Bismillah:
Quote:As difficult as it is for me to discuss Theology with you, I'll give it my best shot :)
i was hoping to find an answer from your Book of authority.
Quote:The One, Holy, Catholic & Apostolic Church which Jesus founded on St Peter, the Rock, is referred to in the Bible as the Bride of Christ. She has the authority to teach, govern & sanctify her children on earth, with Christ as the head, of course. Christ & the Church are inseperable!. St Paul in his letters states that married couples image Christ & the Church. They become one & it is impossible for them to part ways.
Married couples who experience hard times are free to seperate temporarily (or permanently if lives are in danger), but they are never divorced from each other. Marriage requires sacrifice! When a man & a woman say their vows during their marriage ceremony, they promise to stick by each other in "sickness/health, good times/bad times, poor/wealth for all the days of their lives!"
This solution of "separation" is <b>terrible</b> one, you haven’t been to Philippines to see the damages which were caused by this ‘separation System’, the Government along with the Catholic Church do not allow divorce in Philippines, and so when situation gets worse between husband and wife, they get separated, but then what happens? Each of them find a new partner and instead of getting divorce and marry this new partner (which is not allowed), they commit fornication and bore <i>“bastard children”</i> (as the Bible would call it), then the relationship will not last for long, and again they will find new partners and so on....
Now people in Philippines (and in some western countries as well) do not prefer to marry because divorce is prohibited, and so <b>having multiple girls and boys friends is more preferable than marriage</b> in other words, fornication was declared as HALAL. What kind of solution is that?
The rest of your post regarding the OT and NT was also discussed before on the web. please try to search and see my responses.
Thanks and salam
Wael.