We see in the society that many religions allow Polygyny that means a man can marry more than one woman while in reverse to that some areas allow Polyandry that is a woman can have more than one husband. Whatever their reason maybe the life of people generally work along the religions. But here in this post I am going to explore what is the spiritual take on polygamy i.e. more than one marriage.
Perception of Major Religions on Polygyny
Many religions allow a man to marry more than one woman (while all wives are living). This is called polygyny - having more than one wife. Let's see what the major religions of the world have to say on polygyny.
Saiah 4:1
And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach.”
In Judo-Christian : Abraham. (pbuh) had three wives, and Solomon (pbuh) had hundreds of wives.
Christian men were permitted to have as many wives as they wished, since the Bible puts no restriction on the number of wives. It was only a few centuries ago that the Church restricted the number of wives to one.
In 1890, church president (Mormon) Wilford Woodruff issued a Manifesto that officially terminated the practice of polygamy.
Many Hindu religious personalities, had multiple wives. King Dashrath, the father of Lord Rama, had more than one wife. Krishna had 16108 wives.
In 1954, It became illegal for a Hindu man to have mire than one wife when the Hindu Marriage Act was passed.
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Qur’an, Sura 4 (An-Nisa), Ayah 3
Marry women of your choice, two, or three, or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then marry only one.
The Qur’an is the only religious book, on the face of this earth, that contains the phrase ‘marry only one’. No other scriptures i.e. Vedas, the Ramayan, the Mahabharat, the Geeta, the Talmud or the Bible does one find a restriction on the number of wives.
The practice still exists and the reason given is the women outnumber men in population. If every man got married to one woman, there would still be more than thirty million females in U.S.A, four million in Great Britain, 5 million in Germany and nine million in Russia alone who would not be able to find a husband.
So, as polygamy is allowed, should this also apply to women, so that a wife can have many husbands?
Perception on Polyandry
Though the practice of marrying more than one man is common among the people in Tibet in the Nepal parts of China and India. It is based on the belief that a child can have more than one father and usually when two or more brothers marry one woman, they all have equal sexual access to her.
The practice is encouraged if the family is poor and can’t divide their properties amongst the offspring of separate fathers. So they keep their small farmlands and properties big by getting married to the same woman.
Apart from them Polyandry is prevalent in parts of North India by Paharis in the Jaunsarbawar region while in Kinnaur, Himachal a minority of the people justify and practice Polyandry. As descendants of the Panch Pandavas (five brothers who were husbands to a woman named Draupadi), they believe they have to carry on the tradition.
What is Spiritual Take on polygamy?
Spirituality has nothing to do with polygamy since God hasn’t created the word marriage.
Get clear on this truth, marriage is a man-made thing. Because it was the only way people could figure out to bring “foreverness,” or eternality, into their experience of love.
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It was the only way a female could guarantee her support and survival, and the only way a male could guarantee the constant availability of sex, and companionship. So a social convention was created. And gave it God’s law name.
Later, when that didn’t work, people created manmade laws to enforce it. But even that hasn’t worked. Neither the so-called laws of God nor the laws of man have been able to keep people from breaking their marriage vows.
God has allowed man or woman to do whatever they want, whoever they want to be with, whoever they want to leave. He has made us (human beings) unlimited, eternal, and free, by nature. Now, any artificial social, moral, religious, philosophical, economic, or Political construction which violates or subordinates our nature is an impingement upon your very Self and we will rail against it. And that’s the reason we leave some and stay with others. That’s the reason marriages don’t work.
As the thing we call marriage is our attempt to create security, as this is justified by government. Actually, this is the artificial social construction Institute designed to govern each other’s behavior.
But if it comes to right or wrong, there is nothing wrong in the eyes of God. He allows you to do anything you wish, polyandry, polygyny, homosexual marriage or whatever.
It’s not a question of “right” or “wrong.” It’s a question of what serves you. Of what re-creates you in the next grandest image of Who You Really Are.
Read What is True Love.
Know What is Love of God.
If Who You Really Are is a being who says, “This one relationship—this single one, right over here is more special than any other,” then go for it and if doesn’t allow you to live to your full potential then go for what you think will do that for you.
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Rebecca Musser grew up in fear, concealing her family's polygamous lifestyle from the "dangerous" outside world. Covered head-to-toe in strict, modest clothing, she received a rigorous education at Alta Academy, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' school headed by Warren Jeffs. Always seeking to be an obedient Priesthood girl, in her teens she became the nineteenth wife of her people's prophet: 85-year-old Rulon Jeffs, Warren's father. Finally sickened by the abuse she suffered and saw around her, she pulled off a daring escape and sought to build a new life and family.
The church, however, had a way of pulling her back in-and by 2007, Rebecca had no choice but to take the witness stand against the new prophet of the FLDS in order to protect her little sisters and other young girls from being forced to marry at shockingly young ages. The following year, Rebecca and the rest of the world watched as a team of Texas Rangers raided the Yearning for Zion Ranch, a stronghold of the FLDS. Rebecca's subsequent testimony would reveal the horrific secrets taking place behind closed doors of the temple, sending their leaders to prison for years, and Warren Jeffs for life.
The Witness Wore Red is a gripping account of one woman's struggle to escape the perverse embrace of religious fanaticism and sexual slavery, and a courageous story of hope and transformation.
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