08 Jul '12 01:10>
'Condemning divorce is not a moral stance.' Thoughts?
Originally posted by FMFThat might depend on quite what you mean.
'Condemning divorce is not a moral stance.' Thoughts?
Originally posted by FMFMorality has to do with personal behavior in my opinion.
'Condemning divorce is not a moral stance.' Thoughts?
Originally posted by googlefudgeCondemning deceit, harming others, or coercion of others, would be moral stances.
I thus feel further clarification might be needed before i could comment further...
Originally posted by josephwMorality has to do with the interactions of people, I think.
Morality has to do with personal behavior in my opinion.
Originally posted by galveston75So, galveston75. You appear to condemn deceit. But what about the OP: 'Condemning divorce is not a moral stance'. Do you agree?
God's view..... "God's Love" page 220.
What forms a Scriptural basis for divorce?
Well, Jehovah hates adultery and fornication. (Genesis 39:9; 2 Samuel 11:26, 27; Psalm 51:4)
Indeed, he finds fornication so despicable that he allows it as grounds for divorce. (For a discussion of what fornication involves, refer to Chapter 9, paragraph 7, where ...[text shortened]... e must make their own decision and accept whatever consequences it may bring.—Galatians 6:5.
Originally posted by josephwSo a woman living with a wife beater should remain married to such a creep and then end up getting killed? So marriage is stronger than the need to protect oneself from death?
Morality has to do with personal behavior in my opinion.
Divorce, I think, has to do with the dissolution of a relationship intended to last a lifetime. The condemnation of divorce isn't a condemnation of a person, but of the wreck it makes of the lives of those involved. Especially the children.
The bond of marriage is the strongest form of instituti ...[text shortened]... re subservient to it, and intended for its(marriage)support.
Divorce is a condemnable thing.
Originally posted by sonhouseYou have a point but I don't think we necessarily have to examine this issue through such a dramatic scenario.
So a woman living with a wife beater should remain married to such a creep and then end up getting killed?
Originally posted by FMFIn God's eyes, yes. Perhaps these two should have taken the Bible's advice and always put the other mate first and more importantly to have God in their marriage.
You have a point but I don't think we necessarily have to examine this issue through such a dramatic scenario.
Two people who have grown apart as they grew older - unhappy, incompatible, emotionally lonely; for them to divorce is "a condemnable thing"?
Originally posted by FMFDivorce is a condemnable thing.
Morality has to do with the interactions of people, I think.
[b]Divorce, I think, has to do with the dissolution of a relationship intended to last a lifetime.
Why do you say marriage is "a relationship intended to last a lifetime"? Is it because you see this hope as being true for yourself? If so, why is superimposing this ideal or expectation onto o ...[text shortened]... [/b]
Why? What business of yours is the breakdown and ending of others relationships?[/b]
Originally posted by galveston75Your non-interacting god? Give me a break. There has never been a 'god' in marriage. There has never been a god in ANYTHING in man's affairs, only man made fairy tales to induce the weak minded and control them and subjugate women. That is the ONLY function of religion.
In God's eyes, yes. Perhaps these two should have taken the Bible's advice and always put the other mate first and more importantly to have God in their marriage.
“A threefold cord cannot quickly be torn in two.” (Ec 4:12)
If God is in ones marriage the chances of it going bad or very rare....