Are you actually as stupid as your postings lead me to believe? Marriage has been 'defined' by God, in the scriptures. That is good enough for me. THE END.
Probably.
No Old Testament quotes?
This, or any other post that I have made or will make in the future, is strictly my own opinion and consequently of little or no value.
"Faith is believing something you know ain't true" Twain.
The Bible has lots of different marriage rules and customs. Most of them pointing to the fact that women were not equal partners and slave wives were a-okay.
Don't marry a Canaanite. A woman must marry her rapist. A man must marry his brothers widow to make babies with her. Have as many concubines as you like. Have as many wives as you like. Feel free to capture women and girls and force them into marriage.
Marriage wasn’t even a Christian sacrament until the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215.
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Are you actually as stupid as your postings lead me to believe?
Yes, yes he is. We all are. We are all dumb and stupid and moronic and have comprehension difficulties etc etc. we are in awe of your intellect Throwald The Magnificant.
Marriage has been 'defined' by God, in the scriptures. That is good enough for me. THE END.
Nope, the definition in the scriptures was written by some anonymous author with an agenda nearly two thousand years ago. If that is good enough for you, fair enough, it's your END.
By the way, why didn't Jesus get married? Did He have commitment issues?
That said, with the Book of Mormon, we are not dealing with a civilization with no written record. What we are dealing with is a written record with no civilization. (Runtu, Feb 2015)
just me wrote:The Bible has lots of different marriage rules and customs. Most of them pointing to the fact that women were not equal partners and slave wives were a-okay.
Don't marry a Canaanite. A woman must marry her rapist. A man must marry his brothers widow to make babies with her. Have as many concubines as you like. Have as many wives as you like. Feel free to capture women and girls and force them into marriage.
Marriage wasn’t even a Christian sacrament until the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215.
I believe you are misrepresenting the Bible. The reality is that many of the regulations were in place to protect the woman. And this is at a time when women counted as nothing in most societies at that time. God never rewarded any man for having many wives or concubines, and demonstrates that the opposite is true.
just me wrote:The Bible has lots of different marriage rules and customs. Most of them pointing to the fact that women were not equal partners and slave wives were a-okay.
Don't marry a Canaanite. A woman must marry her rapist. A man must marry his brothers widow to make babies with her. Have as many concubines as you like. Have as many wives as you like. Feel free to capture women and girls and force them into marriage.
Marriage wasn’t even a Christian sacrament until the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215.
I believe you are misrepresenting the Bible. The reality is that many of the regulations were in place to protect the woman. And this is at a time when women counted as nothing in most societies at that time. God never rewarded any man for having many wives or concubines, and demonstrates that the opposite is true.
Solomon?
700 wives and 300 hundred concubines and yet: "The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart." (1 Kings 10:24)
I like you, Nipper, but you tend to make untrue statements to support your own personal beliefs.
This, or any other post that I have made or will make in the future, is strictly my own opinion and consequently of little or no value.
"Faith is believing something you know ain't true" Twain.
LittleNipper wrote:I believe you are misrepresenting the Bible. The reality is that many of the regulations were in place to protect the woman. And this is at a time when women counted as nothing in most societies at that time. God never rewarded any man for having many wives or concubines, and demonstrates that the opposite is true.
Solomon?
700 wives and 300 hundred concubines and yet: "The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart." (1 Kings 10:24)
I like you, Nipper, but you tend to make untrue statements to support your own personal beliefs.
Which untrue statement are you referring to? Remember, the Bible explains Biblical meaning when viewed in context of its totality: 1 Kings 11:4 New International Version As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been. Solomon was NEVER rewarded for his many wives. God rewarded Solomon because he asked for wisdom instead of wealth and prestige.
LittleNipper wrote:I believe you are misrepresenting the Bible. The reality is that many of the regulations were in place to protect the woman. And this is at a time when women counted as nothing in most societies at that time. God never rewarded any man for having many wives or concubines, and demonstrates that the opposite is true.
Quasimodo wrote:Solomon?
700 wives and 300 hundred concubines and yet: "The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart." (1 Kings 10:24)
I like you, Nipper, but you tend to make untrue statements to support your own personal beliefs.
LittleNipper wrote:Which untrue statement are you referring to? Remember, the Bible explains Biblical meaning when viewed in context of its totality: 1 Kings 11:4 New International Version As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been. Solomon was NEVER rewarded for his many wives. God rewarded Solomon because he asked for wisdom instead of wealth and prestige.
God seemed quite happy with Solomon, wives and all. It was only when he started hanging out with those other Gods that he fell into disfavor. He wasn't punished for his many wives and concubines (sleeping schedules must have been very complicated), but for his unfaithfulness.
This, or any other post that I have made or will make in the future, is strictly my own opinion and consequently of little or no value.
"Faith is believing something you know ain't true" Twain.