a happily married gay couple or..
an arranged straight marriage?
Please answer which and why.
Don't just simply write "None". Don't be lame.
2007-02-16 07:10:05 · 26 answers · asked by malcolm knoxville 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Arranged straight couple even if it is a man and his daughters.
2007-02-16 07:12:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 5⤋
An arranged straight marriage. Many arranged marriages end up happy because the couple is committed to each other. Did you never see Golda and Tevia in Fiddler on the Roof sing "Do You Love Me?'? It was really beautiful...and sweet...and funny...after 25 years of marriage, they realized that they were in love! It is great to be friends with your spouse. The infatuation and initial excitement does end, the honeymoon ends, and then what? If you don't have a friendship with your spouse, you have no base for a marriage, no matter gay or straight.
And moreover, God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.
2007-02-16 15:20:23 · answer #2 · answered by Fotomama 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God does not condone, tolerate or approve of a gay marriage, regardless of how happy the couple may be. He teaches in His Word that marriage is to be between a man and a woman.
God could approve of an arranged marriage if the marriage is founded on His word. Arranged doesn't mean there is no love. Any marriage founded on God's word is approved of by God.
2007-02-16 15:15:51 · answer #3 · answered by BigDaddyRayinLA 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Since God has called homosexuality an abomination in both the Old Testament and the New Testament, he would prefer an arranged straight marriage.
Whether we want to believe it or not, many arranged marriages work out well over time. There is no instant passion, but as they live together for a time, they begin to become attached to each other. They have children and continue the species just as God told them to do. Remember the commandment to them to BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLE, and fill the earth.
Isaac and Rebekah was an arranged marriage. Abraham sent his oldest servant to pick a bride for Isaac.
grace2u
2007-02-16 15:18:26 · answer #4 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
neither. A gay couple is not in God's plan for marriage.
an arranged straight marriage is not either. Even though some marriages were arranged in Biblical times, God never said to do it that way.
2007-02-16 15:14:03 · answer #5 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The scripture says "whom God hath joined together".......God is not into homosexuality no matter what people say, so He is not going to join those two people together and an arranged marriage is not by individual choice - they have not heard from God for themselves on this matter...so I would say neither. You should not let someone else decide such an important thing "for" you - it should be a decision the individual and God make together.
It is not about "happiness" it is about righteousness because in the long run you will not be happy on the wrong side of God.
2007-02-16 15:20:41 · answer #6 · answered by wd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the man and woman in the arranged straight marriage abide by the rules of God concerning marriage, then God approves of that marriage. God can never approve of a happily married gay couple because it is an abomination in His eyes. He specifically says of marriage "For this reason a man shall leave his mother and a woman shall leave her home, and the two shall become one flesh." The statements of God against homosexual relations are clear -- the penalty for a man lying with a man in the Old Testament was death by stoning, and the Apostle Paul speaks of the perversion of those who do not believe in God and honor Him as they should in the first chapter of his letter to the Romans "Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and to birds, and to four-footed beasts, and to creeping things. Therefore, God gave them up to uncleanliness through the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves who change the truth of God into a lie and worshipped and served the created more than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. For this cause, God gave them up unto vile affections, for even their women did change their natural use into that which is against nature, and likewise the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their bodies the due penalty for their error." It has been said many times, but God has made it plan that marriage is meant to be Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.
2007-02-16 15:20:15 · answer #7 · answered by sarge927 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that if there is a God, he wants us to be happy; however, some arranged straight marriages can be happy. I know an Indian couple who were in an arranged marriage and they've been happily together for 40 years.
In any case, I think God wants us to do what feels right in our hearts.
2007-02-16 15:13:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
an arranged straight marriage. love is not instantaneous, and a couple can come to the Lord and love eachother.
and to Carina G, arguing that "people are just born that way" is not a very convincing arguement. You know as well as any rational being that you choose which relationships you have with men, and which relationships you have with women. Despite if your hormones are mixed up (though I don't get how a female can have any male hormones, as they lack a Y chromosome)
your mindset is more powerful than your impulses.
2007-02-16 15:19:59 · answer #9 · answered by Hey, Ray 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
neither, Gods ideal is not as low as men are willing to stoop. he created something good that we can't achieve unless we stay real close to him. Dont think I know any happily married gay couples - thats an illusion - not gods plan - i might not like what gods design is but who cares - God does what he wants and the closer we get to obeying God the ahappier we are. sorry we are all screwed up but Jesus still loves us and is willing and powerful enough to straighten out our twistedness. this gay man found God and went straight - happier than I have ever been
2007-02-16 15:18:30 · answer #10 · answered by mdbuchanan2000 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Homosexuality is speficly condemned in the scriptures.
I am not aware of any scriptures offhand dealing with arranges marriages,
but I imagine that if you are refering to a marriage where one does not want to be in it, and does not want the sexual relations,
and is forced,
God would not like that,
He has shown that men are to cherish women like their own body,
and although many make excuses to abuse women
physically, mentally, emotionally,
there are none,
hurting another human is wrong period.
2007-02-16 15:15:52 · answer #11 · answered by papeche 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋