Divorse

by Tammie 3 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Tammie

  Last night I was doing some reading over the internet. I came across something that caught my attention. The link is at http://home2.inet.tele.dk/carloc/ if you want to read more. This is taken from the JW elder's manual. Page 133
  

  Divorce and remarriage was not Jehovah's original
  purpose for man.
  The Scriptures urge married persons to remain together as
  "one flesh."
  (Gen. 2:22-24; Matt. 19:4-6; 1 Cor. 7:10-16;w83 3/15 p. 29)
  Many marital problems can be resolved by following the
  principle of Matthew 18: 15.
  The Law of Moses allowed the husband, not the wife to
  divorce on broad grounds of "something indecent."
  (Deut. 24:1)
  Jesus Christ strengthened the marriage arrangement for
  Christians but gave equal right of divorce to the wife.
  (Mark l0:11, 12)

  Now my question is involving the part I underlined. Why would they even bring up the part of The Law of Moses? I got the impression that they are pushing the woman down to a lower level than the man, but on the same token it is sounding like double talk. Can any one inlighten me with your thoughts on this?

  
  The truth can never be hurt by a lie,
  but a lie can be exposed by the truth.
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  Tammie

  Thank you Simon for allowing the edit to work again.
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  Carmel

  Tammie there's no rational for jdub doctrins for the most part. As a nondub I can only speculate about their explanations, but it hurts my head to try!

  Sorry, my only explanation would not be one the dubbies would accept.

  cheers

  carmel
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  NeonMadman

  The reason they bring up the Law of Moses is that they believe that, even though Christians are not under the Law, per se, the Law nonetheless contains many fine principles that can be applied to Christian living. They then proceed to use the Laws that have been set aside as the basis of new laws that they make up which, according to them, are still binding and enforceable by the congregation. So, in a roundabout way, they have become like the Judaizers of the first century who sought to bring Christians back under the Law from which they had been freed.

  Obvioulsy, the Watchtower is much more comfortable with a legalistic system than with the grace of God.

  Tom
  

  "At midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out and round up everyone that knows more than they do..." ---Bob Dylan