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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 6218612" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>I never said it didn't and i don't necessarily disagree with you (my original post on the subject was in disagreement with the same post you were responding to). I just think it is more nuanced than yuo presented it. Muslims not practicing polygyny isn't merely about not having the resources to support mutliple wives, there are religious grounds for being against it as well. One of the common arguments is that the quran's limit of no more than four wives was part of an effort to eventually eradicate the practice. This is an argument some muslims make. Another is (usually made citing other references to love and marriage in the quran) is that it is impossible to deal justly with more than one wife (and thatis one of the requirements placed on husbands in the passage dealing with having one to four wives. The argument is that because it is basically impossible to deal justly with more than one wife, the passage is actually against polygyny. There are a lot of different schools of thonght around these subjects in islam. That said many believe the limits placed on polygyny in the quran are just that, limits, an 1-4 wives is the correct number allowabl. My point was the religion is not monolothic, and there are differing interpretations of that passage.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 6218612, member: 85555"] I never said it didn't and i don't necessarily disagree with you (my original post on the subject was in disagreement with the same post you were responding to). I just think it is more nuanced than yuo presented it. Muslims not practicing polygyny isn't merely about not having the resources to support mutliple wives, there are religious grounds for being against it as well. One of the common arguments is that the quran's limit of no more than four wives was part of an effort to eventually eradicate the practice. This is an argument some muslims make. Another is (usually made citing other references to love and marriage in the quran) is that it is impossible to deal justly with more than one wife (and thatis one of the requirements placed on husbands in the passage dealing with having one to four wives. The argument is that because it is basically impossible to deal justly with more than one wife, the passage is actually against polygyny. There are a lot of different schools of thonght around these subjects in islam. That said many believe the limits placed on polygyny in the quran are just that, limits, an 1-4 wives is the correct number allowabl. My point was the religion is not monolothic, and there are differing interpretations of that passage. [/QUOTE]

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