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<blockquote data-quote="Fred&amp;#039;s Myth" data-source="post: 5536327" data-attributes="member: 55587">While I agree with you, I also concede that marriage as an established practice predates the written Word you quote (<a href="https://www.incegd.com/en/news-insights/family-matrimonial-history-marriage#:~:text=It%20is%20widely%20agreed%20that,B.C.%20in%20the%20Far%20East" target="_blank">The history of marriage | Ince</a>.).Polygamy was not uncommon in Old Testament Scripture (Esau (Gen 26:34; 28:6-9), Jacob (Gen 29:15-28), Elkanah (1 Samuel 1:1-8), David (1 Samuel 25:39-44; 2 Samuel 3:2-5; 5:13-16), and Solomon (1 Kings 11:1-3).Monogamy didn&#039;t start prevailing until around the 9th century, thanks to the Catholic Church.And nowhere in Scripture does it exclude alternative marriages. God&#039;s preferred model is centered around a committed partnership that nurtures the family. This could be explained as simply the fact that male/male and female/female monogamous unions are barren.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fred's Myth, post: 5536327, member: 55587"] While I agree with you, I also concede that marriage as an established practice predates the written Word you quote ([URL='https://www.incegd.com/en/news-insights/family-matrimonial-history-marriage#:~:text=It%20is%20widely%20agreed%20that,B.C.%20in%20the%20Far%20East']The history of marriage | Ince[/URL].). Polygamy was not uncommon in Old Testament Scripture ([B]Esau (Gen 26:34; 28:6-9), Jacob (Gen 29:15-28), Elkanah (1 Samuel 1:1-8), David (1 Samuel 25:39-44; 2 Samuel 3:2-5; 5:13-16), and Solomon (1 Kings 11:1-3)[/B]. Monogamy didn't start prevailing until around the 9th century, thanks to the Catholic Church. And nowhere in Scripture does it exclude alternative marriages. God's preferred model is centered around a committed partnership that nurtures the family. This could be explained as simply the fact that male/male and female/female monogamous unions are barren. [/QUOTE]

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