How does the bible define marriage.

-V- said:

You're confusing a thing with the abuse of that thing. Apples & oranges.

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in the views of other leading figures it was unseemly (Methodius) and filthy and degrading (Arnobius).

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In addition, God's view of menstruation, even though He is the one who made it (Romans 11:36), is not one of pleasantries. He uses the woman's monthly cycle as an illustration of severe disgust and hatred. Ezekiel 36:17 illustrates this:

Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity. (note also verse 18)

Israel's sin was seriously wicked (e.g. 2 Kings 17:7-18), and the Lord hated their ways so much, He likened it to menses.1

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