Decline Of The Family Unit

[seekerman]

This is quite a long read, but I know of people who are doing this....very disturbing to say the least.

I'm over 60 years old and I've seen society change from marriage being sacred to divorce being used whenever a selfish life and lust become more important than the marriage. And I know there are divorces for reasons other than that, but I see that mindset becoming more and more prevalent.

I fear to think about what society is going to be for my grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/26/living...html?hpt=hp_c3

[ILG]

Okay.....I really have trouble wrapping my head around that....

[berkeley]

It's biblical.


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[seekerman]

Originally Posted by berkeley

It's biblical.


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Please, don't do this to us! Give scripture.

[berkeley]

Originally Posted by seekerman

Please, don't do this to us! Give scripture.

no time...

David... Samson.. Et al

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by berkeley

no time...

David... Samson.. Et al

David was sharing his wives?

[berkeley]

Originally Posted by seekerman

David was sharing his wives?

the wives were sharing David

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by berkeley

the wives were sharing David

Yes they were, that's polygamy. The article was speaking of something else entirely....

"Polyamory is the nonpossessive, honest, responsible and ethical philosophy and practice of loving multiple people simultaneously. Polyamory emphasizes consciously choosing how many partners one wishes to be involved with rather than accepting social norms which dictate loving only one person at a time. Polyamory is an umbrella term which integrates traditional multipartner relationship terms with more recent terms. Polyamory is from the root words Poly meaning many and Amor meaning Love hence "Many Loves" or Polyamory."

I don't find that practiced in the bible unless it was in pagan circles. Certainly not practiced by David and his family or Solomon and his family.

[ILG]

Polygamy was practiced in the Bible and doesn't seem to be condemned anywhere except for Bishops. However, God did give Adam Eve only. You won't find me signing up for anything else.

[Aquila]

I think there is a spiritual hunger for fellowship, openness, oneness, and intimacy that isn't being met through spiritual fellowship... so they end up looking for this intimacy in "all the wrong places".