They want to deny gay's from marrying because (according to them) it would destroy the sanctity of marriage. But the bible says marriage is forever and yet the church allows divorced people to marry for a second, third, fourth, fifth time.
2007-09-02 17:58:18 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
good example of the hypocrisy of religious people.
2007-09-02 18:03:46 · answer #1 · answered by kc 4 · 5⤊ 5⤋
My church makes a very big fuss about divorce. The Bible teaches that there are only two good reasons for divorce. The first is infidelity on the part of your spouse and the second is if your spouse really wants out and will not reconcile. If you are being abused, run for your life, but yes, you are obligated to remain married unless your spouse wants to divorce you. That means celibacy for a time. Oh well. You'll live. Jesus said if you divorce and remarry, that's adultery, unless both sides divorced because of infidelity. My best friend's mom cheated on his dad. His dad met someone else after he had been divorced about six years. Her husband had also cheated on her. The two of them got married to each other. I've never heard any Christian question whether or not it was okay for them to marry. They have stayed faithful to each other for the past three years or however long it's been. It's sad that the divorce rate within church buildings is so high. But to say that the Christian Church doesn't make a big deal about divorce is to be ignorant of what the true Church stands for. My dad, a pastor, wouldn't marry anyone who had divorced with the intent to marry again, so that they could leave their present spouse. Many other pastors feel the same way. I guess it depends on whether the religious group truly believes in God and the Bible or not. For many religious groups it's all just tradition. That is very sad, at least to me.
2007-09-03 01:14:03 · answer #2 · answered by fuzz 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because they would not make any money off of condemning divorce. The Bible says that a person may divorce for adultery by the partner. However, divorce for any other reason means the divorced person is committing adultery when they remarry or have sex. But this is okay.
It's also okay to not allow gay people to marry, forcing them to commit fornication and then condemning them for fornicating.
The pro-adultery, pro-fornication crowd picks and chooses what they want to follow, while denying it and condemning others for picking and choosing. It's called hypocrisy.
2007-09-03 01:12:04 · answer #3 · answered by Michael B - Prop. 8 Repealed! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Where in the Bible does it say marriage is forever?
Try these quotes:
From the Torah, the most holy of Jewish Texts:
"When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that ... he has found some uncleanness in her, then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it into her hand, and send her out of his house. And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and gives it into her hand and sends her out of his house ... then her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife." D'varim (Deuteronomy) 24:1-4.
If marriage is forever, why does the Torah not only talk about divorce but tells you how you must do it? The Jewish view is that divorce is allowed and tolerated if done properly.
However the Christians usually do not mention the above quote as it shows the Jewish faith as a tolerant faith. The Christians would rather start with the following quote.
"I hate divorce." (Malachi 2:16 NIV version)
This makes it appear that divorce is something that is against God's will. However, Malachi is a rather minor Prophet and in fact, the last one in the Jewish Bible. What he said may be true but it is not a Commandment. (All the Commandments are in the Torah, not in the writings of the Prophets.)
By starting their discussion of divorce with this quote, the Christians set you up to think the comments made by Jesus are in keeping with "God's will." It is necessary in order to cover the rather intolerant views of their own savior.
His views of divorce are as follows:
Mark 10:11-12 (KJV): And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Luke 16:18 (KJV): Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from [her] husband committeth adultery.
The Christian view of divorce comes from three words from a minor Prophet expanded upon by Jesus. By the rather deceptive start of the discussion, the Christians hide the fact that when it comes to divorce, it is their faith that is the more intolerant, not that of the Jews.
But the ironic thing is, despite what their own savior said, Christians in the Bible Belt, the most adamant followers of Jesus, have the highest divorce rate in the USA.
They talk the talk but they do not walk it.
2007-09-03 01:32:44 · answer #4 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because almost everybody divorces at one point or another. They can't say "divorcees are going to Hell" because that would be quite a large number of the population. Homosexuality is ONE "sin" where they can point the finger and say, "They're doing that and I'm not!" Also, homophobia has been around as long as homosexuality has been around. There's no such thing as "divorceophobia."
What I want to know is, why don't they make a big deal about "sins" that actually HURT people, like greed and wrath? Why are they picketing outside of gay organizations instead of health insurers who are ripping us off because of their greed, people who are letting others suffer and DIE because of it? Why is THAT such an issue? People have killed millions because of greed, wrath, and envy--people have BEEN killed because they are homosexual.
I've read Romans 1 over and over again. I have many gay friends, and I'll stand to it that NONE of them are any of those words described...some "Christians" fit that description pretty well, though. That was the Apostle Paul writing, not Jesus--Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. All he talked about was love and acceptance. Paul has often been accused of being a misogynist, and I'll add to the list: he was a homophobe, too.
There are bigger issues out there than homosexuality, but Christians will vehemently deny them human rights because it is one group of people that they can target and point the finger. As I stated above, it's one "sin" that they can say someone else is committing that they will never commit. They'll never picket for something worthwhile, such as universal healthcare, because that would be hipocritical. Everybody is guilty of greed, so they can't say it's wrong.
Personally, I think more Christians should EMULATE Jesus and be loving and accepting. Jesus didn't go around telling people they were going to Hell, beating them up because they were "sinners," and kicking them out on the street like "Christian" parents will do to their gay kids. Jesus loved them all the same. There are a few Christians out there who do this, but not enough.
Personally, I think they shouldn't judge, lest they be judged themselves.
2007-09-03 01:12:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Catholic Church does not allow that if the first marriage was valid. Divorce and homosexual Unions are an attack on the sanctity of family for they form society. And we wonder and groan at the demise of society of the state and life it lives
2007-09-03 01:12:02 · answer #6 · answered by Gods child 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yeah but divorce is sin as well.
I mean there are some situations that you need to get out of I believe...but yeah I don't really understand the whole 3-4-5 time marriage ordeals.
2007-09-03 01:03:04 · answer #7 · answered by dontouchmedontrustme 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree if the standard for right and wrong is that no one ever violates the standard. In which case, why have standards since some will violate them? Why have laws, since some will break them? Better to have no restraints, no laws and no standards...Then we could all just do what we want without regard for consequences...yeah, give me some more of that.
2007-09-03 01:27:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Probably because there were cases in the bible in which divorce was allowed (e.g. adultery). It is not a sin to divorce your spouse if s/he cheats on you. However, there are no instances in the bible in which homosexuality is ever considered acceptable.
Failure of heterosexual marriages is not grounds to extend marriage to homosexuals. In fact, it suggests we should show MORE restraint in marriages we allow-- not less.
2007-09-03 01:06:46 · answer #9 · answered by Daisy J 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
sin being made law is always a reason to protest
why not divorce? probably because the Bible puts resitrcitions on it, but doesn't abolish it completely. and of course, it would make it worse, as divorce was originally created to dampen domestic violence and adulteries.
2007-09-03 01:06:35 · answer #10 · answered by Hey, Ray 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Gay divorces, are going to bring a whole new meaning to the phrase, 'alienation of affection'.
2007-09-03 01:14:17 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋