February 11, 2005
The Bible and Heterosexual Marriage
Alabama state Rep. Alvin Holmes promised on the floor of the House to give $700 to any person who could show him a biblical passage stating that marriage is to be between man and woman. When someone took him up on the offer, citing several passages, he reportedly replied:
Anybody could have any interpretation they want of the Bible but that's not my interpretation.He has apparently now upped his offer to $5,000, apparently growing in his confidence that he can deny the handbook on Absolute Truth. I thought I'd take an amateur's stab at this one.
Check out these passages:
Genesis 2:18 18 And the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion who will help him."
Holy Bible : New Living Translation. 1997 . Tyndale House: Wheaton, Ill.
Genesis 2:23-24 23 "At last!" Adam exclaimed. "She is part of my own flesh and bone! She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of a man." 24 This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
Holy Bible : New Living Translation. 1997 . Tyndale House: Wheaton, Ill.
Matthew 19:3-6 3 Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: "Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife for any reason?" 4 "Haven’t you read the Scriptures?" Jesus replied. "They record that from the beginning 'God made them male and female.' 5 And he said, 'This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.' 6 Since they are no longer two but one, let no one separate them, for God has joined them together."
Mark 10:5-9 5 But Jesus responded, "He wrote those instructions only as a concession to your hard-hearted wickedness. 6 But God’s plan was seen from the beginning of creation, for 'He made them male and female.' 7 'This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, 8 and the two are united into one.' Since they are no longer two but one, 9 let no one separate them, for God has joined them together."
Jeremiah 29:6 Marry, and have children. Then find spouses for them, and have many grandchildren. Multiply! Do not dwindle away! (surely a fair reading would be that the command to procreate implies heterosexual unions)On this point, see also: Genesis 1:28 28 God blessed them and told them, "Multiply and fill the earth and subdue it," and 9:1 God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, "Multiply and fill the earth."
1 Corinthians 7:1-2 1 Now about the questions you asked in your letter. Yes, it is good to live a celibate life. 2 But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.
Ephesians 5:31 31 As the Scriptures say, "A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one."
Posted by David Limbaugh at February 11, 2005 11:12 AM
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