What do you think about the Catholic position on divorce?
(NOTE: An annulment is NOT a "Catholic divorce" as they are commonly called . . . it is a declaration that the marriage contract was never valid to begin with for some reason or another, so therefore, under Church law, the marriage never occurred.)
2007-03-12 17:21:05 · 11 answers · asked by jtaylornl 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is God's view also. God does not approve of divorce either. Until death do you part. Ring a bell? If people actually took the vows and the sacrament of marriage more seriously there would be no divorce
2007-03-12 17:24:06 · answer #1 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
The only way a marriage can be null and void in the Catholic faith is if love did not exist in the first place. If there is no love - there is no marriage. No other reason can annull a marriage. This is why a spouse can leave if they are being assulted - because there is no true love.
I think it's a good position. Marriage is a commitment, a change of life. A dedication to another person. And one to be done in love. It should be life-long, unless that commitment was made without love.
2007-03-13 00:25:22 · answer #2 · answered by noncrazed 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I feel that it is rediculous not to allow divorce. Don't get me wrong, I'm certainly not a fan of the serial marriage, but I think there are some cases where a marriage needs to end for the better of everyone.
My extremely religious aunt spent 37 years married to an abusive husband for fear she would be displeasing God and God's will. Finally this past year she decided she had had enough. (she'd had enough long before this... but finally she realized she needed to get out) She went to her priest and begged that she could still be part of her church and he denied that privilage to her.
I thought that was terrible how they could place a woman in religious exile for wanting safety for herself. Would God really expect her to stay and be beaten? Turn the other cheek has its limits. Or at least it should.
2007-03-13 00:36:05 · answer #3 · answered by Curious Kim 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I have known people who have gotten married (i attended their weddings, so i know it was a marriage...) then they went on and had children... built a home... vacationed together... then found someone new....
how can the catholic church say that the marriage never existed? when we take our vows the pastor or priest or deacon says "what God has joined together let no man seperate" and yet they grant annulments? who thought that up? it is NOT biblical and not in any scripture... you enter into a vow with witnesses... and you live married for years and have kids... and then poof? you were never married? bogus...
2007-03-13 00:30:14 · answer #4 · answered by livinintheword † 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's not of God. God wouldn't want his creation to suffer like this on purpose. If two people don't get along, you can't force them to get along. If a man is beating up his wife and the children, who the heck is the church to tell the woman that SHE is wrong for leaving and divorcing him? The Catholic church interferes wayyyy too much into the personal lives of the people. I am a muslim, and even Islam says it's ok for either party to divorce the other if the two just can't get along even after three months of trying and counseling. Even we believe in birth control, as having babies too close together is harmful to the health of the mother and could drain a family financially faster than ever.
2007-03-13 00:29:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
There is no prohibition against divorce, only a prohibition against another marriage after a divorce, unless grounds for an anulment exist and an anulment of the earlier marriage is granted.
2007-03-13 00:51:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
From the point of a rule being reasonable, this one surely is not. Many religious rules are based on necessity.
Hindus don't eat cows because they are a major means of transportation, plowing, etc. Muslims don't eat pork, because until very, very recently, pork meat WAS dangerous to eat.
Divorce is a necessity based on us all being free thinking, individuals. Doesn't make sense that God would want to subject us to a life time of being with someone that we just don't want to. Life is short and in order for one to make the most of life, you need a partner that you trust and love.
2007-03-13 00:28:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Catholics are not forbidden to divorce. They are forbidden to remarry after a divorce, unless they have obtained an annulment.
2007-03-13 00:24:18 · answer #8 · answered by ~♥Anna♥~ 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I wonder if the church would take such an absolute stance if its priests were permitted to marry.
2007-03-13 00:26:12 · answer #9 · answered by Let Me Think 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Midieval and anachronistic, harking back to the days when marriage was a matter of property.
2007-03-13 00:25:08 · answer #10 · answered by Scott M 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋