Beliefnet Rick Warren Interview: On Gay Marriage and Divorce

Pastor Rick Warren says divorce is a bigger threat to families than gay marriage. See the full interview on Beliefnet: http://www.beliefnet.com/News/2008/12/Rick-Warren-Videos.aspx

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[silentsteve63]

so its ok man marry man? In mans eyes but In Gods eyes this is foul, sinful and dirty. We will continue till we come to the edge of the cliff, some will jump others will stand strong.

[beesave]

he is kind of smart in some aspects, but marriage isn't a religious issue anymore, it's an institution that protects & unites couples under the law as well. No religion should be in our laws - BOTTOM LINE, it's bull shit. Separation between church and state.

[lunasolgirls]

Lame.

[wisepk007]

@tugboat2030 God did not change His mind when He allowed Abraham to be the Father of the Faithful when Abram lied about Sarai - God does not like lies. God did not change when He allowed Jacob/Israel to be a chosen vessel after he tricked his brother Esau - God does not like treachery. Dangerous?? It's plain & clear I'm reading from the bible not the Book of Mormon. (Gen. 2:18-20) let's us know that we needed a helpmeet ; not helpmeets plural.

[tugboat2030]

@wisepk007 It seems that God has changed His mind as He allowed David to write God's Word but now forbids any practicing polygamist from speaking the Word of God. To treat the creation story in the first two chapters as exclusive is dangerous. Eve does not signal love towards Adam in the first two chapters, and God only ordains Eve's desire for her husband after the fall (Gen. 3:16). However, we don't forbid women to love their husbands, even though it's indicative of their fallen nature.

[wisepk007]

@tugboat2030 Our spiritual life should overwhelm our personal life where we can show God's will/anointing on our life so others will change. God will allow many things to happen that is against His Law but His Will always supercedes. Every patriarch/leader in the bible had issues Abraham, Jacob/Israel to Peter & Paul. God wants one man & one woman to exemplify marriage not man+man or woman+woman or man+10 wives. Why did God create Eve and not 4 different women for Adam? It's been real be blessed

[tugboat2030]

@wisepk007 I'm just not understanding why you couldn't appreciate a practicing polygamist's spiritual life but not imitate his personal life. Jesus' line runs through Solomon by way of Bathsheba according to Matthew 1. True there was much killing involved in David's family, but if God was so against David's marraige to Bathsheba, wouldn't He find another son conceived by David's first (and perhaps only legitimate) wife to be the ancestors of Jesus?

[wisepk007]

@tugboat2030 One must understand the history & situation that David was in why he had multiple wives. That's why I said he did not profit David anything but heartache;his son raped his daughter:then his beloved son killed his oldest son.His personal life was not to be imitated but his spiritual life was one to be admired ckout Psalm 34 & 46.David's heart was one that LOVED his people and provided for their needs;his flesh was just like everyone's else selfish,greedy,envious etc.We all fall short

[tugboat2030]

@wisepk007 But yet, practicing polygamists wrote Psalms, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes, God's written Word.

[wisepk007]

@tugboat2030 A practicing polygamist be a leader in my church? No I would not allow that don't know of any Christian churches that believe in polygamy. I would have a problem with those whose "sin" came to light and they are leading; a standard must be upheld. I do believe in repentance and forgiveness for ALL not just leaders. So no practicing whoremongers, drunkards, drug abusers, rapists, murderers, liars, thieves if their sin became public must repent. But we all have sinned &havecome short