While some will condemn you and quote the Bible to justify their unkind, unChrist-like attacks, let me quote another verse for you, a quote from Jesus himself:
Matthew 19:9 - And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. (King James Version)
PLEASE NOTE: “except it be for fornication” - If she cheated, JESUS HIMSELF gives you permission to divorce her. He outranks everyone on this forum and anyone in any church you care to name. Some of our more hard-core friends will make a distinction between the modern definitions of “fornication” and “adultery” - but if you go back to the original Greek word translated “fornication” here, it simply means perverse or illicit sexual activity.
So, my FRiend - your attackers are not behaving as Jesus asked his followers to behave, and “speak[ing] the truth in love”. Anyone who wants to club you over the head with the Bible instead of presenting the truth to you because they want good things for you is not behaving as Christ commanded us.
Having said that, I’m not in line with you discouraging young men to marry. The Apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians that it is better for young men to marry than to “burn” [with passion].
Keep my name in your FReeper rolodex. I’ll be glad to discuss anything with you at any time, if you care to do so. We may not agree, but I won’t condemn you. Not my job.
/// PLEASE NOTE: “except it be for fornication” - If she cheated, JESUS HIMSELF gives you permission to divorce her. He outranks everyone on this forum and anyone in any church you care to name ///
She cheated on me with an ex-boyfriend. (at least twice). She cheated with me with some guy who lived local (probably a few dozen times). She cheated on me twice in one weekend with a guy (also married!) she met out of state while training for work. Then she cheated with a 4th guy she met online, where she now lives.
So, I suppose that counts as adultery.