The bible says that " Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh".
On the other hand it also says "Honor thy father and thy mother"
So on hand we're supposed to get married, dump our parents, and shut them out of our lives, and on the other hand we're supposed to honor them?
2006-08-06 06:35:24 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The first verse you quoted refers to the independence of the husband and wife from their parents.
The other verse states that we should honor our parents. Meaning, we should respect them. However, married couples should never allow their parents to interfere in their lives.
2006-08-06 06:39:36 · answer #1 · answered by Exodus 20:1-17 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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VERSES THAT CONTRADICT THEMSELVES
Genesis 6:3 and Genesis 11:11 - Life limited to 120 years?
Genesis 32:30 and Exodus 33:20 - Jacob's life was preserved?
Exodus 4:22 and Jeremiah 31:9 - Who was God's firstborn?
Numbers 23:19 and Genesis 6:6-7 - Does God repent or not?
2 Samuel 6:23 and 2 Samuel 21:8 - Did Michal have children?
2 Samuel 8:4 and 1 Chronicles 18:4 - 700 or 7000 horsemen?
2 Samuel 8:9-10 and 1 Chronicles 18:9-10 - Toi or Tou? Hadadezer or Hadarezer? Joram or Hadoram?
2 Samuel 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 19:18 - 700 or 7000 charioteers? 40,000 horsemen or footmen? Captain's name?
2 Samuel 24:1 and 1 Chronicles 21:1 - Who provoked David?
2 Samuel 24:9 and 1 Chronicles 21:5 - 800,000 or 100,000?
2 Samuel 24:13 and 1 Chronicles 21:11-12 - 7 or 3 years?
1 Kings 4:26 and 2 Chronicles 9:25 - 40,000 or 4,000 stalls?
1 Kings 5:15-16 and 2 Chronicles 2:2 - 3300 or 3600?
1 Kings 7:26 and 2 Chronicles 4:5 - 2000 or 3000 baths?
2 Kings 8:26 and 2 Chronicles 22:2 - 22 or 42 years old?
2 Kings 24:8 and 2 Chronicles 36:9 - 18 or 8 years old? 3 months or 3 months and 10 days?
Erza 2:65 and Nehemiah 7:67 - 200 or 245 singers?
Matthew 1:12 and Luke 3:27 - Who was Salathiel's father?
Matthew 1:16 and Luke 3:23 - Who was Joseph's father?
Matthew 9:18 and Mark 5:22-23 - Dead or not?
Matthew 10:5-10 and Mark 6:7-8 - Bring a staff or not?
Matthew 15:21-22 and Mark 7:24-26 - The woman was of Canaan or Greece?
Matthew 20:29-30 and Mark 10:46-47 - One or two beggars?
Matthew 21:1-2 and Mark 11:1-2 - What happened to the ***?
Matthew 26:74-75 and Mark 14:72 - Before the **** crow once or twice?
Matthew 27:5 and Acts 1:18 - How did Judas die?
John 3:16 and Psalms 2:7 - Only begotten son?
John 5:31 and John 8:14 - Was Jesus' record true or not?
VERSES THAT CONTRADICT THE TRINITARIAN DOCTRINE AND/OR THE DIVINITY OF JESUS
Exodus 33:20, John 1:18, 1 Timothy 6:16 - No one saw God.
Isaiah 42:8 - Do not praise and worship images.
Isaiah 45:1 - "Anointed" does not mean "God".
Matthew 14:23, 19:13, 26:39, 27:46, 26:42-44 - Jesus prayed.
Matthew 24:36 - Jesus was not all-knowing.
Matthew 26:39 - Jesus and God had different wills.
Matthew 28:18 - All power was given to Jesus.
Mark 1:35, 6:46, 14:35-36 - Jesus prayed.
Mark 10:17-18 and Luke 18:18-19 - Jesus denied divinity.
Mark 12:28-29 - God is one.
Mark 13:32 - Jesus was not all-knowing.
Mark 16:19 and Luke 22:69 - Jesus at the right hand of God.
Luke 3:21, 5:16, 6:12, 9:18, 9:28, 11:1-4, 22:41 - Jesus prayed.
Luke 4:18, 9:48, 10:16 - Jesus was from God.
Luke 7:16, 13:33, 24:18-19 - Jesus was a prophet.
Luke 10:21 - Jesus gave thanks.
Luke 23:46 - The spirit of Jesus was commended to God.
John 4:19 - Jesus was a prophet.
John 4:23-24 - Worship in spirit and truth.
John 14:28 - One was greater than the other.
John 5:19, 5:30, 7:28, 8:28 - Jesus was helpless.
John 5:20 - The Father showed the son.
John 5:30 and 6:38 - Jesus and God had different wills.
John 5:31-32 - Jesus' witness was not true.
John 6:11 and 11:41-42 - Jesus gave thanks.
John 6:32 - The Father was the provider, not the son.
John 7:29, 16:5, 16:28 - Jesus was from God.
John 7:16, 12:49, 14:24, 17:14 - Jesus' words were not his.
John 8:42 - Jesus did not come of himself.
John 10:29 - "My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all."
John 14:1 - Jesus said, "...believe also in me."
John 14:16, 17:1, 17:9, 17:11, 17:15 - Jesus prayed.
John 14:31 and 15:10 - Jesus followed commands.
John 17:6-8 - "I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me."
John 20:17 - Jesus had a god.
Acts 2:22 - Jesus was "a man approved of God."
Romans 8:34 - Jesus was an intercessor.
1 Timothy 2:5 - Jesus was the mediator between God and humans.
2006-08-06 13:49:56 · answer #2 · answered by moonshine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So on hand we're supposed to get married, dump our parents, and shut them out of our lives, and on the other hand we're supposed to honor them?
I didn't read into that, what you just wrote.
What Chapter and verse say: Shut them out? Dump our parents?
I believe this is called "Spiritual ignorance",my friend. don't feel alone. Several people are.
2006-08-06 13:44:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you think that alone contradicts itself in the Bible, maybe you should read the page where it says Honor thy Father and Mother and then on the very next page tells us to stone disobedient children to death. Damn God is infallible!!!
2006-08-06 13:41:15 · answer #4 · answered by Richie D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are supposed to leave the nest so to speak and start your own family. That is not disrespecing you parents. To honour them is to be respectful of them, and speak to them with respect and take care of them when they need help.
The contridictions come from the ignorance of those who do not have a relationship with the Lord and they think they know what the bible says, when they dont.
2006-08-06 13:43:02 · answer #5 · answered by Carol M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Honor thy father and thy mother" means respect their decisions, and respect the fact that they probably know more than you.
How does honoring your father and mother mean that you can't get married? Does honoring your father and mother mean that you have to live with them? You're obviously wrong.
2006-08-06 13:43:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only contradiction is in the translations. in the verse you quote ,it is telling the young man, to separate from his parents ,and start his own family., If he lives in his fathers house ,his family is still the House of his father. but when they separate into their own lodging, then they are separated from his Fathers House. and he becomes the Head of the House. it does not say Leave and no longer Honor your parents.
2006-08-06 13:43:29 · answer #7 · answered by kritikos43 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible never contradicts itself. Many people don't understand a verse or passage so they think its contradictory. This passage tells that a mans loyalty is first to his wife after marriage and not to the parents. It doesn't tell him to 'dump' his parents. He will continue to honor his parents by loving them and helping to see to their welfare and safety.
2006-08-06 13:44:04 · answer #8 · answered by Proud to be an American 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you choose not to ask yourself why did GOD do and say those things.But you also have to answer it with no outside influence.And the old testament is also a part of the bible for the christians.
2006-08-06 13:50:18 · answer #9 · answered by Mitchell B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can not one flesh honor both mother and father?
2006-08-06 13:49:33 · answer #10 · answered by Grandreal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋