I went to church quite often when I was younger and sometimes still do because a lot of my gf's family is heavily religious and it's basically just reading a few passages at a time. Something happens in the world or local community or in one of the member's life and they look for bible passages that can be applied to that situation.
I went to church once because one of my college friends wanted to save me, a godless atheist. I saw this too. The pastor was talking about something like why husbands are able to divorce their wives but not the other way round. (Is this even a thing? It was a while back.) He said it's because divorce is painful process and God does not want you to suffer it. Ok bud.
Jesus was really, really, really serious about divorce being a no-no. He talked about it more than abortion (which he never talked about). Neither party is to ever seek a divorce, regardless of adultery, abuse, etc. The whole Catholic-Protestant schism occurred because King James wanted a divorce and the Pope told him no.
What that pastor said should be considered blasphemy by the majority of Christians.
It was a presbytarian church so I don't know where they fit in the picture. My main issue was not the possible blasphemy but how they were trying to whitewash an asymmetry in rights between the husband and the wife.
Oh. Oh. Yeah that's a super, duper no-no lmao. Presbyterianism is just like the Catholicism, except pastors can get married, be women, and divorce is allowed. They don't do confession or confirmation. Otherwise, they have a lot of the same doctrines and interpretations. They're one of the sects closest to Roman Orthodox.
I'd expect that comment out of an Evangelical preacher, but a Presbyterian pastor? He's venturing outside of what his own sect believes.
I went to church quite often when I was younger and sometimes still do because a lot of my gf's family is heavily religious and it's basically just reading a few passages at a time. Something happens in the world or local community or in one of the member's life and they look for bible passages that can be applied to that situation.
I went to church once because one of my college friends wanted to save me, a godless atheist. I saw this too. The pastor was talking about something like why husbands are able to divorce their wives but not the other way round. (Is this even a thing? It was a while back.) He said it's because divorce is painful process and God does not want you to suffer it. Ok bud.
Jesus was really, really, really serious about divorce being a no-no. He talked about it more than abortion (which he never talked about). Neither party is to ever seek a divorce, regardless of adultery, abuse, etc. The whole Catholic-Protestant schism occurred because King James wanted a divorce and the Pope told him no.
What that pastor said should be considered blasphemy by the majority of Christians.
It was a presbytarian church so I don't know where they fit in the picture. My main issue was not the possible blasphemy but how they were trying to whitewash an asymmetry in rights between the husband and the wife.
Oh. Oh. Yeah that's a super, duper no-no lmao. Presbyterianism is just like the Catholicism, except pastors can get married, be women, and divorce is allowed. They don't do confession or confirmation. Otherwise, they have a lot of the same doctrines and interpretations. They're one of the sects closest to Roman Orthodox.
I'd expect that comment out of an Evangelical preacher, but a Presbyterian pastor? He's venturing outside of what his own sect believes.