Galatea, let me ask you, and be honest - are you open and willing to change your mind on these topics, perhaps even coming to agree with what Redstang and myself are saying?
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Let's talk about love. If you love yourself, you would not want your wife with another man, correct?
If you love your neighbor as yourself (your wife being your neighbor), why don't you love her enough to not force her to share you?
What is the rational explanation about why inappropriate contentography is wrong?
No, I am not. I think you are flat out wrong about inappropriate contentography being alright and polygamy being alright. I have no expectation of converting you guys to my way of thinking, either.Galatea, let me ask you, and be honest - are you open and willing to change your mind on these topics, perhaps even coming to agree with what Redstang and myself are saying?
Abraham's wife gave him permission for him to take another wife. Maybe that was the normal practice. I'm not assuming that men were doing things in violation of their wife's wishes.
And Sarah was WRONG. God even told Abraham he was wrong listening to Sarah. Sarah was using Hagar as a surrogate mother to get a baby. She didn't realize the repercussions of her hastiness. Sure, Sarah had Abraham's heart- but she found out she did not much like the idea of Hagar sharing Abraham's body.Abraham's wife gave him permission for him to take another wife. Maybe that was the normal practice. I'm not assuming that men were doing things in violation of their wife's wishes.
No, I am not. I think you are flat out wrong about inappropriate contentography being alright and polygamy being alright. I have no expectation of converting you guys to my way of thinking, either.
I thought I was being honest from the beginning, I mean people are pretty entrenched about this thing, whether you are for it or against it. I don't think anyone is really convincing anyone else.I am not surprised, and I also am very much aware you think we're wrong. Thanks for the honesty here.
Galatea, let me ask you, and be honest - are you open and willing to change your mind on these topics, perhaps even coming to agree with what Redstang and myself are saying?
Galatea, haha, it does seem that way. No hard feelings though, peace.
Edmond Smith, yeah, provided that the woman in the video isn't someone's wife, I think it's a non-issue.
Sex is not dirty; it is what we do to it that makes it dirty. Paul does not hesitate to admonish us for
mishandling God’s good gift. And we should not plug our ears because our hearing is tainted by our
own presuppositions about intimacy.
Finally, to not address this awkward topic would be a disservice to the millions of men and women
who are affected by the issue of inappropriate contentography. Not only does this sin affect us temporarily, it can also
affect us eternally.
1 Corinthians 6 tells us that there is no sin that’s so affects the body as sexual immorality. 1 Corinthians 6 also says all fornicators; all adulterers will have their part in a lake of fire. That alone should motivate us to push pass the awkwardness and tackle an issue that has eternal consequences.
1 Timothy 1:10 says that fornicators will have their part in a lake of fire. James 1: 15 says that sin,
when it comes to its fullest form, leads to death. This is not a peripheral issue, this is not a spiritual
discipline, this is a matter of life and death and if you do not kill inappropriate contentography in your life, it will kill you.
Count on it.
(Slaying the Dragon, Todd Friel, 2015, pg 10-11)
And Sarah was WRONG. God even told Abraham he was wrong listening to Sarah. Sarah was using Hagar as a surrogate mother to get a baby. She didn't realize the repercussions of her hastiness. Sure, Sarah had Abraham's heart- but she found out she did not much like the idea of Hagar sharing Abraham's body.
Lust is to take a person's dignity by viewing them as an object of gratification instead of a fellow. If a girl's experience in the world is that everyone looks at her this way, she does not perceive a godly love from the world. We do not live as the image of God.Lust implies you have the desire to take something. Noticing someone's beauty, admiring them, or even having a fantasy about someone doesn't necessarily mean you actually want to take that person or even do the things you might think of.
No, I am not. I think you are flat out wrong about inappropriate contentography being alright and polygamy being alright. I have no expectation of converting you guys to my way of thinking, either.
Lust is to take a person's dignity by viewing them as an object of gratification instead of a fellow.
It is my own finding. I may find scriptural support some time, though we do immediately question why this should be necessary.Does the Bible teach this? Or is it your idea?
1 Corinthians 7:8-9 shows that St. Paul acknowledges self-control is required for an unmarried lifestyle .. this brings to mind for me Job 31:1.Paul said needing a sexual outlet was sufficient cause for marriage. This goes against what you said here, no?
Lust is to take a person's dignity by viewing them as an object of gratification instead of a fellow. If a girl's experience in the world is that everyone looks at her this way, she does not perceive a godly love from the world. We do not live as the image of God.
Because media and advertising has made lust become commonplace and acceptable in society, this has created a world where lawlessness abounds (God's law), and the love of many grew cold.