Posted on 12/06/2011 7:09:02 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Therefore, the answer to Cain’s alleged affairs is Newt Gingrich? He’s a confirmed serial adulterer!
If NOOT or Romney are the answer, the wrong question is being asked.
To summarize Mr. Prager’s article:
Everybody does it so it can’t be wrong, can it?
The MSM and the feminists have downplayed sins of the flesh for the last 50 years. Kids are having sex at 12, 13, 14 years old, and some are having children in their late teens. Have we degraded back to the middle ages when the avg. life span was 35 and having kids at 18 was necessary? We’re living longer but turning kids into adults earlier. Why?
RE: Everybody does it so it can’t be wrong, can it?
I re-read the entire article and nowhere in it does Prager say that adultery isn’t wrong.
I prefer saying it my way: "If your wife can't trust you, why should I?"
Mr. Prager needs to read his Bible more closely. Yes, the Lord did not remove David from the throne but the consequence of his sin was that contention and rebellion came into his household. The united Kingdom of Israel did not last beyond his son’s reign and the line of the Messiah switched from unfaithful Solomon to the faithful heir, David’s son Nathan. This is, I believe, the whole issue behind the two genealogies of Christ recorded in the Gospels. For an exposition see:
http://sb.rfpa.org/printarticle.cfm?article=3015
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” Galatians 6:7
A man who commits adultery loses respect in my eyes. That being said, when I vote for President I am not voting for pastor, and with very few exceptions I have to hold my nose when I mark the ballot.
I need to know about the candidates sexual lives. I care about it, not because I’m a nosy parker or a puritan, but because the President needs to not have a lot of skeletons rattling around in his closet. For one thing, the notion of having a president who can be blackmailed is horrific! And once you know they’re a cheater, a liar, you can never know whether there’s more, or whether they’re lying to you now.
Moreover, as is said downthread, the so-called sexual revolution has been an abomination to human decency. It degrades human beings to the level of animals, and has caused a holocaust of abortion. I am all for compassion for people who have sinned, but this has gotten ridiculous. It threatens civilization, therefore it must be stopped.
BTW, I don’t know that Herman Cain is an adulterer.
The Bible is replete with condemnation of adultery. The Creator likened ancient Israel’s worshiping the Cananite gods as “whoring” after other gods, prostitution and adultery.
The liberals are the ones focusing on the sexual sins of Republicans. I know a lot of religious folks who voted for Clinton.
I’ve liked Prager, the few times I’ve heard him, but I’m sorry, I just can’t wrap my mind around what he’s trying to do:
minimize sin’s effect on character.
I remember @ Clinton years, and it never is NOT true that “character matters”...
I also don’t get Prager’s assertion; “But Jesus made it clear that this is adultery with the heart. Jesus, a practicing and knowledgeable Jewish rabbi, would never equate actual adultery with adultery with one’s heart.”
umm, yes HE did to my limited understanding...
This all sounds like it’s tilling the field of conservatives’ conscience to accept, ummm, Newt, imo.
People are falling all over themselves to prove to the world their IQ is below 100. But then Mark says 40% of the voters are illerate drones. The majority of which support newt.
People are falling all over themselves to prove to the world their IQ is below 100. But then Mark says 40% of the voters are illerate drones. The majority of which support newt.
Do not forget the forgiveness Jesus gave to a woman taken in adultery.
Mr. Prager needs to read Matthew 7 with a view toward actually understanding it.
God detests ALL sin in equal measure, but his Word makes it clear that you shall know them by their deeds.
But did not the family history on Mathew’s side also showed members that family that had a less-than-perfect past, to show that which Christ is SAVIOR?
Hogwash. Apparently you missed this paragraph:
Nothing here is in any way meant to be a defense of adultery. As a religious Jew, I believe it violates one of the Ten Commandments. As a married person, I know how much it would hurt my wife if I did it, and how much it would hurt me if my wife had an affair.
Let's try that again:
To summarize Mr. Prager’s article: Everybody does it so it can’t be wrong, can it?
Hogwash. Apparently you missed this paragraph:
Nothing here is in any way meant to be a defense of adultery. As a religious Jew, I believe it violates one of the Ten Commandments. As a married person, I know how much it would hurt my wife if I did it, and how much it would hurt me if my wife had an affair.
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