Comments on: Lonely and Sad http://cephyn.com/2008/12/09/lonely-and-sad/ Tue, 22 May 2012 05:09:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Mike http://cephyn.com/2008/12/09/lonely-and-sad/#comment-4012 Mike Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:51:01 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2008/12/09/lonely-and-sad/#comment-4012 I was reading along, and reading along, and bearing in mind the profile page you showed. Of course the Bible is a ridiculous marriage manual. Serial monogamy, anyone? Here's the juiciest part for the tribal religious opponents of gay marriage: <i>The Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest and author, cites the story of Jesus revealing himself to the woman at the well— no matter that she had five former husbands and a current boyfriend—as evidence of Christ's all-encompassing love.</i> Bible believers would probably say that they were probably all hetero marriages, for starters. Then the point would that Christ's all-encompassing love extends to anyone, including people who shouldn't be able to get married. It's a completely different story. I think the point that I am sure Reverend Martin is partially baiting is that serial monogamy or polygamy are all on the table, according to the Bible. And that's exactly what the tribal belief-makers want more from the tribe than scriptural support. Our bureaucratic system is the reason to blame for problems with divorce and serial marital relations, polygamy of one or both genders in marriage (i.e. group marriage), and same-sex marriage. The tribal belief in "The Word of God (Whatever that means)" isn't going anywhere, and it's way past time for "I believe in the separation of state and marriage" to be a slogan of the movement. I was reading along, and reading along, and bearing in mind the profile page you showed. Of course the Bible is a ridiculous marriage manual.

Serial monogamy, anyone? Here’s the juiciest part for the tribal religious opponents of gay marriage:

The Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest and author, cites the story of Jesus revealing himself to the woman at the well— no matter that she had five former husbands and a current boyfriend—as evidence of Christ’s all-encompassing love.

Bible believers would probably say that they were probably all hetero marriages, for starters. Then the point would that Christ’s all-encompassing love extends to anyone, including people who shouldn’t be able to get married. It’s a completely different story. I think the point that I am sure Reverend Martin is partially baiting is that serial monogamy or polygamy are all on the table, according to the Bible. And that’s exactly what the tribal belief-makers want more from the tribe than scriptural support. Our bureaucratic system is the reason to blame for problems with divorce and serial marital relations, polygamy of one or both genders in marriage (i.e. group marriage), and same-sex marriage. The tribal belief in “The Word of God (Whatever that means)” isn’t going anywhere, and it’s way past time for “I believe in the separation of state and marriage” to be a slogan of the movement.

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