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1 | Does God endorse polygamy? | 1 Kin 11:3 | justme | 69093 | ||
Sordman007:yes "marriage with out legal paper work" is wrong! Boy I have hear this many time by couples wanting just a religious wedding, but not on paper. That's pure Missouri, Mule dung! If the man dies after living and having children with this woman, who did not think a "piece of paper" was important, the "wife? and children would get NOTHING. No Social Security or help as they should. This arrangement may be fun for the man, as he can walk off and live with someone else at anytime! Where is the certificate of divorce here? Did not even Moses address this "putting away"? Jesus said who ever sends away (puts away) his wife and someone else marries her, she becomes an a forniacator. Don, you are twisting scriptures! As I asked before show me a verse that gives God's approval for plural wifes! There is none! Now you have taken it even further by saying living together is a Biblical marriage? Don, take off your blinders. How does the world view this any different than from what is more commonly called "playing house"? Don, I care enough to say, you are in left field and the ball game ended a long time ago. These aguements were popular in the early 18 hundreds. These justifications were not valid then, and there still not valid or acceptable now. A Christian is to be above reproch, and this is below civilized standards. Surely you are not so unothrodox as to see this is a seriously afront to basic Christian wisdom and ethics? Think on these. I look to hear again from you. justme |
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2 | Does God endorse polygamy? | 1 Kin 11:3 | Swordman007 | 69113 | ||
You said: "yes "marriage with out legal paper work" is wrong!" Who says? You? I am curious, by what standard do you judge this by? Your own personal standard, or something you have read in God's word? You said: "If the man dies after living and having children with this woman, who did not think a "piece of paper" was important, the "wife? and children would get NOTHING." My friend, you must not be much aware of Wills and Power of Attournys. There are MANY legal avenues to ensure that the property remains as it should. As for Social Security, well, talk to those who are on it, and you will discover that a government fixed income is hardly a means of support. If Social Security is the only basis for declaring it wrong to not have the license, then that indeed is a shabby foundation. We are talking about the moral implications, not the social/economic implications. Like I had said before, I know several polygamous families whose economic future is FAR brighter than ANYTHING the government system can possibly match. I also know many monogamous families who give little to no thought for relying upon support from Social Security. It makes good sense, that even Larry Burkette has confirmed, to make one's plans APART from reliance upon Social Security. Life insurance and other forms of financial investment will go MUCH farther in keeping the family finances alive than the government hand-outs. The line for the beneficiary does not at all ask as to if you are legally married to the woman you write into that spot. You said: "show me a verse that gives God's approval for plural wifes!" It has been my contention all along that God did not DISALLOW plural wives, in spite of all the general statements to the contrary, all being flung around like refuse out of a fertilizer spreader. You then make referrence as "how the world" sees all this. Did Jesus care how the world saw Him? Does TRUTH ever care about how the world beholds its untouchable majesty? If how the world views things is the basis of your measurment of something being right or wrong, then you are relying upon an terribly inferior standard compared to God's word. Any sports enthusiast who watches a ball game end prematurely knows that there is no real winner until the game is allowed to play out to the end. In this posting, you have appealed ONLY to the secular view of marriage, not the word of God. As believers, we are called to a different Kingdom than the kingdom of this world. Yes, it is implicit that we THEN adopt the standards laid out by God's word rather than the standards of this world. God's ways have ALWAYS clashed with the ways of this world. That is why Jesus HAD to rise above any concern for how the world saw Him and His mission. If we are to imitate Him, then we too are called to live this same way no matter what the world around us may think. Hank Hannagraff said it well when stating that if a lie is repeated often enough and loudly enough, then the general populace begins to believe it.....even many of those who profess to follow Christ Jesus. Don Dean |
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3 | Does God endorse polygamy? | 1 Kin 11:3 | justme | 69126 | ||
Sword007: I used a secular dialogue, because your understanding of scriptyre and morality is so twisted. There can be no learning when you have so closed yourself to thepoint of saying wrong is right and right is wrong. The sad thing is you defend immorality as under the guise that because God did not disallow some practice that makes it acceptable. How foolish an assumption God allowed Adam and Eve free will. God did not disallow them from sinning. Does that mean is acceptable because He did not disallow it? Your reasoning is seriously flawed. For one who has such knowledge you have used it to your own distruction. Let's drop this subject, frankly no truth that you say is not truth is a stalemate. I give this up to someone else. I truly think you have crossed over the line of wisdom into humanism. Peace. justme |
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4 | Does God endorse polygamy? | 1 Kin 11:3 | Face | 175646 | ||
I must say then, that according to your logic, Adam and Eve sinned by not having a marriage license. They didn't have protection for their children in case something went wrong. You accuse those who would live this way in simple trust of their heavenly Father of being foolish. Have you never read Matt 6:34 and thought to apply it to your life. Why trust man and his social programs for your security when your heavenly Father cares much more for you than they ever could? | ||||||