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4. Is polygamy acceptable?

Answer: For a time, God did permit  a man to have more than one wife. (Genesis 4;19; 16:1-4; 29:18-30:24) But God did not originate the practice of polygamy. He provided only one wife for Adam. 
God authorized Jesus Christ to reinstate His original standard of monogamy. (John 8:28) When asked about marriage, Jesus said:  "He who created  them from the beginning made them male and female and said: 'For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will stick to his wife, and the two will be one flesh.' " -Matthew  19:4, 5.
One of Jesus' disciples was later inspired by God to write:  "Let each man have his own wife and each woman have her own husband. (1 Corinthians 7:2) The Bible also states that any married man in the Christian congregation who is given special responsibilities must be "a husband of one wife." -1 Timothy 3:2, 12.  

5. Is it wrong for married couples  to use contraceptives? 

Answer: Jesus did not command his followers to have children. Neither did any of Jesus' disciples  issue any such  directive. Nowhere does the Bible explicitly condemn birth control. 
Married couples, therefore, are free to decide for themselves whether they will raise a family or not. They may also decide how many children they will have and when they will have them. If a husband and wife choose to use a nonaboritive form of contraception to avoid pregnancy, that is their personal decision and responsibility.  No one should judge them. -Romans 14:4, 10-13.  

6. Is it wrong to have an abortion? 

Answer: (What the heck do you think nonaborative form of contraception is; It means no abortions should be performed) Life is sacred to God, and he views even an embryo as a distinct, living being.  (Psalm 139:16)  (Our laws here may say its okay, but its our laws on this that we should by. We need to do what God wants us to do.) God stated that a person should be called to account for injuring an unborn child. So, in his eyes, killing an unborn child is murder. -Exodus 20:13; 21:22, 23.
What, though, if an emergency situation at the time of childbirth forces a couple to choose between letting the mother live and the baby die or vice-versa?  In that case, the couple would have to decide which life to save.

7. Does the Bible permit divorce? 

Answer: The Bible does permit divorce. However, Jesus identified  only one acceptable reason to end a marriage, stating:  "Whoever divorces his wife, except on the grounds of fornication [sex outside of the marriage], and marries another commits adultery."  Matthew 19:9. 
God hates a deceitful, treacherous divorce. He will personally hold accountable those who frivolously leave their mate, especially when they do so with the motive of taking another partner. -Malachi 2:13-16; Mark 10:9. 

Next time: Conclusion of TEN QUESTIONS ABOUT SEX Answered- #'s 8-10. 

From the Watchtower magazine, 2011