same kind of piece of paper - marrying more than one other fake person. The paper isn't you, even though it has your name on it. It is simply one of your PERSONS, because you signed the paper, making it yours.

Now if you identify each of the many persons you have, all as separate persons... your employment contract person, this bank account person, that bank account person, the car loan person... if you identify them separately in some way, then there will not be any mix up. So, you get the marriage license for this person that bears your name, but you identify him/it with a number along with your name, and you acknowledge that this person is different than all the other persons that you have (and she does the same), then it is not you and she, getting married. Rather, it is your person and her person.

After all, you can go out and co-habit as much as you want. It is allowed as long as it is by mutual consent. Look at all the court cases that say that sex outside of marriage is allowed as long as the parties are consenting adults. So, co-habit by making the marriage between the two of you, and don't fill out a marriage certificate for yourself and her.


Look at the 4th Amendment: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

Note the part that says, "... people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers ..." Notice the word "persons." Notice that it is plural. Every time you fill out your name on a piece of paper, you are creating a new person, except when you are naming an already created person of yours an additional time.

Wake up. You aren't the persons that you create, and they aren't you. They even aren't each other.

For example. You have a Social Security number that you control. But who or what really has that SSN? It's a fake person... the person listed on the SS card. That card isn't you. That card is a piece of paper. You are flesh and blood. Later, when you fill out a job application, and apply "your" SSN to it, what you have really done is created a new, separate person, and authorized it to use the SSN of the SS card person.

Apply this thinking to marriage, and realize that you can marry or not, any which way you like, and the paperwork of the marriage license is not you. It is only a person of paperwork. You and she are flesh and blood. In fact, you and all the shes are flesh and blood, and are under voluntary consent to be together. Your marriage is private. Government can't interfere until you make it a public thing by filling out the marriage license, and stating that the names on the marriage license are you and her.

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Yes if they just agree to live married i suppose

It depends on the will of a man. As a good husband, you should know your own duties and responsibility as the head of the family. You play an important role which is to set a good example for your kids. Having more than one wife I think is unfair and you should know that it is against the will of the Lord.

God wants harmony, peace and the best for people, and especially for their children. When He set life up, He set marriage to be one man and one woman.

People make all kinds of decisions in life. They make all kinds of contracts. Think of all the people who purchased Bitcoin when it was at $100. Think of all the people who purchased Bitcoin when it was near $20,000. Sometimes our decisions and contracts bring us joy and good. Sometimes they bring us pain and bad. But because of the kind of creatures we are, we continue to do good and bad to ourselves.

The people who purchased Bitcoin near $20,000, will keep on living with their little mistake, just like those who purchased at $100 will keep on living with their financial blessing.

The same with marriage. Those who marry one spouse will keep on living with their blessings. And those who have more than one wife will continue to live with their problems.

The children of multiple-wife families will adapt. Kids are flexible... even though it might take them a long time to get family ideals straight in their minds.

Multiple-wife marriages work, but God wants the best and easiest for us in many ways. That's why He wants us to have one-wife marriages and families.

You might suggest, But if I have, say, 10 wives, they can go out and work on jobs and help to support each other, and support me at the same time. The answer is, you can get together with 10 one-wife couples and do a better job of working together as a little community, than you can with 10 wives in one, big family.

Multiple-wife families work, but one-wife families work better.

I once heard one preacher say that it is not clearly stated that christians should marry one as you rightly mentioned. Buy the question is ,are you going to be fateful to both of them equally? To me,marrying another wife is an indication that you are tired of the first one,which will surely reflect the way you treat the two of them.

How could you say that? That you dont care about the bible said? OMG.
Well for me my opinion about that christian men can mary more than 1 wife is No.because if you are a christian and you believe JESUS you must follow what the bible said,and obey his words.

What's the purpose of marrying more women? If for some reason its very important I think you should do it. But if it is just for fun then your life could be ruined. Your wife and siblings will be on a war more often. This is what I saw more often even the real siblings of one mother clashes together how much more for those who are only related by their father. This is the worst scenario. Life isn't peaceful. Better look for one who could stay with you on your lifetime.

For me no😃 real Christian. Know what is good 😃

Christians can marry as many times as they want, or marry. Crowned only once in a lifetime.

Whatever the answer is, they can or they can't; there is a lot of people who are doing it. You can read it in a lot of things that relies information like newspaper and social medias. I don't really know if marrying a lot of them will make you a sinner based on the bible but in the traditions of Christian people, marrying a lot of them is not allowed since the Church are only allowing you to marry once. You cannot marry another one after you get married and if you still continue that kind of intimate relationship into that woman, in that case you are having a sin which is number 6 of the ten commandments.

if indeed a Christian Christian may marry more than one woman, and not contradict the bible, so my question here is is it that he can do justice to some of his wives ??
as far as I know the name of the wedding is about how to do justice and love each other, not a lot of problems and little wife, in my religion also allowed to marry more than one woman, but can we do justice .. ?? that's a question from me

Modern society' rules and official laws are completely against more than one marriage at the same time. For that reason, I do not care any so-called  holy book like bible , kuran etc. Polygamy is completely against with human nature. A man can marry only one woman.

The Mormons are also Christians (or they claim to be so), and until very recently, the mainstream Mormons used to encourage polygamy. The fringe Mormons (such as the FLDS) still practice polygamy, especially in Utah.