From the link annsni provided:
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1 Cor. 7:15
But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you
2jto peace.
For myself, honestly at this point this thread is rather making me sick. This isn't about feelings, it's about God given reason and common sense, and it's about this flying in the face of the principles given in God's word (treatment of others being important enough to be the reasoning behind more than half of the commandments).
Yeah, it really is past ridiculous how some of you seem to think that any reason that you dream up to be bad enough is just cause for divorce.
It frankly sounds a lot like the world's reasoning when it comes to divorce. I don't know how many times I've heard folks say
"I fell out of love."
"We argue too much."
"We just married too young."
NONE of those nor abuse is BIBLICAL justification for divorce,
Again, an abusive spouse is showing the same lack of respect and love shown by a spouse who commits adultery--if the spouse is not going to change, being bound to him for life is just damned cruel, just as it would be to remain bound to an unrepentant adulterer. .
False teaching. You can try to equate the two all you want. God defines what adultery is. And neither you, ,the President, the Pope or any of his Cardinals can change that.
You can think it is as cruel as you like too. Homosexuals think its cruel of Christians to suggest that they go through their entire lives without having love or sex because they want it from the same sex.
Neither the abused spouse or the homosexual can change Scripture.
It was made clear that divorce was not recommended in all cases of abuse, only when considered necessary and important to the safety and well-being of the abused. Neither is divorce recommend in all cases of adultery--to my understanding, anyway
And I say again, that you or ANY Christian would put forth that any case of abuse that's strictly abuse is grounds for a divorce, is shameful.
It's 100% unBIBLICAL and embarrassing how much yall are sounding like the world.
Separate and move across country. Change your identity. But you DO NOT have God's permission to divorce because of spousal abuse.
God PLEASE protect the minds and sensibilities of anyone who ventures through these pages and reads these attempts to undermine the truth of YOUR word.
To bring more viewpoints and arguments to the table I did a search and found these:
http://www.compellingtruth.org/abuse-divorce.html
http://www.restoredrelationships.org/news/2011/05/10/domestic-abuse-divorce/
(I realize articles like these are easy enough to find, and for as many with the views shown here there are plenty coming to the opposite conclusion.)
Again, this is what the world does. Either we're gonna trust that an OMNISCIENT God knows best or we don't. Articles or anything else pushing people to do anything outside of what God commands is the equivalent of false teaching .
Lastly, can we please have a discussion where others are treated with grace and understanding? Surely understanding and grace can be utilized in a discussion about something as obviously God-hated as abuse, whether you agree with it being grounds for divorce or not. But this is all coming off as very patronizing and condescending--we're all adults, there is no need to talk down to anyone. Maybe it's not intended that way, but it's not helping.
Again, spoken just like the world. It's coming off as patronizing and condescending because the two of you seem to be expecting some sort of pat on the back for your deliberate attempts to undermine the truth of what God's word says.
I wasn't talking down to anyone. I was telling you all what God's word says and not backing off of that. People always tend to think you're talking down to them when you don't make room for untruth.
I've been quite polite. But there still is no room for either of you to try and justify something as a reason for divorce that GOD has not said is a reason.
Frankly this is where 90% of my frustration here is coming from.
Your frustration is coming from the fact that I'm not accepting something you want to justify. Like the homosexual and the atheist and the Big Bang Theory Evolutionists, you'll just have to be frustrated.
But if I see it, don't expect to be able to add anything to Scripture that God has not said. If He had intended to make spousal abuse or alcoholism or financial incompetence a reason to get divorced, HE would have. He didn't.
I'm going to leave this discussion for good now. I've already crossed my own line in terms of behavior and attitude, I need to stop before I say or do anything else I regret.
You still be well.
