Saturday, April 4, 2020

Douglas Beaumont on Polygamy and How, Using Sola Scriptura, One Cannot Consistently Condemn Such


Douglas Beaumont, a former Protestant who converted to Roman Catholicism (and no friend to the Latter-day Saint faith!) was interviewed by Gary Michuta on polygamy and the Bible, presenting a case that the Bible does not condemn polygamy, and if one holds to Sola Scriptura, one cannot formulate a meaningful critique thereof:





Beaumont is correct that Sola Scriptura is a failure. I have a book-length critique thereof:


As an aside, Beaumont brings up the Catholic teaching on divorce and remarriage. However, the Catholic understanding goes against early Christian history. For documentation, see: