Nick Lachey & Jessica Simpson Announce Their Split (Hollywood Thanksgiving Alert)

E! ^ | November 23, 2005

[Clintonfatigued]

"After three years of marriage, and careful thought and consideration, we have decided to part ways," the couple said in a statement Wednesday. "This is the mutual decision of two people with an enormous amount of respect and admiration for each other. We hope that you respect our privacy during this difficult time."

[CitizenUSA]

Great One: "The Bible does not preach against divorce, but adultery."

Sorry, but I disagree. Clearly divorce is not OK. Moses allowed it only because man was weak. Malachi said God hates divorce, and Christ only allowed it for cases of adultery. I think you are biblically correct on the issue of remarriage.

Divorce may be permissible in some circumstances, but it clearly isn't what God intends. God undoubtedly wants us to stay faithful for as long as we live. Anything less falls short of God's intent.

As for annulments, I've never found anything in the Bible to support them. Perhaps they are justified if the marriage is not consummated, but I agree your uncle's annulment is an abomination.

Oh, I also agree adultery is a terrible sin. It just seemed you were saying divorce is no big deal. If that was true, I believe Christ wouldn't have put any limits on it.

Malachi 2:16 (New International Version)
"I hate divorce," says the LORD God of Israel, "and I hate a man's covering himself [a] with violence as well as with his garment," says the LORD Almighty. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith.

Matthew 19:8-9 (New International Version)
8 Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9 I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery."

Mark 10:3-5 (New International Version)
3 "What did Moses command you?" he replied. 4 They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away." 5 "It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law," Jesus replied.

1 Corinthians 7:10-12 (New International Version)
10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. 11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. 12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

[rfreedom4u]

If she needs comforting, I am available.......

[TheSpottedOwl]

I not only had grounds for a Church anullment, but a civil one as well.

[Yaelle]

Do men really like this Jessica Simpson? I don't know too much about her but when I hear her interviewed I don't see evidence that she has 2 brain cells to rub together.

[Clintonfatigued]

She has a million dollar body and a ten cent brain.