According to DM's viewpoint, the adulterous woman who divorced her husband for another is free, in God's opinion, of adultery whenever her first husband rightfully remarries someone else. This makes no sense whatsoever to me. David are you saying you actually agree with the RCC gobbledygook about annulments??? ANYONE can get an annulment in the RCC if they have the bucks to pay for it.
And regarding the civil laws of divorce, I agree with Terry. Just because the civil law says you are divorced and free to remarry, this is not necessarily correct in God's opinion. And sometimes people can be truly married in God's opinion, but not be legally married according to civil law. So if two teenagers are having sexual relations, are they married in God's viewpoint? I think not if they have not made a lifetime commitment to each other before God. But if they have I think they are married in God's eyes. What if a single man and woman are the only inhabitants on a deserted island and decide to marry each other for life? Does God hold it against them that they have no civil ceremony or witnesses? I think not. In fact, there is no model of a marriage ceremony in the Bible, which makes me think that is pretty unimportant--it's the commitment to each other before God that matters, both before and after the marriage, and that makes it a real marriage IMO. And no "takiebackies". FWIW, iz -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry Clifton Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 9:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] What counsel would you offer? This woman has already, in her own opinion, divorced. Since she is the guilty party, she gets no consideration. Her real husband is now free to divorce her, but the legal system being what it is, it would be hard to explain why you want a divorce when the state says you are alrready divorced. It could all get very confusing. David Miller wrote: > > Aren't you overlooking an important fact here? As soon as the man had > sex with his new wife, adultery took place. Therefore, the proper > grounds for divorce that you think needs to be there now exists. This > woman may now divorce and remarry, according to your perspective, > right? (I'm not trying to convince you that divorce is now great in > God's eyes, but rather I am trying to show you a logical problem in > your thinking, hoping that you discard your present interpretation.) > > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
