With all the hell going on in some marriages why would you serve a god who didn't care about the well being of the abused wives?(or you fill in the blank about what could be going on in any marriage like that.)
2007-02-04 04:04:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Okay I was using that as an example but you can insert any marital problem in place of spousal abuse.
2007-02-04 04:47:52 · update #1
well, because Jesus was a Jew and Judaism is a rigidly patriarchal religion in which women were and in some sects still are considered chattel. Hebrew myth justifies the subjugation of women with the Adam and Eve story in which Eve is punished by being made to forever submit to her husband.
2007-02-04 04:13:24 · answer #1 · answered by nebtet 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi greendonkey34. God does not allow divorce today. There was a temporary law in Old Testament when God did allow divorce, In those days a man could divorce his wife on his slightest whim. There is one instance that He does allow divorce, but the believer is not allowed to remarry. In Mark 10:6-9 Christ tells us we are not to divorce:
“But from the beginning of the creation, God “made them male and female, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh”; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
God did give a temporary law allowing divorce, so He could divorce national Israel. God was married to National Israel (as He declares in Jeremiah 3:14) and Israel was practicing spiritual adultery. This marriage would end when Christ went to the cross and the Vail and the temple was rent in the midst (Luke 23:45). In Deuteronomy 24:1 we read God’s word:
“When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house…”
The phrase “some uncleanness” could mean, a bowel movement, a woman’s menstrual cycle, a dripping from the nose, or any bodily discharge was considered to ceremonially unclean. The Jews used this verse to help develop their practice of divorce for any reason: any time a woman was ceremonially unclean she could be divorced. The phrase “some uncleanness” could also be translated as a naked act. Meaning a wife committed adultery.
There is one case where divorce is still permissible. 1 Corinthians 7:14-15 explains: “For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace.”
If a believer is married to an unbeliever and the unbeliever decides to get a divorce, the believer is to try to be reconciled to the unbelieving mate. If the unbeliever is insistent, then the believer must allow the unbelieving spouse to go. This does not allow the believer to remarry; the believer is still bound to the unbelieving spouse.
2007-02-04 12:27:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're thinking about it backwards. The Bible teaches people to have obligations and in a marriage they have obligations to love eachother and raise a moral family. When either a man or a woman do not follow Gods rules for marriage things go bad.
Cheating, Beating, Nagging all undermine the marriage. You can't pick one rule out of a group of rules on marriage and then blame that rule for the problems or blame God for making the Rule.
God didn't say "Stay married so you can beat your wife more"
He said "Stay married and treat your family with respect."
So if some one only does HALF of what God says to do you can't blame God for the problems that happen. Its just retarded.
2007-02-04 12:42:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your question assumes that all people get divorced because of abused wives. In a society where 1/2 of all marriages fail I would say that most of the time it's not because of abuse. Your question is narrow.
2007-02-04 12:15:54 · answer #4 · answered by mel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus did speak against divorce, but he also spoke about the relationship between a husband and wife. His life and self sacrificing love should be a model to husbands. They should put the needs of their family ahead of their own. They should be forgiving and slow to anger. Jesus used a marriage as a metaphor for his relationship with his followers. He is the loving husband and the church is the wife. He gave his own life to save the church and a husband should show the same love for his family.
2007-02-04 12:23:34 · answer #5 · answered by Harv 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God never said to any woman in the Bible let your husband beat you. He never said husband beat your wife either. He told both husband and wife to love each other and submit to each other. If the husband beats the wife and the husband will not change, then the wife must get a divorce. A Christian husband could not be beating his wife and truly be a follower of Jesus Christ.
2007-02-04 12:12:16 · answer #6 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity does not approve of this for it says
Ephesians 5: 25. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
if you loved somthing enough to die for it you would never harm it!
Islam in contrast
One of the more controversial issues in Islam is the Quran’s authorization for husbands to beat disobedient wives. This is found in chapter 4, called “Women”, verse 34. Additional information on Islamic wife beating is found in Muhammad’s Traditions (Hadith), and Sira (biographical material). Many people have criticized Islam because of this harsh sanction, and many Muslims have written articles seeking ways to mollify or defend it. In review of the actual teachings of the Quran, Hadith, and Sira, Islam is rightly criticized. This command is not only a harsh way to treat one’s wife, it portrays the degraded position of married women in Islam.
2007-02-04 12:12:43 · answer #7 · answered by revdauphinee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why would you serve a God who allows people to suffer,kids to starve and be abused,animals that he created ,to be tortured and all the other screwed up $hit in this world.. belive it or not,there is some good in any bad situation,you just have to look for it and hope there is someone to help
2007-02-04 12:16:45 · answer #8 · answered by Kev 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why did someone pick an abusive person to begin with. Abusive people can't hide what they are. "Things" set them off. The have a short fuse.
The person going into the relatioinship saw this and ignored it.
They obvioiusly like it going in now why are they changing their minds.
2007-02-04 12:10:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Good Question!
2007-02-04 12:06:48 · answer #10 · answered by Gladiator 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋