"Being in a relationship is not easy, more than half of all first marriages fail in this country. That statistic doesn't improve if you spend most of your time reading your favorite website and not tending to the needs of your family."
A coworker & I were discussing the alarming amount of people around us who are divorced. It's really crazy.
We bagan betting which state would have the highest divorce rate... probably New York or California I had thought. We decided to look up the annual divorce rates by state [statemaster.com] and were shocked to see that some states in the bible belt [wikipedia.org] states are relatively high. One of our most cherished institutions indeed!
People get married too soon. Divorce is better then being in a miserable relationship all your life bacause of some social stigma. Not so say people should try to make it work, but that doesn't mean it will. Morals is a religious word, so if my ebbing morals you mean "Failure for a women to be the subservant bitch the bible says she's supposed to be" then yeah, ebbing morals. Fortunately it's not from ebbing ethics.
I would like to add that the bible does not demand that a woman be subservient to her husband. It does prescribe that she be subordinate, in that both partners have equal worth but the husband must accept responsibility for the marriage. The husband must respect his wife's emotions and intelligence, and make decisions while taking consideration of her feelings and input. Basically, he is what the perfect manager would be.
To believers, this is akin to how the Son answers to the Father; but because they are one God (just like a man clings to his wife and they become one flesh in Genesis 1), the Son is not lesser than the Father: the Father is just in charge.
This is just my humble interpretation; feel free to disagree.
I disagree with the moral aspect of it - on whether it is morally correct to follow. Mainly because of many examples in the stories, along with the culture this was written in.
I swear everytime I hear comments about the bible by some christians they sound like some backup in a Robin Hood movie or something. Also notice the comments on the botttom - of wedded women understanding and agreeing that they enjoy and will continue to submissively hon
I would never follow the morals that it teaches when it comes to women- If I take that seriously, then it is a very politically correct viewpoint. A great ethical standpoint if you mean it to apply in these matters. If you read some more about the psychology of women and look to historical sources, you'll find that the 'teaching' as you put it is not against women, but accommodates them. That is a generalization, but the principal is there. My point being that there are other factors at work here. Some of the
You might want o look a little closer at the bible.
"encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored." Titus 2:4-5 Ephesians 5:22-24 " 22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should
Being "subject" is not the same as being "subservient," as I have said.
Also, you took both 1 Cor passages out of context. They are referring to the practice of covering (or not covering) one's head while in fellowship or prayer.
Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors h
What good is a ticket to the good life, if you can't find the entrance?
Divorce Rates (Score:5, Interesting)
"Being in a relationship is not easy, more than half of all first marriages fail in this country. That statistic doesn't improve if you spend most of your time reading your favorite website and not tending to the needs of your family."
A coworker & I were discussing the alarming amount of people around us who are divorced. It's really crazy.
... probably New York or California I had thought. We decided to look up the annual divorce rates by state [statemaster.com] and were shocked to see that some states in the bible belt [wikipedia.org] states are relatively high. One of our most cherished institutions indeed!
:)
We bagan betting which state would have the highest divorce rate
We both had forgotten about Vegas!
These numbers look really low because it'
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People get married too soon.
Divorce is better then being in a miserable relationship all your life bacause of some social stigma.
Not so say people should try to make it work, but that doesn't mean it will.
Morals is a religious word, so if my ebbing morals you mean "Failure for a women to be the subservant bitch the bible says she's supposed to be" then yeah, ebbing morals. Fortunately it's not from ebbing ethics.
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Re:Divorce Rates (Score:4, Interesting)
To believers, this is akin to how the Son answers to the Father; but because they are one God (just like a man clings to his wife and they become one flesh in Genesis 1), the Son is not lesser than the Father: the Father is just in charge.
This is just my humble interpretation; feel free to disagree.
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http://hubpages.com/hub/Is_the_husband_the_Master_of_the_wife [hubpages.com]
I swear everytime I hear comments about the bible by some christians they sound like some backup in a Robin Hood movie or something. Also notice the comments on the botttom - of wedded women understanding and agreeing that they enjoy and will continue to submissively hon
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23For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle,
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I would never follow the morals that it teaches when it comes to women-
If I take that seriously, then it is a very politically correct viewpoint. A great ethical standpoint if you mean it to apply in these matters.
If you read some more about the psychology of women and look to historical sources, you'll find that the 'teaching' as you put it is not against women, but accommodates them. That is a generalization, but the principal is there.
My point being that there are other factors at work here. Some of the
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You might want o look a little closer at the bible.
"encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored." Titus 2:4-5
Ephesians 5:22-24
" 22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should
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Also, you took both 1 Cor passages out of context. They are referring to the practice of covering (or not covering) one's head while in fellowship or prayer.