RE: Questions For You Non Believers
November 21, 2012 at 9:36 am
(This post was last modified: November 21, 2012 at 9:44 am by Aractus.)
(November 21, 2012 at 9:17 am)whateverist Wrote: So do you define adultery as sex between a married person and someone other than the person to whom they are married? Is avoiding breaking the bond between two married people the main point of making adultery a sin?No, all sin is primarily against God and not others. Yes sins can also affect other people, but that's just the nature of sin.
Quote:If so do you also consider sex between two people who are not married to be a sin or whatever?The Greek word used in the NT is pornea which literally means fornication, it appears more than 30 times by 6 different authors. Jesus himself uses the word. What pornea means is sex outside of marriage, which obviously includes premarital sex, promiscuity, homosexual sex, adultery, etc.
Quote:If these are both sins, then do you have a problem with a homosexual couple marrying and enjoying non-adulterous sex?I have exactly the same problem with any homosexual couple as with any de-facto couple. I think Christians who don't treat them exactly the same way are double-sighted. Yes homosexual sex and relationships is a sin, but it's not unique and it's no different to heterosexual fornication and de-facto relationships.
(November 21, 2012 at 9:27 am)Kirbmarc Wrote: Curious, given that the Anglican church was started by a king who wanted a divorce...Well the RCC decided whether or not you were allowed to get a divorce at the time. Had they been willing to compromise, or had the state had the power and not the church, perhaps they would have set back the reformation movement for some time?
It's only OK for kings, I guess.
