Polygamy!

Data Over Dogma

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Look out! 'Cause this week we're looking at a controversial issue, and perhaps strangely for us, the impetus for this has nothing to do with Mormonism. No, recently a Missouri pastor named Rich Tidwell made waves in Christian circles by claiming that the Bible--yes, even the New Testament--is pro polygamy. And, really putting his matrimony where his mouth is, he has the wives to prove it. So is the Bible as positive about plural marriage as Tidwell claims? And if so, does that mean that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints should reclaim their highly decried practice? Then we'll move on to one of the Bible's most prolific polygamists: Solomon. Or rather, his son Rehoboam. If Solomon was wise (and really... was he?), Rehoboam was rash, impetuous and authoritarian. The apple fell far from Solomon's tiny little tree. But what is this story really about? ---- For early access to an ad-free version of every episode of Data Over Dogma, exclusive content, and the opportunity to support our work, please consider becoming a monthly patron at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/DataOverDogma⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on the various social media places: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/DataOverDogmaPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitter.com/data_over_dogma⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Have you ordered Dan McClellan's New York Times bestselling book ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Bible Says So⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ yet??? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thus you should say to them, my little finger is thicker than my father's loins.
0:06.2	I'm going to assume that means what I think it means.
0:08.9	It does.
0:10.3	He's holding up his pinky and going, this is bigger than, uh, my dad's Johnson.
0:21.6	Hey everybody, I'm Dan McClellan.
0:23.7	And I'm Dan Beecher.
0:25.1	And you're listening to the Data Over Dogma podcast, where we increase public access to the
0:29.9	academic study of the Bible and religion, and we combat that pernicious spread of
0:34.8	misinformation about the same.
0:37.4	How are things today, Dan?
0:38.5	Things are good.
0:39.3	Things are good.
0:40.5	Yeah, we've got a fascinating one.
0:45.6	I'm looking forward to this because the comments are about to get unhinged up in her.
0:53.5	If you don't watch our show on YouTube, which is totally great, most of our,
0:58.9	uh, the people who, who partake of our wares don't. Uh, you might want to head over
1:04.4	there and just see what the people are saying because, uh, people might get riled up
1:09.1	because we're going to talk polygamy and Dan's a Mormon.
1:13.7	So ipso facto problems or something.
1:20.5	Historically speaking.
1:21.7	Yes.
1:22.8	And so yeah, we're going to talk about that in the first half of the show.
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