"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
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
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, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Note verse 28. Cherry picking the Bible to get a desired response is generally a bad idea from any point of view but people really seem to like to do so.
Over in Colossians we have it repeated.
18Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
19Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
It isn't that I'm a big fan of the whole biblical religions as a whole but in context there seem to be a lot of things in there that would make for a good clean living and good relationships as well as some humanitarian views that are important.
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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To believers, this is akin to how the Son answers to the Father; but because they
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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
Re:Divorce Rates (Score:3, Informative)
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, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Note verse 28. Cherry picking the Bible to get a desired response is generally a bad idea from any point of view but people really seem to like to do so.
Over in Colossians we have it repeated.
18Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
19Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
It isn't that I'm a big fan of the whole biblical religions as a whole but in context there seem to be a lot of things in there that would make for a good clean living and good relationships as well as some humanitarian views that are important.