[SeattleUte]

I haven't read this thread in detail. But in my opinion, among Christianity's contributions is abolishing polygamy. Augustine confronted many of the same rationaliziations raised by the mullahs for polygamy, and he adroitly debunked them. He had to deal with this because the backward, ignorant barbarian tribes, e.g., the Franks, the Goths, the Suebe, the Saxons, etc. anamolously became the overlords of Europe, the land of our forebears, for a relatively short time. But it wasn't long before the folks wiith the education and the brains took control of Europe, gradually, from the ground up, and polygamy went by the boards. This occurred because of the Greek and Roman influence. The fact remains that polygamy has obtained traction only in the most primitive of cultures--tribal communities. Polygamy has never been a factor in highly developed civiizations. It has been condemned. Once Mormonism decided it wanted a place at the table of Western civilizaion, the "revelation" came and polygamy was conveniently history. True story. Polygamy is an institution of the ignorant, and the barbarous. It just is. Institute a modicum of civilization, and it goes away. It just does.