Just wanted to see how it all came about.
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I fit somewhere between the first two...sort of. :?:
I grew up attending a lot of different churches, just tagging along with who ever would take me, i guess i took to heart whatever sounded like common sense and true from each denomination. I have never considered plural marriage to be a bad thing. God is consistent, if it was fine for his people once then it still is today. So not so much raised in it or someone who came to believe in it later. It's just always been a natural truth.
I grew up attending a lot of different churches, just tagging along with who ever would take me, i guess i took to heart whatever sounded like common sense and true from each denomination. I have never considered plural marriage to be a bad thing. God is consistent, if it was fine for his people once then it still is today. So not so much raised in it or someone who came to believe in it later. It's just always been a natural truth.
Melanie said:
MELANIE!!!!!!! Long time, no see. How are things down under? How's Emily?
Just bringing this back up for some of the newer members to cast their votes.
i ddint really believe or not believe, but it was a divine leading
God showed me my physical affair WAS SIN, where i was concerened that falling in love with a woman was the real sin
the day he showed me sin, death, a cross, door posts with blood, & assured me Jesus died for my sins, the love that i had buried came flooding back, as well as an urge to start reading the bible, i wanted to research this "subject", but He firmly set me just reading, i just saw it, but have to gaurd myself as it came about from an affair
funny thing is, recently He showed me I would be in the same place today (& I am assuming that means with Tonya), had I taken another path, & stayed close to Him the last 15 years
the difference would be, I wouldnt have to go through the hoops of explaining why God would choose for me her, & Brenda woundt have to go through the hoops of having it thrown in her face over & over, where she has to go back & forgive T, i also have the anguish of possibly loosing someone I love deeply now, where it probably wouldnt be as personal if it was just a vision to have another wife, then it didnt work out
kind of like salvation, witnessing......you want to share Jesus with whoever you can, but unless your really on fire you dont stop everyone on the street all day long...but your loved ones, you pray, witness, pray more, they are a real burden on your heart
brenda & i were both in sin together, dont get me wrong
He also let me have a little preview of several points along my life where he was there, & i always chose wrong
God is GOOD!!!!!!!
God showed me my physical affair WAS SIN, where i was concerened that falling in love with a woman was the real sin
the day he showed me sin, death, a cross, door posts with blood, & assured me Jesus died for my sins, the love that i had buried came flooding back, as well as an urge to start reading the bible, i wanted to research this "subject", but He firmly set me just reading, i just saw it, but have to gaurd myself as it came about from an affair
funny thing is, recently He showed me I would be in the same place today (& I am assuming that means with Tonya), had I taken another path, & stayed close to Him the last 15 years
the difference would be, I wouldnt have to go through the hoops of explaining why God would choose for me her, & Brenda woundt have to go through the hoops of having it thrown in her face over & over, where she has to go back & forgive T, i also have the anguish of possibly loosing someone I love deeply now, where it probably wouldnt be as personal if it was just a vision to have another wife, then it didnt work out
kind of like salvation, witnessing......you want to share Jesus with whoever you can, but unless your really on fire you dont stop everyone on the street all day long...but your loved ones, you pray, witness, pray more, they are a real burden on your heart
brenda & i were both in sin together, dont get me wrong
He also let me have a little preview of several points along my life where he was there, & i always chose wrong
God is GOOD!!!!!!!
Tlaloc
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I have the same problem as Mel, Poly never came up for me until I was actually reading the Bible, and debated right then and I never believed it was wrong, though I did let it leave my mind as irrelevant for several years on the basis that 'no woman would want it.' Of course then I met my wife, and here I am.
I'm definitely with Mel about it being a natural truth.
Can the poll be modified with a 'it always seemed natural or, I never disbeleived it' option and a different option for those that rejected it at one time and came too it? It would be interesting to know who has been on both sides, they would have great experiences to share.
I'm definitely with Mel about it being a natural truth.
Can the poll be modified with a 'it always seemed natural or, I never disbeleived it' option and a different option for those that rejected it at one time and came too it? It would be interesting to know who has been on both sides, they would have great experiences to share.
You didn't have a button for "Too ornery to stay out!", Todd.
I asked too many questions.
I was raised Seventh-day Adventist, a denomination that proclaims that God, and consequently morality, never changes -- thus their literal observance of the 4th commandment. So when I asked questions about some things, and got answers like, "That was then, this is now, we've come a long way." and "There was a time when God winked at the ignorance of the people", and "Well, it says xxx, but it means yyy." I was never satisfied.
One day, not too long after I first got internet access, it was time to finally find out what the truth was on the topic. *shaking head solemnly* Shoulda never opened that browser! :lol:
So, I asked more questions, but now when pastors and professors and evangelists and family gave stupid answers, I didn't back down. Shame on me!
I asked too many questions.
I was raised Seventh-day Adventist, a denomination that proclaims that God, and consequently morality, never changes -- thus their literal observance of the 4th commandment. So when I asked questions about some things, and got answers like, "That was then, this is now, we've come a long way." and "There was a time when God winked at the ignorance of the people", and "Well, it says xxx, but it means yyy." I was never satisfied.
One day, not too long after I first got internet access, it was time to finally find out what the truth was on the topic. *shaking head solemnly* Shoulda never opened that browser! :lol:
So, I asked more questions, but now when pastors and professors and evangelists and family gave stupid answers, I didn't back down. Shame on me!
I am clearly in the divine category. God spoke to me directly a few years ago and I began to preach it. I am still trying to sort out the collateral damage from that one. 
I am also still waiting for God to send numbers 2-7 and for now am happy with the great one He has given me.
Be blessed,
Ray
I am also still waiting for God to send numbers 2-7 and for now am happy with the great one He has given me.Be blessed,
Ray