The Ethical Slut - Political Forum

Coyote Says · 10-24-2006, 05:09 PM

Yes, there is a book with that title. I happen to own it. I was in a polyamorous relationship for a little over a year. It was a very enlightening experience, and not one I'm likely to repeat anytime soon.

This should get some people's blood boiling.....

Ygorl · 10-24-2006, 05:46 PM

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Yes, there is a book with that title. I happen to own it. I was in a polyamorous relationship for a little over a year. It was a very enlightening experience, and not one I'm likely to repeat anytime soon.

This should get some people's blood boiling.....

Do you ever wonder if the things that were written in the Bible were written for very good reasons ?

Even if you lean to agnostic or athiesm. Maybe the people writing the book were putting things there because history (way back when) had shown certain ideas and behaviours to produce consistently negative outcomes for a society.

We like to think things are SOOOO different today with technology and whatnot. Humans haven't changed. Humans that want to push "progression" think we have.

"Oh, things are different today. Those old rules don't apply to us anymore."

They'll tell you.

Those "old rules" are still fully applicable. Because we now cook with microwaves and fly ships out of the atmosphere doesn't mean they don't still apply :-)

Coyote Says · 10-24-2006, 06:14 PM

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Do you ever wonder if the things that were written in the Bible were written for very good reasons ?

Yes. I also know that it was written by human beings and translated a few times. Do you know that there are more than 10 commandments? There's something like 613.

I do not believe in the Bible as the literal Word of God. To me it is the words of human beings devoted to God. Big difference.

Polygamy was very popular in the Bible.

Ygorl · 10-24-2006, 06:30 PM

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Yes. I also know that it was written by human beings and translated a few times. Do you know that there are more than 10 commandments? There's something like 613.

I'm no biblical scholor so no, I didn't know that (613 commandments). Of course you could argue with some people about who's interpretation of it is right forever. That's why we have so many different little subsets. They all claim to be the one true "path" and busy themselves pointing at the others and calling them wrong for this or that reason.

That's why I largely stay away from organized religion. I think they'd do better if they all started keeping it simple. K.I.S.S (keep it simple stupid).

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I do not believe in the Bible as the literal Word of God. To me it is the words of human beings devoted to God. Big difference.

Well, I don't know. I think there are some pretty good reasons for certain things that are in it though. It's not a book that's wise to totally dismiss I don't think.

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Polygamy was very popular in the Bible.

Again. I don't know. Was polygamy popular, as you say ? If it was and being that this nation was founded by Christian people why wasn't it instituted in our society from the beginning ?

Coyote Says · 10-24-2006, 07:52 PM

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I'm no biblical scholor so no, I didn't know that (613 commandments).

It's a Jewish thing. It may only be in the Torah. It might be in the old testament. I think the old testament IS pretty much the Torah, minus a couple of books.

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Well, I don't know. I think there are some pretty good reasons for certain things that are in it though. It's not a book that's wise to totally dismiss I don't think.

Oh, I don't totally dismiss it. Just parts of it.

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Again. I don't know. Was polygamy popular, as you say ? If it was and being that this nation was founded by Christian people why wasn't it instituted in our society from the beginning ?

I think it was popular in the Old Testament, but not so much in the new. I think it fell out of favor with Europeans long before the colonists got here. I don't know either, I am kinda talking out my ass here.

Scruff · 10-24-2006, 08:11 PM

The Torah is the 5 Books of Moses is the Pentatuech is the Old Testament. However, it is not the Jewish "bible" which includes a few other things like the Haftarah. That (the Jewish bible) is called the Tanach.

Izzibeth · 10-25-2006, 08:19 AM

yes, there is a fair amount of polygamy in the Bible. i do believe it is almost entirely exclusive to the Old Testament, though.

polyamorous, eh? i could never do it, personally, but i'm sure it's fun for those that can pull it off. when i was single, of course, i had my fun. but i am in a relationship at this point with someone whom i love and i couldn't share him or be shared. just personal preference, i suppose. ^_^ i never really quite understood how other people could do it, but that's just because it doesn't work well with my own feelings.

Coyote Says · 10-25-2006, 09:41 AM

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The Torah is the 5 Books of Moses is the Pentatuech is the Old Testament. However, it is not the Jewish "bible" which includes a few other things like the Haftarah. That (the Jewish bible) is called the Tanach.

Thanks, Scruff. Where does the Talmud come in?

Coyote Says · 10-25-2006, 09:41 AM

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yes, there is a fair amount of polygamy in the Bible. i do believe it is almost entirely exclusive to the Old Testament, though.

polyamorous, eh? i could never do it, personally, but i'm sure it's fun for those that can pull it off. when i was single, of course, i had my fun. but i am in a relationship at this point with someone whom i love and i couldn't share him or be shared. just personal preference, i suppose. ^_^ i never really quite understood how other people could do it, but that's just because it doesn't work well with my own feelings.

LOL notice I said I wasn't going to do it again.

Scruff · 10-25-2006, 04:03 PM

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Thanks, Scruff. Where does the Talmud come in?

It comes from Rabbis arguing over what the Bible means.