Posted on 09/25/2009 2:10:10 PM PDT by Bean74
Adultery did not fare well during a September 25 “Nightline” broadcast about the issue, but that didn’t keep ABC’s Cynthia McFadden from asking an evangelical pastor if he felt “a little intolerant” for his conservative views on the subject.
McFadden moderated a debate that tried to answer the question, “Are we born to cheat?” but appeared to mock Pastor Ed Young’s responses whenever she could.
The proponents of adultery who appeared on the panel included Jenny Block, an author and participant in an open marriage, and Noel Biderman, the president and CEO of Ashley Madison, a Web site designed to help people begin extra-marital affairs. Block and Biderman faced tough questioning about their views, but did not receive the same derision McFadden levied at Young.
McFadden’s question about intolerance came after an exchange in which Young asserted that an open marriage is adultery “in the eyes of God” and that marriage was ordained in Scripture by God. Block attempted to refute Young’s statement and argued he was talking about religious marriages when not all marriages are religious.
McFadden then asked Young, “But do you think that what you think applies to everybody?” and appeared surprised by his affirmative answer. After Block labeled Young's claims "preposterous," McFadden asked Young, “Are you feeling a little intolerant?” Her follow up question to that was, “Is Jenny going to hell?”
Prior to that exchange, McFadden had already mocked Young’s belief in the literal meaning of Scripture verse Matthew 5:28 which states in part, “Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
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To a degree...Not an object, but certainly not an image of God.
I used the term “hit it” as an example. Not what I literally think. And I also do not dwell on it.
You could pick any commandment and use the same reasoning.
The Acorn Broadcasting Network continues to assault the foundations of this Republic.
I would never have it any other way.
Nothing wrong with being a natural human being. Both men and women have a natural sense of who is attractive to themselves individually and who isn't. It is the spiritual man or woman who makes a decision to cleave to one spouse for the greater good of themselves, their children and society. That decision is often tested throughout life.
That is something I tried to teach my offspring -- that rules and spiritual principles for living are not just for children and teenagers -- adults have to continue to make choices every day of their lives.
Just to be clear — I wasn't suggesting that Jimmy Carter be a source of advice on morals, or biblical interpretation. I was just trying to point out the hypocrisy of the MSM reporters, who venerate Carter, at the same time as they mock religious people (well, Christians and Jews, at any rate).
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