Protestants and adultry

[whiteknite]

From taking a brief look at your profile, it seems that although you have no official religious affiliation, you are drawn to religions and are perhaps trying to understand the reasoning behind them.

If you want to understand why there are billions of Christians on this earth and how they reconcile some strict laws in the OT with the Good news in the NT, then you really need to approach your studies with an open mind. If there are billions of Christians who’ve come to a legitimate understanding and you haven’t, then it is likely that you need to engage in more in depth study. That is only how any of this will make sense to you.

There is no cherry picking from the OT and NT with Catholics, but only separating ceremonial laws from the moral laws, and laws which pertained to the Jewish people only, and penal laws which have been clearly abrogated such as stoning adulterous women. There is an overall fulfilment of the law which Jesus himself said he had specifically come to fulfil. As Catholics, we have the aid of the Magisterium to infallibly discern scripture, so much of the intense scripture studies have been done already.

Ave Maria

I do aproach all religons with an open mind and sometimes it may look as if i’m trying to catch people out with what i read but i’m not here to judge or debunk anyone but try understand what and why people choose dif groups to attach themselves to…
I read ancient text thats been translated through centries and often see things that pre-date Bible dates that do resemble the words of like Moses in the OT, But rather than see things from 1 point of view i try see things from as many sides as i can, Without attaching myself to any groups…
Not many see how i can do that, Like my mum is a Jehovahs witness, she wonders how i can read her bible and not see how they believe and join them, LOL
My auntie is Muslim and she thinks she can convert me even though i read the Koran and thought it was to hatefull.
My latest is Sumerian but still im still learning.
I read Catholic version/KJ version/ JW version and see dif but blame the translaters for that.
Me! I’m just happy to keep an open mind…

:knight1:

 

[9Choirs]

I do aproach all religons with an open mind and sometimes it may look as if i’m trying to catch people out with what i read but i’m not here to judge or debunk anyone but try understand what and why people choose dif groups to attach themselves to…
I read ancient text thats been translated through centries and often see things that pre-date Bible dates that do resemble the words of like Moses in the OT, But rather than see things from 1 point of view i try see things from as many sides as i can, Without attaching myself to any groups…
Not many see how i can do that, Like my mum is a Jehovahs witness, she wonders how i can read her bible and not see how they believe and join them, LOL
My auntie is Muslim and she thinks she can convert me even though i read the Koran and thought it was to hatefull.
My latest is Sumerian but still im still learning.
I read Catholic version/KJ version/ JW version and see dif but blame the translaters for that.
Me! I’m just happy to keep an open mind…

:knight1:

I commend you for approaching all religions with an open mind however there comes a point when one comes to the point in their life when they feel compelled to sow the seeds of commitment to one religion alone. I’ve been a Catholic from the cradle yet I’ve done my fair share of digging within other Christian denominations and have had the occasional in depth discussion with a couple of Islam promoters. Although I’ve never been committed to leaving the Church, my searches within alternate denominations and religions simply highlighted their inadequacy in particular in the arena of authority and infallibility. I can be quite meticulous and the exegesis of scripture being subject to the interpreter alone (as it is within Protestant denominations) just was not sufficient for me.

When you reach the point in your life when you’ve decided you want to base your life on the concepts of one religion, I do hope you make your way home to Rome. Your knowledge of Jehovah Witnesses, Islam and your impending understanding of the Sumarian religion will hopefully strengten that decision.

Ave Maria

 

[LutheranDK]

I have a hard time understanding how Protestants do not believe that remarriage, while the other spouse is alive, is not adultry. The bible clearly says that it is.
Am I right in saying that Protestants believe that adultry only happens when a married spouse “cheats” on his/her spouse?
Protestants please explain your definition of adultry and back it up with scripture.

First, you must explain why you say “protestants” and not “unbelievers”. Because protestants (those that are actually Christian, and not just CLAIMING to be Christian) do not take the stance you describe. And even if there SHOULD be a little minority of actual protestants who take this stance, I don’t see how you go from THAT to saying “protestants” in general.

That would be like me asking: “Why are Roman Catholic priests paedophiles?”, from the small number of cases there has been of this particular abomination…

 

[deb1]

First, you must explain why you say “protestants” and not “unbelievers”. Because protestants (those that are actually Christian, and not just CLAIMING to be Christian) do not take the stance you describe. And even if there SHOULD be a little minority of actual protestants who take this stance, I don’t see how you go from THAT to saying “protestants” in general.

That would be like me asking: “Why are Roman Catholic priests paedophiles?”, from the small number of cases there has been of this particular abomination…

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I think that the secular world’s view of love and marriage influences many Christians badly. It doesn’t mean that the person isn’t a Christian, just that they might need more guidance from other Christians in this area.

 

[deb1]

What specifically are you saying about Jewish culture?
You do know they allowed remarriage?

Now no one would dispute that Jews,
Greeks, and Romans in the first century
assumed that a divorce entitled one to
remarry. It is plain too that the Old Testament
tolerates divorce with the right to
remarriage, though it also quite clearly
does not like it. But full divorce was certainly
legal.

sbts.edu/pdf/sbjt/SBJT_2002Spring3.pdf

I am a little confused. I was speaking about how we interpret the Bible and the fact that we have to look at the culture and time period that the text was written. Have you confused my posts with someone else’s.

 

[Rightlydivide]

I am a little confused. I was speaking about how we interpret the Bible and the fact that we have to look at the culture and time period that the text was written. Have you confused my posts with someone else’s.

I would have to reread the whole thread to find out! Its been awhile, If I did, I apologize deb1.

 

[Our_Refuge]

First, you must explain why you say “protestants” and not “unbelievers”. Because protestants (those that are actually Christian, and not just CLAIMING to be Christian) do not take the stance you describe. And even if there SHOULD be a little minority of actual protestants who take this stance, I don’t see how you go from THAT to saying “protestants” in general.

That would be like me asking: “Why are Roman Catholic priests paedophiles?”, from the small number of cases there has been of this particular abomination…

That may be the case where you live, in Denmark, but that is not the case in the U.S. There are “Christian” churches that pop up every day.There are thousands of different denominations here. They all read scripture and claim to be born again and once saved always saved yet they believe that remarriage is not adultrey. Even the mainstream protestant religions here, the Baptists, Assembly of God, Disciples of Christ etc accept this. There are exceptions. It will vary from pastor to pastor. But when private interpretation of the Bible is allowed, error will be the norm.