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Awesome stories :-). I don't really have too many stories, not until I was in my mid twenties anyway. However, there is one that I certainly won't forget; a 3 week camping trip in Quebec. Particularly, the canoe trip; basically, 2 young female counselors took a bunch of young boys (myself...

I'm glad he's wise enough to realize this :-). If he's wise enough to realize that not everything in the bible should be followed, I think he has a good chance of coming to the conclusion that your arrangement with him is fine by God. I define God as everything; I'm not exactly sure as to what...

Is it really though? There are so many things about the bible that people have wrong, I wouldn't be surprised if they got that wrong as well. Anyway, how can anyone use that as a guide for sexual relations? Take a look at this excerpt I pulled from the article I linked in my last post...

Yeah, that's what I meant when I said that you can work around only being able to marry one person. What do you mean by this?

I hear you. I think that this is a dilemna that many poly people with more then one serious relationship face. That being said, I will follow my heart. I don't think it has to be that way. Also, I would never trust things to remain the same. Let me give you a fictional example: I marry Lisa...

Aye. A weak argument if ever I saw one, laugh :-). Well, like you said, this isn't really about persuading anyone that poly is for them, it's just about persuading them that poly can work for some people; and in that, I think, I've made some headway atleast :-p.

As I think you know, I didn't know that specific information, but I did know that the Bible didn't condemn certain types of non monogamy.. apparently sex slavery was also "ok". For those who missed the article I mentioned in post #44, it's here... Captive Virgins, Polygamy, Sex Slaves: What...

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I agree with Mindful; being open about your financial situation with your girlfriend is very important I think. Honestly, I think one of the most important things to figure out in any relationship is, what is it that your partner(s) need? Do they need financial support, or are they fine? If she...

I agree, although I always believe that commitment to one's principles should always come before commitment to people. I don't know anyone (including myself) who always practices this, but it's the ideal I strive for.

I think that my ideal would be 2 partners; they could also have other partners, I'm just saying what I think would work for me. Feelings are fine, but I see nothing wrong with commitments either. That being said, the commitment doesn't have to be formalized into a marriage. I think the nature...

I haven't persuaded anyone who's monogamous to become poly, but I still like getting them to think a bit atleast (and I have managed that). Seriously, what is so "different" about romantic love vs. the more platonic kind, -especially- if sexuality isn't involved? Actually that bring up a...

Looked good, I loved the title of the movie (Jesus, Don't let me Die before I've had Sex), laugh :-). I think I felt the same way (substitute Jesus with God, never really been a christian) before I had sex actually, especially considering the fact that my health hasn't been the best ever since I...

Regarding sects, I found a little blurb on it on religioustolerance.org: ***** "...if you believe in it, it is a religion or perhaps 'the' religion; and if you do not care one way or another about it, it is a sect; but if you fear and hate it, it is a cult." Leo Pfeffer. A humorous quotation...

Ah, good point :-). Sometimes, I go for the all inclusive love, just to show people that in that sense, atleast, almost everyone is poly.

Personally, I believe in the power of belief itself to some extent. I was actually watching an anime until recently that had some elements of witchcraft I think.. well definitely paganism at any rate, called "Spice and Wolf". A fairly good series, although I stopped in the middle of the tenth...

We may have to disagree on that. Alright, I can see that we don't agree as to the relative merits of the 2 religions, but surely you would agree that they -do- compete with each other for adherents? True. What's more, both of these religions have divisions within themselves as well as has...

I started talking about polyamory about 16 years ago with my family.. maybe they thought it was just a phase, but clearly it's one that's lasted a while :-p. ofcourse, most of my life it's just been theory; I'm not one who easily acquires a partner ;-).

I agree that love makes a lover type relationship, and if the love is no longer there, then the relationship is no longer that of lovers. I just read a story here somewhere regarding a woman who had a relationship with another woman but things didn't work out so they went their separate ways...

Interesting points. I'm not sure if you read of my disagreement with some here regarding how polyamory should be defined. To summarize, I felt that polyamory means "many loves", and so the only real condition to be polyamorous is to love more then one person. That being said, I generally define...