Polygamy is in the Bible, but that does not make it sanctioned by God. It was a cultural practice.

Polygamy was a normal marital practice in the Bible among Gods chosen. Polygamy and concubines would be included in any definition of “Biblical marriage.”

 

 

Joseph Smith reworked it through his D&C revelations to make it “Biblical” and holy.

The Bible makes it Biblical.

Gods chosen practicing it in the Bible makes it Biblical.

Gods anointed chosen Israel being a house of polygamy makes it Biblical.

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He needed it to be a spiritual practice so that he could fit it into the need to restore all things. But it was the only thing he restored. A bit strange, innit?

Early Christians were not creedal trinitarians… that is an evidence of restoration.

Ancient Israel believed God was married and She was worshipped alongside God… that is an evidence of restoration.

Early Christians baptized for the dead… that is an evidence of restoration.

Early Christians believed in theosis/deification… that is an evidence of restoration. 

It may have been a normal practice in the Bible,

Yes, it was. No question.

The “Biblical definition” of marriage would include polygamy and concubines.

 

but there is no indication that God condoned or commanded it.

Its mandated in Levirate marriage.

Polygamy and concubines were practiced by Gods chosen.

The House of Israel was a polygamy-practicing group.

God -gave- King David wives. 

God views Himself using a metaphor as a "polygamist husband" to Judah and Israel in (Ezekiel 23:1-5)

 

 

The story of Abraham, Sarah and Hagar is terrible.

Abraham married Hagar (Genesis 16:3), Keturah (Genesis 25:1) and other unnamed concubines (Genesis 25:6). Jacob (Genesis 29:21-30, Genesis 30:3-4, Genesis 30:9). Abijah had fourteen wives (2 Chronicles 13:21) and yet he is described as a righteous king of Judah who honored the Lord (2 Chronicles 13:8-12) and prosper in battle because of the Lord's blessing (2 Chronicles 13:16-18). Jehoiada, priest under king Joash had two wives (2 Chronicles 3:) and is described at his death as one who "had done good in Israel, both toward God and toward his house. [i.e. family]" (2 Chronicles 24:16).

 Clearly Abraham and Jacob practiced polygamy.

Jacob violated Levitical law in marrying sisters. No consequence.

 

Sarah lacked faith in God, and SHE told Abraham to take her handmaid so she could have a baby. God didn't tell Abraham to do that.

There is no argument on the table that Gods chosen, Abraham-- was a polygamist.

 

There was no consent by Hagar. And the rest of Hagar's life is tragic. The story of Jacob, Leah and Rachel is equally heartbreaking if you read it from the wives' perspective. Is this really some higher law? Is this really what God wants for his daughters?

It was miserable for women in Latter-day Saint Christian polygamy as well.

No consent? Women were property in the Bible. Women had no consent in the Bible.

And there is no marital age for women in the Bible.

In Jacob 2 in the BoM it is very clear that polygamy is an abomination because of bad it is for women and children.

That is correct.

Polygamy is normative in the Bible, with Gods anointed practicing it—and with God using metaphors of polygamy to describe His relationship with Israel.

But not in the Book of Mormon.

 

I say this as a practicing, believing LDS who is happy to throw out this polygamy doctrine that has done nothing but hurt women.

Agreed.

Agree fully.

Polygamy was abusive to women in the Bible.

It was abusive to women in Latter-day Saint Christianity as well.