EDITED: Baptist Divorce and remarriage, a hypothetical situation for discussion...

[LoyalChristian]

Are you saying it’s okay to break as many promises as you can to God and people?

 

[rinnie]

Yes. For me, it’s not about who he is or is not married to, it’s about his dodging and ducking the issue. I am trying very hard not to appear (or actually be) judgmental,

…but at the same time it is very difficult for me to accept that someone would pretend things are fine when they are, by their OWN words/beliefs/teachings, not fine.

My business? Not really. But again, is he for real? Do people like this really exist? Really? I can’t get my head around it.

I am sure people like him exist, and if we were to be honest we can find a bit of him in all of us.

We are all guilty at one time or another while trying to convince others, are really trying to convince ourself.

But what is worse is not the sin we convince ourself is okay, it is instead of stepping up to the plate and admittting our sin, asking for forgiveness, receving it, and going on and living our life with Christ, instead of fighting among oneself his word.

But the fact is, it is not his man’s sin that is so bad, it is his willingness to admit his sin and move on with his life.

Kinda like history repeating itself with Adam and Eve. Instead of just asking God to forgive them they blamed everyone else.

 

[Telestia]

Not in any protestant church’s I know of. I can tell you hundreds who get married over and over. I know one lady who got married 3 times in the protestant church.

My own best friend was married in the protestant church and then got remarried in it again. No Problem!!

I don’t know of anyone married and divorced in the protestant church that were told they could not remarry another.

I know of many Catholics who got divorced and got remarried in the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church does not ex-communicate them. How do you explain the Catholic Church non-response to a Ted Kennedy?

Or does it boil down to whose ox is getting gored?

For the record - I am aware:

The Church does not have the power to divorce any persons who have been united by God. A Decree of Invalidity states that the enduring bond of the sacrament of marriage was never present from the very beginning of the marriage. If this is decided by a church Tribunal, the spouses are free to marry again.

OT Biblical marriage occurs when the man has sex with the woman. Jesus says he who lusts in his heart (mind) on a married woman has already committed (is guilty of) adultery. Basically because the seed of adultery is already in the heart.

In my view, it is best to let God do the judging, and we should love the sinner and not the sin. And we should be quick to forgive, and comfort those who hurt, for we sin too. This is where the Law of Liberty guides us, mercy triumphs over Judgment, as you judge, so shall you be judged. By what measure you measure, so shall you be measured.

 

[rinnie]

I know of many Catholics who got divorced and got remarried in the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church does not ex-communicate them. How do you explain the Catholic Church non-response to a Ted Kennedy?

Or does it boil down to whose ox is getting gored?

For the record - I am aware:

The Church does not have the power to divorce any persons who have been united by God. A Decree of Invalidity states that the enduring bond of the sacrament of marriage was never present from the very beginning of the marriage. If this is decided by a church Tribunal, the spouses are free to marry again.

OT Biblical marriage occurs when the man has sex with the woman. Jesus says he who lusts in his heart (mind) on a married woman has already committed (is guilty of) adultery. Basically because the seed of adultery is already in the heart.

In my view, it is best to let God do the judging, and we should love the sinner and not the sin. And we should be quick to forgive, and comfort those who hurt, for we sin too. This is where the Law of Liberty guides us, mercy triumphs over Judgment, as you judge, so shall you be judged. By what measure you measure, so shall you be measured.

I am sorry but from what I have read his first married was annulled. That means he showed grounds that the marriage was never a true marriage in the eyes of God.

Sorry there is no divorce in the RCC. You must prove that there was never a true marriage in the first place, and it seems he did so.

Please correct me if I am wrong.