LDS, Mormons, according to your beliefs? About Polygamy being "OK" from God?

these scriptures say more about the nature of marriage itself (between a man and woman, that a wife comes before parental family, etc)....the part about adultery is defining the reasons for which one may initiate divorce.

divorce has been allowed under some circumstances - mainly because of the hardness of hearts, but as explained by Jesus, “from the beginning it was not so” (Matt. 19: 3-12).

divorce regulations under the law of Moses is found in Lev. 21: 14; Deut. 22: 19, 29; Deut. 24: 1-4.

and in the NT. instructions relating to divorce in Matt. 5: 31-32; Matt. 19: 3-12; Luke 16: 18; 1 Cor. 7: 10-17.........AND Mark 10: 2-12 (which just happens to contain your verses). this is not "according to my religion" as you put it --- this is just common sense.

and God has made it clear in the bible that polygamy was ok with Him @times (like with abraham) and that only those who hold the priesthood 'keys' to perform this function are to do it (as with solomon and david)........so obviously Christ would not contradict that......

as far as men being able to be sealed to more than one wife --- yea. currently it works that way. quite frankly, I don't care how my family gets there as a family --- just that we all do. and if that means that my g-mother (who was originally married to an abusive man who was not LDS) married my g-father as his second wife and binds the rest of us together with that loving and amazing man? well, I'm ok with that.

see - the ordinances of the temple are more between an individual and God than they ever were between spouses. the point of sealings and marriage in the temple is that it is for time (right now) and all eternity (forever).....if one spouse keeps their covenants and one does not - are they both punished as a couple? nope. one is a covenant keeper and is entitled to the blessings and agreements as long as the sealing is in place, because as Jesus said, (Matt 16:19)

"And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

it's all about binding together families.....

edit: SURPRISE! I disagree with you again......I was "sealed" to a man who is now an atheist, sexually promiscuous, and could not take responsibility for his life or any of his children @threat of death. do you really believe that I will be bound to him for all eternity? nope. he has not kept his covenants with God and as such, all deals are off with him. however, I have kept the promises I have made and if I can continue to do so, I am entitled to every blessing thereof. and no actually, I don't 'remember that part', mainly because 'that part' you are so obsessed with is not as integral a piece as you would love it to be. sorry.

and yes, I do believe we have a 'heavenly mother' because I believe God to have substance and not that He is just some anomalous mist forever and ever. does she have sister wives? I don't know that. you don't know that. but you will use something you have no proof (nor even indication) of to prove some point you don't even believe in the first place? honestly, I think that is THE definition of 'what a waste of time'. If God has a wife, then their arrangement is between them and not me. as for my mother, she is with my father, where she has chosen to be and is best happy. and my grandmother as well is part of a family. I don't even know that she will still be a "wife" in the sense of the word as we use it, but that too will be her choice.....one she has because of her second husband and being sealed. free agency does not just dissolve @death....and thank goodness, neither does family. your view of heaven is limited by what others have told you. I'm sorry for that - but I do not put limits on God, and I KNOW that my g-mother is happy and making her own choices.....whatever they are.

anyone crying over this is only crying because they have fallen prey to those who believe that we lose ground upon returning to The Father. we do not. we gain. we do not lose our free agency, or the knowledge we have gained here. we will be able to choose our way.....and for some of us, that MAY include polygamy. it certainly will not for all of us. I bring you once again to my own situation - I will not be bound to my ex forever, but the sealing ordinance still holds. I have already made my choice and done it here on this earth.....all I have to do now is live with it/up to it.

I don't think the verses you quote are teaching against polygamy. They are teaching against adultery, but no where does Jesus say that taking a second wife automatically equals adultery. If Jesus did say that, then he'd basically be saying that Abraham had committed adultery.

However, I completely agree that some times in the Bible, polygamy would have been considered to be wrong. Yet, there was also a time when polygamy was approved (e.g., with Abraham, Jacob, Moses, etc.). So even looking just at the Bible, one can see that there were times when God authorized the practice, and times when He did not. LDS don't believe any different. That's exactly what the Book of Mormons says: Polygamy is wrong UNLESS God authorizes it.

What makes you think that we lose our free agency in the next life? What makes you think that a second wife doesn't know that there was a first? Why do you act like there are no informed choices being made here?

Fact: At different times in scripture God has ok'd polygamy, if it is done by His 'rules'.

Fact: One man, one woman is the standard. The LDS know that and say that over and over

Fact: God is the ONLY judge.

Fact: You do not get to sit in judgement on God.

11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her

1. WHO had it right, "your" idea of what God OK'ed or Jesus Christ? Jesus says it is clearly adultery...

No, you worded that wrong. It should read "Who had it right, "your" idea of what God OK'ed, or MY idea of what Jesus said? Because I do not believe those verses are in reference to plural marriage. If a man and woman are sealed in the temple, and then the man leaves her for no good reason, and marries someone else, I do believe he is guilty of adultery.

2. What is Christ saying here according to your religion?

Since the question was about divorce, then the answer must be about divorce. Jesus said that the only acceptable reason for divorce was adulterey.

"Sorry Phrog, but I think you are sugarcoating and downplaying a real sticky situation..."

How is giving you an answer straight out of scripture andbacking that up with the words of Christ Himself downplaying a belief? Don't you think Christ knows what's what?

He obviously wasn't talking about polygamy. A man should be "one" or united with his wife. If he has more than one, then he should be "one" with each of his wives. Jesus grew up in a society that condoned polygamy. He himself never uttered one word against it. He was once asked about the Jewish law of a widow marrying her husbands' brother. We are not talking about a senior unmarried brother - it is expected that all older brothers would already have a wife. If Jesus was going to say anything against polygamy, then he would have said it then.

Don't forget that Moses was the lawgiver, and his choice of taking on a second wife was condoned by God himself.

The first time polygamy is stated in the bible was when Sarah a female suggested Abraham suggested Abraham marry her servant, a female started this crap!!!! and all the men in the bible agreed with it!!!! I mean why not!!!! Sarah did nto understand that a man cannot become one with three women. The two become one, not three women and one man!!!! By the way Paul was always single and this is known to be a gift that God gives certain people, I think your church changed the scripture in Cor. 7 wherePaul says he was meant to be single!!! because Joseph did nto want it that way!!!!

And if a man doesn't "put away his wife" when he marries another, is it still adultery? If he keeps the first wife, it doesn't seem to go against what Jesus said.

I think He was talking about divorce, not polygamy. If someone "put away" their spouse, that means they divorce them and go after someone else. At least, that is my interpretation.

Lots of people in Bible times practiced polygamy.

It is talking about not committing to the first wife, not that you couldn't marry more than once.