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< You've got half an answer:  it's not enough to see that the church
imposed monogomy; you have ask why there were so many polygamous
marriages in the first place. >

Because it is just more fun ?  :-)  Perhaps it even makes more sense, financially ? (It costs less to buy 
anything if 10 people team up ? Or that 8 - 10 breadwinners in a family insure a higher financial safety 
for the offsprings than only 2 ? )

< Remember:  just because it was done in the past doesn't make it right. >

Just because it (monogamy) is done now, it doesn't make it right any more either...it can be as well just 
a passing flavor or the millenium, how can you tell ?  Because the Church says ? Ho ho ho. I wouldn't 
trust them with a chocolate cake, let alone my sex life :-)

< In today's society with all the STD's floating around, [polygamy] makes even less sense. >

Basketball makes even less sense, and you can't even imagine how popular it is  :-)
The only way to keep all STDs away from you  is to live your life behind a closed door.
While my houseplants don't complain, I think I would find that a _leeetle_ boring.

< Lastly, your argument is specious:  just because *you* say you aren't a pervert doesn't mean you 
*aren't* a pervert.  >

If calling me a pervert makes you happy, call me a pervert.  Anything to make you happy  Just don't ask 
for money, I'm sentimentally too attached to it...   :-)
( Why did I have a pressentiment that if someone flames me, it will be another male ? )

George