Foes of marriage equality use the slogan “one man, one woman,” often citing this type of marriage as biblical.
But as a viewer of Pat Robertson’s “Bring It On” program on the Christian Broadcasting Network pointed out, the Bible is full of examples of polygamy which God apparently approved. “Throughout the Bible, we see many figures who had several wives. When did it become one man, one woman?” asked “Rambo.”
Robertson was hard-pressed to come up with an answer that would satisfy today’s moral outcry against polygamy.
I don’t know … polygamy was certainly accepted among the wealthier people, certainly the kings. Maybe that was a sign of the fact that they were kings. They made alliances and marriage was less of a romantic thing.
It was — I was reading about Solomon. It said he married the daughter of Pharaoh. Well, that was an alliance between Israel and Pharaoh.
Robertson said that Noah had only one wife, but David the king had a number of wives and children.
Robertson asked his co-host what she thought. “I don’t know. I only have jokes in my head,” she responded.
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October 31, 2011 at 5:03 pm
Marvin George
A question for Pat Robertson: where does the Bible say that Noah had ONLY one wife? And ONLY three sons? It is possible that Noah had other wives and sons/daughters who did not believe the preaching of their husband/father, and so perished in the flood with the other unbelievers.
The only two OT characters that we can be reasonably certain had only one wife each are Isaac and Joseph – and it is not 100% certain in either case. But there are at least 39 OT characters, plus the men of the tribe of Issachar (See 1 Chronicles 7:14) that we can be either 100% certain had more than one wife each, because the Bible so states, or it can be reasonably inferred because of the number of children they had.
Not one of those men was ever condemned by God or a prophet of God for having more than one wife. Some were condemned for other sins, such as David being condemned for stealing another man’s wife and murdering the man, and Solomon for marrying foreign wives who led him into idolatry, but no one was condemned for polygyny. So why should we condemn anyone who practices polygyny, or, as I do, promotes it as a valid lifestyle if done according to Biblical teaching?
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