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I'm fairly certain for every case of this, you could find an equally unfortunate monogamous marriage in Scripture.
Ok. That is interesting. How far do you take that? Do you also think of the woman as created for the man? Specifically for the man? In the context of marriage?
No. They aren't.
So you believe that our understanding of marriage should be understood as a direct continuation of the relationship between Adam and Eve?
A very large number of cultures that have had no access to the Bible have had the two-person rule in place.
'Course, there's a heckuvalot of polygamy in the Bible too.
Because both Apologetics and Theology (the second more so than the first) are respected realms of study and inquiry, which do not base their studies on rote memorization of the best possible Bible translation as a knee-jerk response to intellectual situations.
It is, properly speaking...
You would not have children. It is impossible to interbreed with those species.
Not all marriages occur with prospects of children, or even a desire for children.
*sigh*
It is off-topic because this topic is concerned with how we should understand marriage in a world where marriage is defined by the government, where marriage is a social institution, where non-Christians marry, etc.
That religions have an opinion on the moral nature of homosexuality is...
GAH. I'm being dragged into off-topic-ness.
For the record, this topic is about how we understand marriage, and how we should understand it as persons operating in the world, where marriage is granted to non-Christians.
I'm pretty moderate actually, as far as the spectrum of Christianity goes. But yes, in comparison to your very narrow fundamentalism, I suppose I am a flamboyant leftie.
Surely there is a rule against insinuating that another person on the forum is not a Christian?
@Tina: Off-topic.
@Shad: You're starting to make me angry. I'm not a fundamentalist; that doesn't mean 'I have commitment problems', or 'I am a weak Christian.' I am a ministerial student. I consider my faith the highest, most important thing in my life. I plan to devote my life in entirety to...
Goodness. I have no idea what to say.
If you don't like the parameters of the discussion, then please do not post here. I'm not interested in discussing the nature of Scripture and its information for our lives. It's clear that some of you have difficulty conversing with Christians who think...
That simply isn't true. Catholics, for example, hold that Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium form the basis for the revelation of God's truth. Various other, non-Catholic denominations and Christian movements do not adhere the strict Scripture view that you and Tina are speaking...
There are thousands upon thousands of denominations. There are billions of different ways of understand Christianity (one for every person).
We are one body. We are different. Insofar as God is our collective focus, despite our differences, sure. We might be described, with a large amount of...
Again, I just don't think you understand the parameters I've outlined for the discussion. I don't care about whether or not homosexuality is 'right' or 'wrong' in a theological or 'Christian' sense. What I am wondering is, how we should understand marriage in our world today. A world that in...
Whoa whoa whoa, back up.
1) I'm fully aware this is a Christian forum, and I am a Christian.
2) We (referring to Christians) discuss in terms of Scripture, reason, tradition, and experience. I'm sticking to my Wesleyan Quadrilateral. At any rate, the depth and breadth of Christian philosophy...
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