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Oh, that they could convince me

mystic said:
Working out a list of beliefs that's "close enough" is compromise.
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I agree.

What I was trying to say was that these new denominations (new Presbyterian, new Baptist, new Lutheran) would still respect the denominational differences and have alignments similar to their major denomination counterparts. I think this would be a good approach because I think a Baptist plural marriage family might feel comfortable and welcome in a new Baptist denomination that understands and accepts the exercising of their Christian freedom. Or that Presbyterian pastors, elders, and laymen that understand that plural marriage is biblical marriage could comfortably leave the major Presbyterian denomination and join the new Presbyterian denomination as pastors, elders, and laymen. Same with the others.

This is what I intended when I had said, "if the new denomination was close enough in beliefs to a major one".
 
Asforme&myhouse said:
I personally believe that a good number of the upper crust of modern christianity know that polygyny is biblical but they suppress the truth because of their fear of men ...or more specifically, women. They have no interest in debating the issue because lies love darkness. The only way to bring them kicking and screaming into the light is by turning the light on for one sheep at a time.
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We hear that all the time: some version of "I agree that's what the bible says but I could never preach that here". The way we'll overcome that is by building our own fellowships "outside the gates".
 
Mage said:
This is what I intended when I had said, "if the new denomination was close enough in beliefs to a major one".
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Makes total sense. A lot of focus gets put on theological distinctives among denominations, as if that were the driving issue, but I think a bigger issue is governance. Arguments over predestination or infant baptism are one thing, but getting the different denominations to submit to each other's leadership structures is something else.
 
This is a new feeling for me. Up to this point, my attitude has been to hold to conviction regardless of the consequences. Wanting to just be at peace, socially, has never really been a temptation before now. I am not going to throw away my convictions, for the sake of just getting along... I could never live with doing that, but I would appreciate prayer from y'all.
 
jacobhaivri said:
This is a new feeling for me. Up to this point, my attitude has been to hold to conviction regardless of the consequences. Wanting to just be at peace, socially, has never really been a temptation before now. I am not going to throw away my convictions, for the sake of just getting along... I could never live with doing that, but I would appreciate prayer from y'all.
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Nobody wants you to compromise your convictions; at least that's not what I'm saying. But the Lord who said "do not cast your pearls before swine" was trying to warn you that some of the things that have value that you appreciate are not going to valued that way by everybody, and not only will they not appreciate the value of your truth and 'trample it underfoot', they will 'tear you to pieces' (at least metaphorically) for trying to get their attention. Take that to heart, and invest your time and energy wisely.
 
andrew said:
But yeah, the "am I crazy?" question is a big deal at first, especially before you find other like-minded folks.

I have no idea how many times I've told someone, "You're not alone, and you're not crazy", but it's a lot.
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I used to wonder if I was crazy not for seeing polygamy's relevance in scripture but for being able to be in love with more than one woman at the same time.
 
jacobhaivri said:
Has anyone else ever just wished that people could convince them that Polygyny is unscriptural for peace sake? Wishing it were all just a holy cow so it could be shot and done away with?
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I get you. It is no fun being out of step with the majority. I wish they were right and I was wrong. I wish I could see it. But the more I look the more it looks like the opposite is true.

Jesus was not kidding when he said narrow is the way.
 
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cnystrom said:
You can choose the red pill or the blue pill...
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I always hope to choose truth, and knowledge, even if it means changing my mind about something, or admitting I was wrong. I'd have just said which color pill if I could remember which was which! ;)

I LOVE waking up in the real world, in my crazy busy life as a wife n mom. Truth helps me make the right choices.
 
Joleneakamama said:
I always hope to choose truth, and knowledge, even if it means changing my mind about something, or admitting I was wrong. I'd have just said which color pill if I could remember which was which! ;)

I LOVE waking up in the real world, in my crazy busy life as a wife n mom. Truth helps me make the right choices.
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You chose the red pill and are on your way to saving humanity. :)
 
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