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You need to read more. "We have no lasting friends, no lasting enemies, only lasting interests." - Winston Churchill

Whoa. You both lost me. I’ll let you both argue this one out.

I need clarification. If you’re saying what I think you’re saying, we may have arrived at a different discussion point entirely. Are you implying that an initial set of marriage vows isn’t necessarily a vow of monogamy, only fidelity? If he...

It is possible to take the concept too far, which you did.

By the way, we can reasonable conclude Lord is anti-commie. He likes private property, commies don't. And union of councils is basic organization method of Soviet Union. Now, basic thinking tell me that Lord won't prefer using same organization...

11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. As you said in a previous post, a boy is to become more mature. As a young man, head of his...

No They were only under his authority in the office of the priesthood. When a young man leaves his father’s house, he is head of his household under Yeshuah. There is a chain of council that a young man should be under that hopefully would...

I hate articles that sit behind pay walls!

So a tangent question could be- Does wealth come BEFORE a family is created (so dad can AFFORD several wives) or after where many hands make light work?

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. We’ve seen plenty of lives play out in disaster over the years on this site because men discovered a mature doctrine and pursued it with youthful reckless abandon.

I think it is far better if we figure it is a 100%-100%. We don't want to be like children (are we there yet? How much do I haaave to do?) So fulfilling our duties as best we can.....without keeping score.....is likely the best.

That sin was pleasurable for a season.

I chose my personal fav and the resultant Type II diabetes.

I'm relieved you didn't say Mars Bar! ;)

Sometimes the word "sin" simply means a really bad idea. Sometimes sin is a violation in the corporeal sense and brings it's own punishment. Ingesting cyanide is a violation (sin) against the body and it will result in death. Another instance is...