Jason Bourne wrote:Jersey Girl wrote:Pastor Holladay needs to read the rest of his Bible instead of cherry picking out a few verses to make his case. I suspect God wishes for people to use the brains they were created/born with and apply all Biblical scriptures to the conditions of marriage described in the Bible, including the Biblical treatment of one's spouse.
If one spouse is engaging in abuse of the other, they've already abandoned the marriage and the vows they made.
Just my take.
Well Jersey Girl the protestant flavor of conservative evangelicalism has its share of biblical literlists. For them the Bible is it (qualified to mean the conservative reformed theology interpretation of the Bible). And this just demonstrates the stupidity that results when people try to govern every decision with a document thousands of years old that was certainly influenced by the culture of the time.
One wonders if this fellow really understands the stupidity of what he says. He really wished the Bible had a verse about leaving a spouse due to abuse? Does he need the Bible to tell him everything that he has to do and not do? How about driving a car. Where does it say in the Bible to drive a car, or fly in a plane? How about about medicine and modern health care? If this dude has cancer will he pass on chemo? Some nut cakes will due to some Bible understanding?
Oh the list could go on.
At times like this I really appreciate the LDS Church sooo much! Ya'll are waaay more progressive than some evangelicals. Thanks for your post, Jason!