nbcrusader
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Matthew 19:6
Do Miss America said:
- Princess Bride
Dreadsox said:
When I was best man at my friends wedding, I gave the Princess Bride toast.
I had the entire room shanting "AS YOU WISH" after I would pretend to be my friends wife asking him to do something.
I thought it went well.
nbcrusader said:Matthew 19:6
melon said:
1 Samuel 18:1-4 is a great companion to that.
"...that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. ... Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul."
Melon
speedracer said:I rather doubt that David and Jonathan had a sexual relationship, as some Bible scholars believe, but this is an interesting contrast with David's, uh, philandering ways later in life.
cardosino said:
Oh, and I would have given you the same answer, as the definition here in California has not changed Pre or Post Bush.
coemgen said:Melon, that verse in 1 Samuel is about friendship, not marriage. A few verses later you'll find that David married Michal, Saul's daughter.
BonoVoxSupastar said:How did I know this thread wouldn't work. Sorry Dread.
melon said:
Sexual or not is not the point. The language used more than implies that their souls became one and they loved each other.
But OT figures are certainly not role models when it comes to fidelity and conflict resolution. With all the "concubines" and offering of their daughters to get gang raped is not exactly what we have in mind today.
Melon
Dreadsox said:You know what is really disappointing.....
I sincerely wanted a thread to discuss marriage. The things that make marriage so wonderful.
I asked respectfully for people to not turn it into a homosexual VS heterosexual debate.
Instead we have the usual suspects not being respectful of a simple request. People quoting the same old verses from the Bible which we all know have been used throughout to prove that heterosexuality is essential to have a marriage.
Marriage is so much more to me than that and it saddens me that some of you just could not let it go and leave it to other threads.
macphisto23 said:A covenant to God by 2 people to love and cherish eachother for time and all eternity, and marriage is not just of this life but it is for time and all eternity, adn families are forever!
Macfistowannabe said:Marriage is the fulfillment of a lifelong promise, to remain faithful to your partner, to provide for their needs, to understand differences, to comfort, and to grow. Marriage is a compromise, it's two becoming one flesh. Marriage is provision, in the highest. By this, it's a sacrifice you make to ultimately give up your independence for the sake of another, who you are laying your personal freedom down in order to commit your entire life to another.
No problem, I was hoping that would help.Dreadsox said:Awesome!!!! thank you for your post.
It's a very serious intention. Divorce is hurtful. Ask anyone who has had their parents divorce because they got married too quickly, and didn't take their vows seriously. Too many lives have been impacted by divorce, especially the kids. It's not always the result of two people failing, but the two must commit, and share a common ground prior to that. How can people get married if one partner wants kids and the other doesn't? These issues need to be worked out beforehand.Angela Harlem said:All this 'lifelong' talk makes it sound as though those who do not make it that far have failed.
It's an intention for life.