I think the problem has to be tackled in the family; schools and media wholesale. Won't happen before Jesus returns. Then He'll take care of it top to bottom.
But, if we were going to tackle it . . .
1) ANYTHING that contributed to the cultural gestalt that divorce was no big thing should be taxed severely. Pool the money for anti-divorce education as well as cleaning up the mess from divorce.
2) REQUIRE 6 MONTHS OF 3 HRS/WEEK OF MARRIAGE TRAINING/COUNSELING BEFORE ALLOWING ANY MARRIAGE. No exceptions.
3) ANYONE SHACKING UP longer than 2 weeks WITHOUT 2 ABOVE should be taxed double their federal income tax with the extra going to the divorce remedy fund. NO exceptions.
4) Those making so little as to avoid 3 above would be moved to a group home where furnishings were sparse; walls bare concrete; 4 hour weekly group meetings and 1 hour family counseling mandatory; 10% of their income would manditorily go into savings. Half of that would go to divorce remedy fund; group home would be led by live-in couple very successful at marriage and family. Family could not leave the group home until they had sufficient employment and down payment on at least a plot and a trailer. . . . Group home would be constructed with parent family in hub with 3-4 spokes to other family rooms. kitchen and dining would be centered, shared.
5) Single parent moms would also be housed with the fathers of their children in a similar group home with similar limitations and requirements. No exceptions. Fool hardiness, carelessness in the sack would be met with forced limitations on living options wholesale.
6) No idiot liberals advocating mindless 'freedoms' could be group home parents.
THERE IS NO FREEDOM WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY.
--VIKTOR FRANKEL
I thought the Bible was pretty clear, in the Commandments, that adultry is a sin. I think the people who oppose gay marriage should also try to recriminalise adultry and end no-fault divorces, with the party at fault facing jail time.
Walk a mile in my shoes before you judge my character.
Look, guys, divorce is sometimes necessary, but it's a tragedy when it happens. God didn't intend for it to happen, but, if one of the spouses screws things up, the other one needs an out. Divorce is that out. And Jesus and the apostles ade it clear that it is allowed under the right circumstances.
Divorce is never between 2 people. It affects generations and children are treated the worst.
Proverbs 25:24
"It is better to be living in a corner of the roof-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house."
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Why would a Gentile be under the Old Testament laws? I'm not Jewish.
I've been divorced TWICE and I know it's a sin and you suffer the consequences daily. On the other hand, life goes on, and I am happily married and this better be my last marriage - and I mean it. It would literally kill me to have to go through that hell again.
Hello, ladies. I've been slowly working my way through this thread off and on since last night. I haven't finished reading all of the posts, but I wanted to respond to you.
I'm not a Christian, but I do believe in God. And I believe that your conscience is the voice of God. I often find myself saying things like "I would never do something like that" then I hear that small voice saying "Oh, but you have" and remember something that I've done that I'm not proud of.
My point here is that if your conscience (God) is not telling you that your divorces were wrong, then they weren't. I've done a lot of things in my life that I know that I shouldn't have and I regret them. But my divorce isn't one of them. I am completely at peace with the decision to end my first marriage and I'm glad that you are as well.
Hugs to all of you. :-)
Horse hockey. Damn, self righteous author needs to mind his own business instead of declaring that people have sinned.
I am a Christian man who attends a couple of Pentecostal churches and I've met several divorced people. Most of the time in the U.S. it is the woman that initiates the divorce, although I have heard of several men that have initiated divorces, and in some instances both people mutually agree to divorce. Even if the woman you marry is really nice, there's no guarantee that she won't divorce you, even though you are faithful and try to treat her well. In 2001, a Pentecostal woman friend who is an absolute sweetheart to her friends, separated from her Pentecostal husband, citing words that he had said. She later divorced him. In 2004, another really affectionate woman who was a music leader in a church that I attend separated from her Christian husband. She stopped attending that church for the time being and has remained separated even though there is no evidence of adultery or physical abuse by the husband. While I'm not going to judge these women, but I am concerned that if they don't seek reconciliation with their husbands, that they may lose their future places in Heaven if Conditional Security is true.
The divorce problem in North America is leading many North American men to seek wives from Asian and South American countries in which it is rare for women to divorce. This will mean that more American women who want to marry will be unable to.