Posted on 05/27/2006 11:02:16 AM PDT by wagglebee
Only minutes ago, just before finding this thread, I had an argument with my wife....A woman we know decided she didn't what to be married anymore and just divorced her husband. She had been a SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER...he a devout Christian.
She had NO Biblical grounds for the divorce. Yet, my wife uses the "But, Jesus wants us to be happy" straw argument to defend what she did. My response: Find for me in the Word where Jesus said it is OK to divorce if that makes you happy.
Oh, *&^%$~!!!! I can't believe she buys into that "I have a right to be happy, no matter what" crap! I don't know about her, but there's no small print on my birth certificate guaranteeing that I'll always be "happy".
With all due respect to your wife, she needs to rethink that position.
Not if she has any spare brain cells at all!
Great article bump.
I'm afraid my wife buys into the OPHRAH world view. But, many women do
My wife thinks that there "had to be something wrong with (the husband", or she wouldn't have wanted a divorce. (Never mind that the woman was having an affair). Nevermind that the young woman the husband thought to be his wife's younger sister was actually his wife's illegitimate child.
We live in an age where people what to pick and choose what to believe in Christianity (sort of buffet style). The "What I Feel" brand of so called Faith.
The Bible warns against this when we are told not to trust the heart as it is deceitful above all things.
God hates divorce. Even if two people are no longer "in love", if they have integrity, are not self-centered, and stay true to their marital promises, I think a finer, deeper and more induring love results. But it takes two dedicated people to attain this. I have been divorced very early in my life before I gave my life to Christ, because if I didn't I don't think I would still be among the living. There are reasons why divorce is acceptable by God. And there are far worse states than being single. Unfortunately, you are right, the divorce statistics among Christians are nearly on a par with the secular world. We have all been tainted by Society's destructive example. That is why thirsting for God's Word is more important than ever. There are Christians, and then there are Christians. No where will anyone of them find advice more valuable than the words of Jesus, especially now that Satan is taking the gloves off in his final effort. As a couple, as a family, read Ephesians 6:10-18 every morning.
Get out much?
We live in an age where people what to pick and choose what to believe in Christianity (sort of buffet style).
Doesn't apply to me. I am a true believer in the Eight Commandments!
All part of what happens when we let the Political Class walk from their crimes. It's clear now that they think they are above the law. It started with Clinton and has now reached the point where House members defend somebody from a legal search warrant and Senate members grant amnesty to an entire class of lawbreakers.
Fidelity is dying because our political "leaders" excuse wrongdoing rather than hold people accountable and force them to confront the consequences.
Moral "trickle down".
Interesting point.
I do not claim all divorce wrong, as I know you do not as well. Divorce is always sad, but the Bible is clear about acceptable divorce for those who claim to be BELIEVERS. If a NON-Believer wishes to leave, let them leave, and adultery is Biblically acceptable grounds.
I am bothered by those who claim the belive the Bible to be the inspired Word of God, yet lean on this, "But, Jesus understands how I feel" crap, when it is 180 degrees opposite of what Christ SAID about the subject.
And sadly, the Church of today is not helping very much, due to a watered-down approach that allows people who divorce their spouses without Bibical ground, to remain members in good standing.
Look,the whole fidelity thing went down the drain during the Sixties sexual revolution of which I regrettably admit I was a big advocate of back then.
Too bad because even though the monogamy of my parent's era-with many exceptions even back then,of course-seemed boring at least you felt you could trust your wife or husband not to act like a total whore.
I talked a good game back then but in practice I was generally pretty faithful to whoever I was with.Yet seeing all the cheating and promiscuity around me completely soured me on ever trusting women again.
And If I was a woman,no way in the world would I trust a man!!
Oprah = New Age = anti-Biblican thinking = the reason we're where we're at today.
Fidelity is dying because our political "leaders" excuse wrongdoing rather than hold people accountable and force them to confront the consequences.
Moral "trickle down".
What about business leaders?
Thanks for the links
ping
Gotta read this later!
And BTTT while I'm at it.
Was Enron corrupt because they saw Clinton get away with it or was Clinton corrupted by granting favors to Enron?
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