Posted on 12/30/2005 10:21:26 AM PST by onedoug
Deenis Prager on now discussing his own impending divorce....
Exactly. How can he teach Torah every week, and claim to be religious, and treat his kids as though divorce was something OK in their lives? That, as he said today, in the vast number of cases it wasn't even harmful to them? He also said something like "I will never trust any sociological statistics again," which, if said on any other day, may have been a fair thing to do, but said TODAY in this context, it sounds like rationalization.
Well, I am not in Dennis's bedroom [although, now that he's available... LOL - JUST KIDDING], so you could well be right. I will keep a lookout for him in the public eye and if he's spotted soon with a plumped-lip-and-boobs bimbo, I am coming after you, Mr Hitman!!! :)
"Hmmm, that photographer has a nice rack... Too bad I am married and a radio moralist..."
You know, I think it's kind of disturbing that you would make such assumptions about people!
Haha! ;-)
Wow, you are really disturbed.
The idea that man is inherently good, a "Noble Savage", is very old indeed, and was expressed most famously by Rousseau. It is the staple of modern muddled moral thinking, leaching its sillines down to even children's books and films. (How many times have children been taught to "follow your heart"?)
Human beings are basically motivated by immediate self-interest. It is the duty of religion, not the government, to encourage our elevation to higher meaning in life.
You are correct, I did misread the post.
Does anyone know the reason for the divorce? I think it is sad. Divorce is sad in most cases as usually only one party wants the divorce, rarely is it mutual.
I know. That's why they didn't give me my own radio show. :) But I don't think that when I hear of a marriage breaking up, in general. After about 3 of his hours devoted to male sexuality, it just kind of occurred to me that his past might have been why he focused there.
Howerver, scripture does give the examples that divorce may be permissible. If his situation fails that test, then that makes it an issue that he should be taken to task.
Simply stating that all make errors or sin doesn't excuse it. And if this is for non scriptural reasons and if he's the one who is advocating it, then he is just as guilty as some of those who he decries day in and day out.
Either that, or you are lacking a sense of humor. Hard to tell.
I tend to think the opposite would be true -- that only a person with a strong, healthy ego him/herself could be comfortable in a relationship with another strong ego. Weak, insecure egos are generally behind relationship problems. Those with confident egos can brush quite a lot off like so much water off a duck. I'd rather be married to a guy with a big, strong ego any day.
Your comment says a lot about YOU!
He didn't say, but he did imply it was "far" from infidelity.
Dennis has consistently been frank and honest about his position on divorce. And regardless of one's position, all somebody has to have to be in a divorce situation is a spouse who doesn't want to be your spouse anymore.
Scripture or not, as a practical matter it's hard to make a go of a marriage with a wife who suddenly decides she doesn't want to breathe the same air as you do.
A person can be a decent spouse and find themseleves in that situation. I can't imagine God holding divorce against a person when it was his spouse who flatly and matter-of-factly decided to leave them, for whatever reason.
I won't touch that line, but I'll bet others here will, LOL!
I have a very strong personality (so I have been told) and tend to be happiest with very dominant, strong women. Go figure! :-)
I don't agree with your assumptions. Prager travels around a lot. His wife may simply be getting tired of it and wanted him to stay home with her. It will be a friendly divorce. I knew a guy like that who flew around all the time for business reasons. He finally got tired of it and stayed put in a different job and re-married his former wife and kids. All a woman wants is a man to be with her. All these business/media/political jobs cause divorces left and right.
As a moralist, (his words from his web site) I would hate to be on the wrong side of God when the Bible says God hates divorce.
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