Polygamy would be completely in line with the American spirit, if we were to remove the restrictions that Islam puts on it.
Then, it would represent the complete open season competition that American culture is based on, extended into the area of sex.
I saw an online question posed to the scholars at Sunnipath.org, about whether sexual enhancement drugs were halal or haram. The answer given was that so long as they do no damage your health, they are halal. However, the answer also pointed out that in Islam, sex is not considered as a sport.
To me that statment said it all. In the west, more and more, sex is considered as a sport.
So my point was that, if polygamy is viewed from that competition angle, then it would in fact be very American in spirit.
Because I doubt that you can find too much sympathy in that culture for the "toll on self-esteem" as you called it. Think about it. Weren't you a teenager in America? I was. How was it for you?
Polygamy would be completely in line with the American spirit, if we were to remove the restrictions that Islam puts on it.
Then, it would represent the complete open season competition that American culture is based on, extended into the area of sex.
I saw an online question posed to the scholars at Sunnipath.org, about whether sexual enhancement drugs were halal or haram. The answer given was that so long as they do no damage your health, they are halal. However, the answer also pointed out that in Islam, sex is not considered as a sport.
To me that statment said it all. In the west, more and more, sex is considered as a sport.
So my point was that, if polygamy is viewed from that competition angle, then it would in fact be very American in spirit.
Because I doubt that you can find too much sympathy in that culture for the "toll on self-esteem" as you called it. Think about it. Weren't you a teenager in America? I was. How was it for you?