Show Your Parents! Book reviews by me. Critics of poly. Relationship anarchy. Showtime Season 1. Showtime Season 2. Supreme Court: Obergefell. Supreme Court: Windsor. The Next Generation. DC region. Welcome again to Friday Polynews Roundup, for February 28, The attractiveness of polyamory for good, decent people has become deeply concerning to Albert Mohler, the very public president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, one of the largest training institutions for America's largest Protestant denomination.
In Time called him the "reigning intellectual of the evangelical movement in the U. This morning he put up a long article expressing concern that polyamory is turning into such a thing that some leading evangelicals seem to be wavering about its wrongness: Polyamory in Evangelical Headlines? The headlines in question arise from that article last October in Christianity Today, America's flagship evangelical magazine, by two pastors coping with the "un-biblical" but sincere polyamorous relationships that some of their parishioners live in and come to them seeking advice about.
Mohler and the two earlier pastors agree that this is against doctrine and wrong. But how to deal with it without driving church members out of the church altogether? In this case, we're talking about Christianity Today. The article begins by telling us about a couple, Tyler and Amanda. They're married to each other, and yet, there enters into their relationship another man, and Amanda develops a romantic relationship with this second man.
They began, "Exploring polyamory. The authors write, "How can pastors and leaders prepare to address questions related to polyamory? Several pastors tell us it's becoming more common for people who identify as poly to ask about their church's view on the matter. Will they be accepted and affirmed? For example," they continue, "The notion of kinship in polyamory is a secular echo of the way Scripture calls the church to function as a new family.
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In cultures that idolize individualism, but actually isolate individuals, polyamory's focus on relationship, care, and affection could have a powerful pull. Perhaps the biggest issue at stake in the appearance of this article is the fact that it appeared I am perhaps most haunted by the question that is asked early in the article when speaking of those who are involved in polyamory and asking about the church, and whether or not in the church, "Will they be accepted and affirmed?
