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So... What are your arguments FOR polygyny?

Being Christian doesn't make you immune from Satan deceivership.
Correct.
Matthew 16:21-23 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!” But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
 
My husband and I were recently revealed the truth about Polygyny. So I don't need to be convinced the truth, I am curious about how you would try to shine light on others that don't know or believe in polygyny though.

I am also wondering how others found out about it and what your arguments are for supporting Polygyny even if you're not trying to convince someone haha.

Preferably Biblical Arguments :) but open to what ever you think should be shared!

Thanks for reading!
I learned about it through reply videos to YouTube touting monogamy only.
Scripture is full of support when your blinders are removed.
 
I learned about it through reply videos to YouTube touting monogamy only.
Scripture is full of support when your blinders are removed.
This is very true. Many just close their eyes when the blinders are removed.

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I think that ultimately people only come to see this if the Holy Spirit prompts them to. Without His prompting, they'll stick with their emotional preconditioning and read monogamy-only into scripture, and will never be dissuaded from that through logic because emotions are stronger. And for most people it isn't a crucial matter, there are more important aspects of Christianity than this. So I don't try to persuade everyone, just offer pointers in the right direction for those who are of a receptive mindset already.

For those, the most effective way to shine light on this is to ask them to prove from scripture that only monogamy is acceptable to God. If God is leading them to think deep enough about this, they'll honestly find that they cannot prove it. If they instead grab some proof-text that they think proves monogamy-only and stick with it even if you show their logic is completely flawed, then they're not ready and you may as well drop the subject. Unless, of course, polygamy is actually relevant to their life in a real way and they do need to be persuaded for practical reasons, in which case you'd persist with trying to make them see sense.

For the potentially receptive, you can help their thinking by pointing them to some thought-provoking texts like 2 Chronicles 24:2-3, and by pointing out that in the original language verses like 1 Co 7:2 don't say what they appear to say in English.
One Greek word for woman is gune. Also gune is also used as women. 1 Corinthians 7:29 "they that have wives (gune)
 
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