“A wife who refuses to let him eat in his own home should not be upset if he goes to a restaurant now and then.”
One sin doesn’t justify another, and a wife who refuses to let her husband “eat in his own home” is sinning. That is why a married couple needs to have sex regularly so that they are not tempted to sin. It’s in the Bible.
BTW, the more I read the Bible, the more amazed I am at just how good it really is. It is, at the barest minimum, an excellent guide to a healthy and happy life. It’s much more than that of course, but it’s also good advice for how to live well in this world.
The Plymouth Colony laws allowed divorce on the grounds of no sex/children.
The “Puritans” or whatever you know thought sex was supposed to be happening in marriage.
“BTW, the more I read the Bible, the more amazed I am at just how good it really is. It is, at the barest minimum, an excellent guide to a healthy and happy life. It’s much more than that of course, but it’s also good advice for how to live well in this world.”
Many years ago I was going through a particularly tough time and turned to The Bible for guidance. It helped a lot, and I shared that with my sister, and I’ll never forget her describing The Bible as the “Master, Master Mechanic’s Manual.”
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I could not agree more. At one time, it is my understanding that many of our forefathers used the Bible as their elementary method of education and literature.