Talk:Divorce
Biblical view
I don't understand the position in the "Biblical view" section. Is it really claiming that divorce is adultery and thus a sin, or that sex/marriage after divorce is adultery, that the divorce didn't change anything, and that therefore the divorced couple are still married in the eyes of God? --Scott 03:57, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
- I am not gonna touch this with 10 foot pole. However, what is the Church's view? often the Church's view and the Bible's view don't quite synch up. I'd be more inclined to take the Church's stance over the Bible's, as it's probably more up to date.--Elamdri 03:58, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
- Up to date? Its holy writ. Nothing short of the second coming is going to change the instructions in the bible. If the Church, an instutition of Man, says something that contradicts the divine authority of the earthly incarnation of God Himself... then the church must be wrong, and that is that. The bible forbids all divorce with one possible narrow exception, and claiming otherwise does not change that. - BornAgainBrit
- No offense, but if the bible is that clear cut, then why do we still have the Church? Why bother going to church if I can just get the information out of my Bible? The Bible was written by men, and it portrays the cultural biases of those men. Don't get me wrong, it is probably the best moral guidelines ever created and has laid the foundations for Western Society. However, it is not infallible. This is why I have a problem with non-nondenominational churches and biblical fundamentalism. To believe the Bible is the book of the Teachings of Jesus is fine, to believe it is a wonderful guideline for how to live one's life is fine. To suggest that everything written in it is divine truth without any bias interjected by those who wrote it is gullibility. To believe that path will only lead you to become a evil hate monger like Fred Phelps.--Elamdri 00:06, 21 March 2007 (EDT)
- Up to date? Its holy writ. Nothing short of the second coming is going to change the instructions in the bible. If the Church, an instutition of Man, says something that contradicts the divine authority of the earthly incarnation of God Himself... then the church must be wrong, and that is that. The bible forbids all divorce with one possible narrow exception, and claiming otherwise does not change that. - BornAgainBrit
Wouldn't than be rather depandant on which church we're talking about? What
- The Church (with a capital "C") almost always refers to the Roman Catholic Church. ColinR 04:10, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
Well, I thought conservatives where mainly Protestants... What
- ?????? !!!!!! I'm sure that will come as surprise to a lot of Roman Catholics. Dpbsmith 19:01, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
Well, mainly was a strong word, wasn't actually what I meant, but I reda somewhere that in 2000 63 % of the votes for Bush was protestant and 26 % of them catholic. If that is in anyway representative, wouldn't it be wrong to use the view of the catholic church as a norm in this case? What
- Fine, but nobody has answered the question: Is that section of this article claiming that the Bible says that divorce is a sin of adultery, or that sex after divorce is still adultery, the same as it was before the divorce? The section quotes an unspecified translation of the Bible, and does not cite any church teaching or Bible commentary for its opinions. --Scott 18:01, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
