tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post2467167053137839524..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: 1 man, 1 woman isn't the Bible's only marriage viewSUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-70744272962448035022013-06-17T15:41:10.739-07:002013-06-17T15:41:10.739-07:00uffda51, did you just read my post or did you read...uffda51, did you just read my post or did you read the entire thread, including the original posting? In the context of this thread, both Susan and I are using the word "we" to mean those of us who are trying to apply God's law and Christ's teachings in the modern world (Susan, do you disagree?). I am not speaking of the phenomenon of slavery in general, which certainly RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1463118343521160622013-06-14T00:08:38.063-07:002013-06-14T00:08:38.063-07:00I'm having trouble getting past this sentence,...I'm having trouble getting past this sentence, RonF.<br /><br />"So we don't enslave people anymore, we forgive them for the sins that called for those punishments."<br /><br />According to an investigative piece in the Atlantic Monthly last fall, there are an estimated 27 million slaves worldwide at the present time. Some of these people made the mistake of falling into debt byuffda51https://www.blogger.com/profile/11395027089123943228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-20100486641688993472013-06-13T15:04:06.828-07:002013-06-13T15:04:06.828-07:00Sigh.
In posting this I am saying that we are not...Sigh.<br /><br />In posting this I am saying that we are not ignoring Scripture when we interpret it differently than you do. <br /><br />In posting this I am saying that there is a difference between the Living Word of God and the literal words of God.<br /><br />In posting this I am saying that I believe the Holy Scriptures to contain all things necessary to salvation -- which is not to be SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-88609344870333365132013-06-13T12:43:39.272-07:002013-06-13T12:43:39.272-07:00Because It's one thing to have a difference ov...Because It's one thing to have a difference over how to interpret Scripture. But in this posting it seems to me that you hold that we should IGNORE Scripture.RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-89047376204333059132013-06-13T11:30:06.877-07:002013-06-13T11:30:06.877-07:00Ron ... your continued insistence that my argument...Ron ... your continued insistence that my arguments conform to your hermeneutic has kinda run its course. <br /><br />It reminds me of the late brilliant Beverly Harrison who told the story of defending her doctoral dissertation on a feminist ethic that transcended systematic theology and getting "dinged" for "not being systematic enough"<br /><br />You don't agree with SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-26435178838103007922013-06-13T10:59:39.795-07:002013-06-13T10:59:39.795-07:00I notice that the slide does not give any scriptur...I notice that the slide does not give any scriptural references for two points.<br /><br />Certainly at the start one man/one woman marriage was not the standard. But by late in the Old Testament and certainly in the New Testament one man/one woman is the standard. And at no point anywhere in the Bible do we see any bond other than that between a man and a woman described as a marriage. To RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.com