Posted on 04/01/2006 6:40:33 PM PST by twippo
Choosing to remain a bachelor is unnatural? Poor Henry Higgins!
No, it is an exceptional thing, but come can do it, just as some can stay in shape all their lives. You are, after all, referring to a mere 50,000 men out of a population of nearly 35 million men.
It is probably ten time more frequent in the public schools, but no one is putting thre spotlight on that. Part of that is the matter of sovereign immunity, but mainly it has to do with the fact that there is no bulldog going after the schools on this matter.
Sin is sin in the eyes of God. One is no better than the other.
"Evidently divorce didn't occur to Mrs. Winkler."
Do you know about the teachings of a mainline Church of Christ? She probably didn't even think that divorce was an option.
"If divorce is so unthinkable to evangelicals, then why do Christians have a higher divorce rate than atheists?"
I highly doubt those stats you seem to cite would hold true at a mainline Cof C.
"the Church of Christ is not really considered evangelical. They are somewhat cult like and believe that anyone not baptized is not a Christian."
That's not an entirely true statement. Only the ICC (International CofC's by Kip McKean) believes that to be true. Most mainline CofC's do not.
The Bible says nothing about Peter's wife, only about his mother-in-law. Maybe she was dead by the time Peter became a disciple. In any case, Rome imposes its discipline only on men who volunteer to live celibate lives. How is this fundamentally different from the demand of certain churches that their pastors not get a divorce?
"Some other time, it's late. Suffice to say that they do not believe in Salvation by grace."
That's correct. But what mainline Christian Church does?
Are you sure it was a mainline Church of Christ and not the breakoff International Churches of Christ by Kip McKean?
http://reveal.org
That's kinda of stretch don't you think? If nothing is historically documented about Peter how would one even come to your conclusion?
I would live to see the heading "Experts' wives often struggle".
Oops sorry... let's try that again
http://www.reveal.org/
Awwwwww... She's just an overworked nice lady.
NOT! She killed her husband!
I'm not going to sit here and excuse what she did. But the author of the article is dead on.
She probably couldn't believe she had any other choice than what she did.
I said "maybe." Nothing in the Bible weeds out the possibility that he was a widower. On the other hand, there is no doubt that Paul remained single all of his life.
"She probably couldn't believe she had any other choice than what she did."
In that case, she's a dangerous psychotic who should be locked up for life or executed. The door was only a few feet away.
Just wanted that clarified. The Catholic Church likes to throw examples and such of people in the Bible as to why this and that... even as to the opposite of what is Biblical in order to support their teachings rather than follow the guide the Bible has set as to church structure.
Have you ever been a member of a Church of Christ? You know that old saying... until you walk in the shoes of a man you cannot know the man.
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