"Even Christians are Rethinking Monogamy"

[Al99]

A link to this article appeared on a FB group for the local poly community.

http://splinternews.com/even-christians-are-rethinking-monogamy-1798358003

I appreciated the following:

By the time we reach the New Testament, we know that Jesus says nothing of homosexuality or polyamory: His concern is how we treat our enemies, the poor, and the suffering. ........

Christianity, at its heart, is a highly malleable religion. That’s the way I practice it. It is at its best and most effective when the focus is on love for our enemies, our neighbors, our families, and our friends, no matter what form that love takes. .............

Hood agrees: “I think that Christians should speak for love, and whenever we’re not speaking for love, we’re not standing for God.”

And this is sure to rankle the evangelical fundamentalists:

But Hood also believes that the Trinity is an example of a polyamorous triad. “Not only is polyamory a positive thing, I think it’s a holy thing,” he says. “I think it mimics the personhood of God. Different relationships can show us different things, and I think polyamory can show us what the Trinity looks like.”

 

[vinsanity0]

Well that almost ruined poly for me

 

[kdt26417]

The article was interesting, however, the discussion comments were even more interesting, especially the one dissenting view by "Jason:"

"I very rarely comment on the morally corrupt articles that society considers 'news,' but this one deserves special rebuke.

You can legalize gay marriage, polygamy, abortion, and whatever else you'd like, but do NOT impose your defective views on what you think Christianity is.

Had you spent any significant time studying the Bible, you'd quickly realize it's not this 'malleable' document that's up for 'interpretation.' It is so plainly clear on what is considered adultery (Hebrews 13:4).

If a mathematician thinks 2+2=5 we don't say he's found a new answer, we say he's a bad mathematician.

I'll leave you with this,

2 Tim. 4:3 ... For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear."

I'm always interested in what my enemies have to say.

 

[Al99]

The article was interesting, however, the discussion comments were even more interesting,

I also read the comments as well and agree that they were at least as interesting as the article itself - and with a fair share of bashing from the evangelical fundamentalists - yep, always good to know what they are up to.

But, in a refreshing change, one comment read:

Thank you for this! I’m an Episcopal priest in Seattle, and I’m about to co-officiate the wedding for a beloved out poly couple in my congregation. I agree that this is the new edge for progressive Christian communities.

Unfortunately, certainly the exception rather than the rule. I posted on another thread that while I might consider myself a Christian Platonic-Gnostic, we did make the decision to raise our daughter in a liberal-progressive mainstream church (not too unlike the Episcopalians) - and that I had found a reason to ask our very liberal pastor (about as liberal as you will find in a mainstream church) about polyamorous marriage. And although he is all for gay marriage, he was quick to say that poly was not the same thing, marriage being only for two -- still a long ways to go it seems.

 

[WildColonial]

That was a great read, even for this secular humanist! R wants to go to an Episcopal seminary after she finishes her bachelor's degree, so I sent the article to her.