On 29 Jan 2008, at 01:57, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Dave wrote:
Yes, it's amazing how a practice of your Church of roughly 100
years ago
which, by some accounts, was not all that widely practiced, and
by no means _the_ defining characteristic of the Church) is all that
most people seem to
At 01:00 PM 2/3/2008, William T Goodall wrote:
snip
It's interesting that the USA with its supposed religious freedom
suppressed LDS polygamy and also doesn't recognise Islamic polygamy
although men having (up to) four wives is a part of the religion of
1.61 billion Muslims.
There is an
William T Goodall wrote:
(snip)
It's interesting that the USA with its supposed religious freedom
suppressed LDS polygamy and also doesn't recognize Islamic polygamy,
although men having (up to) four wives is a part of the religion of
1.61 billion Muslims.
theocracy violates the separation of
On 3 Feb 2008, at 22:10, jon louis mann wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
(snip)
It's interesting that the USA with its supposed religious freedom
suppressed LDS polygamy and also doesn't recognize Islamic polygamy,
although men having (up to) four wives is a part of the religion of
1.61
Folks,
I'm going to attend an Aspen Institute seminar in a couple of weeks, so
I've been reading the source materials, and an intriguing thought
occurred to me. I'd like to see this group's reaction to it.
In American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the
Republic, Joseph J.
Keith Henson wrote:
Considering that polygamy is the norm for the vast majority of the
cultures in the world, it's an interesting question how the western
countries, and a few others, became monogamous. It seems to be
associated with settled agriculture but I don't know if there is a
On 4 Feb 2008, at 03:24, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote:
Keith Henson wrote:
Considering that polygamy is the norm for the vast majority of the
cultures in the world, it's an interesting question how the western
countries, and a few others, became monogamous. It seems to be
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote:
On 4 Feb 2008, at 03:24, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote:
Keith Henson wrote:
Considering that polygamy is the norm for the vast majority of the
cultures in the world, it's an interesting question how the western
countries, and a few
Folks,
Some of you no doubt know (of) the linguist Steven Pinker, who
wrote The Language Instinct and other books.
Here's a fascinating article about morality, including Pinker's
thoughts on its neurological origins, or at least where it seems
to reside, neurologically:
William wrote:
If gay men don't marry women then there are more available women than
straight men.
Unless lesbians buy into the polygamy thing, this is probably a wash.
Doug
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Julia wrote:
You're failing to take into account lesbians who have absolutely no
interest in men. (Like several people in one of my social circles)
That might balance things out somewhat there, putting you back to square
one.
It was an intriguing suggestion, though.
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