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The rule for everything to be equal is not a rule that Yahweh set up. We see that naturally for adults vs children, Employers vs employees, men vs women, and some cultures human vs animals. so bad premise.

A very well-rounded post. You need more than weight control to become a man who attracts and keeps the kind of women who will be a benefit to your family.

Evidently not too 'messianic'... ;)

Hi @davidthebuilder, how are things working out? I was re-reading through this thread and was wondering how you are doing and how your relationship with your wife is now? It's been a while, so I pray there is growth and sanctification on all...

This runs both ways. We told our daughter she needed to bait the hook for what she wanted to catch. She was better off dressing conservatively and being passed up by a modern player, than dressing like a modern woman and being passed up by the...

I hear what you’re saying, but I’m old enough to remember when Sean Connery was People Magazine sexiest man. He was late 50s/early 60s, balding, grey haired and sort of dad bod (not fat, but no longer svelt). It was partly his exotic accent...

A very well-rounded post. You need more than weight control to become a man who attracts and keeps the kind of women who will be a benefit to your family.

For 6'4" at 210 you're doing good work. Keep in mind that the goal isn't always "lighter" - I have to remind myself this. Muscle weighs more than fat so if you did a 1:1 swap of fat for muscle you'd weigh more. But I think you already totally...

Two years ago, I noticed that my weight had gradually crept up on me until I was over 260 pounds, was close to 30% body fat, and had a 43 inch waist. I got irritated and decided to lose weight. I didn't want to lose muscle, so I kept lifting...

None of them say so. They may seem to when taken out of context, but they don't. Affirming one wife, is not condemning two.

Their (erroneous) presupposition is polygyny is adultery, and that's got to be sorted out first. I try to stick to the underlying problem the monogamy-only folks have which is to show from the Bible where God says polygyny is a sin. And they can't.

Was the point just to illustrate the kind of flawed logic often used by scoffers to dismiss cases of polygyny in Scripture? Joash is not a 'proof text' - just an example. There are many. And there are proof texts, too.

I think it is important to note that the scripture says that Joash "did what was right". That assigns agency to Joash and his decisions and actions are what are being called "right in the sight of the LORD". 2 Kings 12:2 KJV And Jehoash did...

Yes, the early church required that single women join families rather than depend on the benevolence of the church. Nowadays they are abandoned to a willing Papa Government.

That is one that no one else can know. There is also no specified penalty for it. The irony that connects that to the subject of polygyny is that a man who knows it is lawful to take a second wife, and has the opportunity to, could be sinning if...