tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post3554471780419181971..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: The Gospel According to NewsweekSUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-45421179995939326672008-12-10T02:13:00.000-08:002008-12-10T02:13:00.000-08:00Ron F said: "What, then, does he make of Genesis 2...Ron F said: "What, then, does he make of Genesis 2:24-25 and Matthew 19:1-8?"<BR/><BR/>As false a signature "Ron F" is (no Blog, no profile), so is the statement (often heard) that Genesis 2:24-25 defines marriage in some way. <BR/><BR/>It doesn't.<BR/><BR/>There was no marriage in Judaism until centuries later, certainly no monogamous one. It's a pagan invention (Greeks, Romans). But, above all,Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-40822203655734800512008-12-09T15:17:00.000-08:002008-12-09T15:17:00.000-08:00She cites the Anchor Bible Dictionary as stating t...<I>She cites the Anchor Bible Dictionary as stating that “nowhere in the Bible do its authors refer to sex between women.” What does she think that Romans 1:26-27 is about: “For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature"</I><BR/><BR/>A facile (and anachronistic) reading of Romans, RonF: most legit NT scholars believe that passage refers to "Female Superior" (JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-70470323747326939812008-12-09T06:24:00.000-08:002008-12-09T06:24:00.000-08:00Thanks RonF---I can read as well as you can, and M...Thanks RonF---I can read as well as you can, and Miller is right about the fact that marriage in the Bible is hardly the model that fundagelicals claim. (And I love the way you try to blame Abraham's prostituting of his wife on HER---how very typical!)<BR/><BR/>Susan--not only did I send a letter to the editor, I signed up for a subscription and told them why. <BR/><BR/>Pax,<BR/>DoxyWormwood's Doxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10882756844690851674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-555135250549326282008-12-08T20:49:00.000-08:002008-12-08T20:49:00.000-08:00Actually, there is very little in the Bible to set...Actually, there is very little in the Bible to set a positive view on marriage at all.<BR/><BR/>It's spoken of in terms of duty, a dissolving of ties between blood family (leave mother and father and cleave), Christ speaks of it in almost warning tones and states that it is not an institution found in Paradise. Paul speaks of it as a second best for those who can't control their urges. <BR/><BR/MarkBrunsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971990948866488080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-3482206863992974092008-12-08T15:49:00.000-08:002008-12-08T15:49:00.000-08:00Hagar's marriage to Abraham was Sarah's idea, not ...Hagar's marriage to Abraham was Sarah's idea, not God's, and what happened thereafter seems to present it as a bad idea, not as God's definition of marriage.<BR/><BR/>Paul believed in the imminence of the Second Coming and thought that people should spend their time preparing for it. Jesus was looking for people to dedicate themselves to God's work. Neither was seeking to redefine marriage. RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-89756408908381267362008-12-08T13:38:00.000-08:002008-12-08T13:38:00.000-08:00That will have the Primitives setting high-jump re...That will have the Primitives setting high-jump records all over the world!<BR/><BR/>:-)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547673802645392683noreply@blogger.com