Reality in God, With Skin On
- March 5, 2020, 8:15 a.m.
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Reality is hard to face at times. But then it’s not like we have a choice. Living in the land of denial doesn’t work. And when it comes to my Faith, some days it just seems to be on vacation.
I will not bore you with all the details of my life. I’ve had my moments of wonder and my moments of terrible. I have a Ph.D. and I still have more questions than answers.
When I was younger I could believe God for anything. Not so much these days. The difference? Life and reality got in my way and blinded me.
The biggest issue I struggle with is divorce and remarriage. If I read the Bible the words seem pretty clear. Unless you have a Biblical reason for a divorce it is wrong. So if it is wrong, what happens to those of us, whose spouse divorced us. If we remarry according to the Bible it is Adultery.
I am not judging anyone here. This is my own personal hell. Surely there is something I am missing. Grace doesn’t extend just to a few, does it?
crystal butterfly ⋅ March 05, 2020
There are many, many remarried Christians in this world. Some of them are pastors. I would probably tell you that if you have a pastor or two you could talk to about the remarriage thing I would. But I would talk to more than one. Sure he says and confuse the issue even more. But each pastor will have a different view. Sort of like I plan to be cremated and some pastor would tell me that is unacceptable and other say it is okay. My soul will be in heaven so my body is just waste.
Douglas Kinney crystal butterfly ⋅ March 10, 2020
And there is the problem. I could talk to 10 different people and get ten different opinions. Okay, maybe three. But finding someone to support what I want to hear to be true doesn't make it true. Take drinking for instance. I can find scripture and people who will support both sides of the issue. But they can't both be right, can they?