Why is it ok for Mormon men to have more than one wife, but women can only have one husband?
397532
because 1 woman cant cook and clean for too many guys at once
620268
The answer to this question is not a simple 4!. Islam is a religon which has a rational behind every command which it gives. Yes, there is room for a man to marry and have four wives, however, there are very strict conditions which are to be met before such can be done. A man in Islam was allowed to marry upto four wives because, during the initial Islamic expansion, many non muslim women were converting and hence had to leave their previous non-muslim husbands. There were few Muslim men at that time who could marry these women, hence to give them protection rather than that they become public property, it was allowed for men to have four wives. But if you hear the conditions which are to be met before a muslim man can do so, you will come to belive than even Islam encourages only one wife. \n\nA muslim man has to give all his wives absoulte equal rights and love. But normally you see a man marrying another women because he is now fed up of his current wife or doesnt find her attractive enough. In Islam one cannot have a second wife on this pretext since it would violate the condition hence the man would be commiting sin. There is not enough space on this forum to tell u folks all the other conditions, but in short, the exceptions were made only to protect women. Even today science has proven that there are more females being born today than males. You can look around your own family and you will notice the tendecy for couples to more likely have more female children. Who knows, to keep future balance in check rather than the women becoming public property was this command given by Allah. May God bless you all.
1020032
Brother ! Muslims can have second wife without the permission of first wife if this clause is not mentioned in marital agreement (Nikah Nama). If the wife puts this clause in Nikah Nama that husband cant marry the second without her permission then taking permission is compulsory .. \nFor example most of the Muslims dont know that a woman can also give divorce (talaq) in Islam (as men) if she mentions it in Nikah Nama ...\ni would agree to an answer above that one cant do justice with 4 wives ..thats what Quran says ...\n"marry of the women, who seem good to you, two or three or four; and if ye fear that ye cannot do justice (to so many) then marry one (only)"\n[AlQuran 4:3]
486483
Yes. More than one wife was allowed even in the bible.\n\nIn the old testament, if a man's brother got killed, you would be going him honor to marry his wife also and provide for both.\n\nIn the new testament, it did not really say it was wrong, it only said that minsters could only have on wife due to their other church duties.\n\nPolygamy in the Bible though was out of love and compassion though, not lust.\n\nOther cultures is also open to it.\n\nIf two can become one, than certainly three can become one....my wife would just love to have another women to share the joys and responsibilities with...she told me so.
712166
It is easier to have one woman married to two men that way you share the pms...\nit is against the law in most countries to marry more than one person with out divorcing the first
222432
First it is not many it is only 4!!\nAllah allowed us to marry 4 wives but also we are warned to be very carefuk about this issue and only take this step if there is no hope at all in this wife whatever the fault might be and since the worst legal thing to do is divorce it is taken as the last option at all and it's better not to consider it\nAs the Islam tells us we must be able to marry and carry all the burdons but also Islam warned us that we will never be fair to the wives whatever we do but we must try our best
632425
IF Jesus was married, he would have only had one wife.  He was supposed to be Jewish, not Mormon.
721491
Makes me wonder if the guys who are in favor of it would be in favor of sharing their Wives with other men as well.\n\nAfterall it should go both ways.\nSomehow I am doubting the guys would be in favor of that :)
697813
It is a matter of record that some of the OT people had many wives. But what is recorded in the Bible should not be confused with what is approved and commended in the Bible. Polygamy was never God's original intention for man.
1024364
You are going to think this is not a serious answer at first, but give it some thought.\n\nNo, a man should not have two wives, because one is trouble enough.  More than one and he'd be outnumbered.\n\n(The serious point: it would be almost impossible to have a stable relationship that way.)
1167228
Mormons are no longer allowed to be practicing polygamists.\n\nWanton, purposeless lust is also not allowed...\n\nSo no and no and no.
654402
I agree.  Women should also be able to marry multiple men.  This is just the legislation of morality, and there is no victim, as long as the participants are all of legal age.  We have legalized a lot of other things (such as domestic partners and sodomy), and there is no real reason in my mind for this last holdout.  If you are going to legalize some of it, you might was well legalize it all.
856917
Because when men marry, they can no longer have sex with other women. They can only be with one woman for the rest of their lives. They cannot eat of the forbidden fruit. They cannot sample the goodies.
549130
I've had it explained to me before like this:\n\nA man can be a father, a son, and a husband all at the same time. It's just different roles. It's the same way with God, he can play any of three different roles, but he's still only one God.\n\nWhether that's a good explanation or not, I'll leave up to you.
454992
I don't know about polygamous (marrying multiple people), but I think they are more promiscuous by nature. I think men have a biological desire to 'spread their seed around.'
651980
Because man is not able to serve 2 gods. If he is focused on his wife he can not devote himself to God and the Church & if he is focused on God and the Church he can't devote himself to his wife.
1081036
I think it says in the Timothy (one or two I can't remember) or Titus (or both) that a church elder must be a husband of one wife.  So no, if he has two wives, not only is he not able to meet the requirement of being a pastor, he's also in violation of his faith by being polygamous....I'm assuming this man claims to be Christian.  He needs to be separated from his wife (his second I think, since he's legally married to the first)