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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The polygamy thing works great for new religions because it is a sure fire way to easily create more adherents from a small amount of stock. Indoctrinating children from birth is way easier than converting adults.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It also makes it way easier to convert some adults

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It’s weird that a polygamy religion even recruits women, and that it did so so effectively that Mormonism is now a major and accepted religion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is why islam allows 4 wives