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I need help putting a label on something. Our daughter called last night and said her boyfriend seems addicted to texting other women and helping them with their various problems. We dug a little deeper. It turns out he has very low self esteem. He seems to "need" the adulation he gets from...

I disagree. Jesus was apolitical.

Marriage does allow for consent. I must have said it unclearly. Now, the states have minimum marriage ages. I mean, you can't marry a 6 year old no matter who says it's ok. But I believe the minimum age of marriage is lower than 17 everywhere. Anyway, if you are legally married, your ages do...

It should be noted that the prohibition exists only outside of marriage. If an adult marries a minor (with the minor's parent's consent, of course) then they can have all the sex they want.

Show me where eros is taught on or even used in the NT. Aside from that, I think you misunderstand what I'm saying.

Well, if we are talking about a godly marriage, the "love" that drives it is agapeo love which should never die. We should always love each other. So, I have to believe that the issue is that the sexual "love" is gone. Although I believe sex is an integral and important part of marriage, it is...

For your enjoyment: Interesting blog post on the fallacy of the quiverful movement by a Baptist minister. Exposing the Biblical Holes in Quiverfull Theology My own blog post on whether or not contraception is a sin Is Contraception Sin? My previous forum entry here on the same (with a...

My daughters went through AO and their answer, if I can speak for them, would be "no". In fact, they said it was pertty much a joke, not only amongst the student body but amongst the teachers. Moreover, when they weren;t mocking the ciriculum, they (the teachers) were very frustrated by it...

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It was Paul, but point well taken. As an aside - I have a series of blog posts titled "What Is Godly Marriage" that may interest some. This, That, and the Other Thing: What is "Godly Marriage" This, That, and the Other Thing: What is "Godly Marriage" - Part II

It may be relevant in the broader discussion of any two women having sex. But it is not relevant in the specific framework of this thread as put forth by the OP. Do they stay together? Possibly - it would be up to them. Are they married? No. Polygamy is not an individual marriage to multiple...

Ringo referred to marriages and relationships. My response took "relationships" to mean sexual relationships. I am responding to that. If Ringo didn't mean "sex" by "relationships" then I guess the comment truly was off topic. The marriage part is quite irrelevant.

I believe you read the OP incorrectly. Yasic's observation of a discussion in another thread was the motivation to ask a related but different question here. You are addressing the question posed in the motivating thread. That is not the question posed here. The question posed here relates to...

I was inclined to call this off topic too, as we have in prior comments, but this statement kind of answers the question. In western democracies, we don't (usually) outlaw things that don't interfere with the rights of others. That is why homosexual sex, while considered sinful by Christians...

Let's refocus. The main question of the OP is: "Biblically speaking, would it be a sin for 2 women who are both married to the same man to engage in sexual actions with one another?" Homosexual marriage isn't even in view so let's leave that out of the discussion.

The above is what I believe your argument to be and the reason it is invalid is that homosexual marriage is not a valid "marital context" biblically speaking. You are trying to impose a social/cultural context onto the bible that is impossible from a biblical standpoint. Therefore, your...

In the US, related to coins, only if you do it with the intent to defraud. Title 18 USC Section 331 addresses the defacing of coins, but it is primarily a fraud statue - the money is just the vehicle for committing the fraud, which is what is actually against the law. So, no, defacing coins for...

"When I was a child, I put pennies on railroad tracks, and played 'ding, dong, ditch', and smashed people's holloween pumpkins, and 'removed' their political yard signs. When I became a man, I put away childish things."

I disagree. I am heterosexual. That has no bearing on whether I engage in pure or sinful sexual behavior. The issue is not orientation or gender identity, it is what you do with it. The theological discussion is about sin and morality, not identity. So I am in no way suggesting that we throw out...

An interesting argument, gnomon. I'm sorry to disappoint you but it doesn't shake my faith to the very core like I'm sure you believe it should. You place a lot of value on a certain definition, or scope, of the word "create". But that is probably best discussed in another place. This post is...