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Originally Posted by ForeverBlessed
...I don't care why this woman was in the company of a friend in a bikini....it does not mean that she committed fornication, was being immoral, or is grounds for a divorce/remarriage.
Personally feel this pastor was trying to make excuses for his daughter being in a relationship/marrying a divorced man. Seen this type of thing all my life.
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I agree with every point you make here except one.
Some, including me, consider immodesty immoral and have scriptural support in that view. Some, including me, consider bikinis immodestly revealing except when in private alone or with a spouse. Therefore, wearing a bikini in the presence of a man not her husband = immodest = immoral.
And yet, I agree that immodest does
not=fornication, and thus is not grounds for divorce. I also agree that apparently (There's that word again! I love it!) Pastor Fogarty was making excuses for what, from a biblical perspective, is an unacceptable relationship and subsequent marriage. In fact, from a biblical perspective, it would appear that Mr and Mrs Rider are living in adultery, because there were no biblical grounds (that we know of) for him to divorce the first Mrs. Rider and in God's eyes, He and the first Mrs Rider are still one flesh. And Pastor Fogarty condones this!
I wonder if jfrog still thinks I am trying to defend Pastor Fogarty.
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