[Constitutionalist Conservative]

I'm actually favorably inclined toward him as well, believe it or not. Out of the remaining candidates, he does appear to be the best man for the job. I'm just wondering what he hoped to accomplish with the fidelity pledge.

You say: "Vows to God about sin are impossible to keep." Do you include the marriage vows as well? "I vow to be faithful to my wife" -- impossible to keep? That's what I was referring to when I spoke of his vows to his Creator. If they're impossible to keep, should we dispense with the marriage vows?

I'm not trying to be combative here, because I certainly understand and embrace the reality of what the Bible teaches about redemption.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

I'm just wondering what he hoped to accomplish with the fidelity pledge.

See my post no. 102.

[ExSoldier]

That's what I was referring to when I spoke of his vows to his Creator. If they're impossible to keep, should we dispense with the marriage vows?

You've never lusted? You've never fantasized? Remember even Jimmy Carter admitted to Playboy magazine in that famous interview (which I actually read and for which I claimed I was buying the mag --- yeah right) that he had "lusted in his heart many times..." If you think it, you've done it in the Lord's eyes. There is no sliding scale on sin. No such thing as big or little sins. That little white lie is just as bad as 1st degree murder. That's what I meant. You don't sound that combative, but you do sound like you're spinning lightly into hyperbole to make the point.