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Reasons to agree : +3 When one man marries two women, some other man marries no woman. When one man marries three women, two other men don't marry. When one man marries four women, three other men don't marry. Monogamy gives everyone a shot at marriage. Polygyny, by contrast, is a zero-sum game that skews the marriage market so that some men marry at the expense of others.China and India have a lot of sex-selective abortion, leaving more men than women.  We already have too many unmarried men. China and India have some sex-selective abortion and infanticide, leaving too many men.  By the year 2020 extra men will make up 12 to 15 percent of the young adult male population in China and India.  Reasons to disagree    Score : # of reasons to agree: 3 # of reasons to disagree: -0 # of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: 0 # of reasons to agree with reasons to disagree: -0 Total Idea Score: 3 Podcast that agree: http://mormonstories.org/sons-of-perdition-the-...

Reasons to agree Polygamy leaves some men with no women to marry . +3 When some men don't have viable chances of marriage, it is bad for society.  Reasons to disagree   Scriptures that agree Scriptures that disagree Score : # of reasons to agree: 1 # of reasons to disagree: -0 # of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: 3 # of reasons to agree with reasons to disagree: -0 Total Idea Score: +4 Images That agree Images That disagree Interest of those who agree Interest of those who disagree Common Interest Opposing Interest Videos That agree Videos That disagree Website that agree Websites that disagree Related arguments: Don't like the score? It is easy to change the score. Just post a reason to agree or disagree with the overall idea, or any of the reasons and the score will change

D&C 132  is the section of D&C (Mormon Scripture) that Joseph Smith explains the doctrine of Poligamy. Here is the whole thing, but it gets bad here: 50 Behold, I have seen your  a sacrifices , and will forgive all your sins; I have seen your  b sacrifices  in obedience to that which I have told you. Go, therefore, and I make a way for your escape, as I c accepted  the offering of Abraham of his son Isaac. Commentary: When he says "sins" remember that this revelation was given in 1843. In 1838  Oliver Cowdery wrote a letter  claiming  that Smith had an Affair with Fanny Alger. At least this seems to indicate that Oliver was still a descent guy, which seems weird. Some people claim that he was collaborating with Joseph Smith, and that the two of them made the whole thing up...    51 Verily, I say unto you: A commandment I give unto mine handmaid, Emma Smith, your wife, whom I have given unto you, that she stay herself a...