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Four of Robert Heinlein's novels have polyamorous elements to varying degrees. Stranger in a Strange Land, winner of the Hugo award and named to the Library of Congress' list of the hundred novels that shaped America, featured a plural marriage in its story. The novel had a a profound impact...

I recently came across this list of books on poly/cnm/open relationships. I've read 15 or so of them. I found both the histories interesting, and since they each had a different emphasis, it was worth reading both of them. -------------------- American Poly: A History Christopher M Gleason...

Yeah.... except that politicians are seldom ethically non-monogamous. Most just cheat, intimidate, and molest.

I did a bit of research on this a few years back for a post about "Poly-friendly Churches" which I posted on this forum section a few years back. Suffice it to say, your lifestyle will not be accepted in the Fundamentalist Evangelical and Pentecostal Churches, and while you might be allowed to...

Personally, while I do believe in God as First Cause (First Thought, Source of Love) and suspect that Jesus was an ascended master who was probably fully aware, the historical facts are that Genesis is myth from earlier sources. And the Gospel accounts are largely the early church projecting...

Avidso, I will join Maglyn in appreciating your effort to reconcile poly with traditional Biblical Christianity - although it is a bit of a stretch - and unlikely to be be widely accepted. As Magdlyn noted the polygyny in the Bible is not the same as polyamory - which is indeed more feminist...

I recalled downloading "The Polyamory Song" from Youtube sometime back. So, I tried the following search which brought up a few items: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22polymory+song%22

Agreed on both counts. I find the term "throuple" particularly annoying. Still, I have hope that it will be a worthwhile read - Alan M, from within the poly community, did give it a generally favorable review. And reviews in general are positive.

Alan - In regard to "checking facts", in reading your article with its quote from the book, I did note that the author stated that Heinlein's first two marriages were open - which is true. However, his last marriage to Virginia (Ginny) was open as well (according to his author William Patterson...

Thanks for the additional info, Alan. I will look forward to reading your article later in the day. I need to make it a point to stop by your site more often. I have read "Polyamory in the 21st Century" - and will have to add "Fifty Years" to my queue (I see that it is available on Amazon in...

I came across mention of a relatively new book (publication date: November 1, 2023) on the history of polyamory in America: American Poly: A History by Christopher M. Gleason. It's been well reviewed so far and promises to be an important addition to poly literature - and looks to be an...

I recall seeing the results of a fairly recent study that stated that 20% of the US population has participated in CNM at some point in their lives. I don't recall the details of the study, but in addition to seeing it on the net, I also heard it discussed on the local AM news station, so I...

https://time.com/6568590/dating-non-monogamy-polyamory-match-singles-in-america/ Reasonably informative, brief read - with some surprising numbers (or so it seems to me). The article mentions the origins of CNM going back to the pre-agrarian tribal times - as Ryan discusses in detail in his...

I happened to come across this today. Nothing especially profound, but might be of interest to some. https://www.aol.com/don-t-ask-don-t-215500535.html

While poly and swinging are "two distinct lifestyles" - there is a lot of gray in between. It is not unusual for an ongoing swinger relationship to morph into poly. And poly people sometimes swing as well - just for fun.

In fairness, my understanding was also that the thread was about NDE's - not Christianity per se. However, since you have written about Christianity extensively in this thread, let me once again echo Magdlyn's recommendations that you take a look at the other gospels and schools of Christianity...

Zay - thanks for sharing your thoughts with us - and while I can appreciate your stream of consciousness approach - let me agree with those above and suggest throwing in some paragraph breaks. :) Also - echoing what Magdlyn said earlier - if you really want to pursue a deeper understanding...

Only if they were a prostitute. :)

Zay - I will share one brief story with you, although it is not an NDE per se. It does not represent "proof" by any stretch but there is a somewhat interesting anomaly in the account. When I was a freshman in college, my favorite aunt passed. She had helped raise me at one point due to a...

Kevin, I do respect your "Doubting Thomas" perspective - and that you would need to chat with a dead person to be convinced of an afterlife. However, labeling volumes of anecdotal evidence "confirmation bias", it seems to me, is unjustifiably dismissive of a great deal of in depth research and...