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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Ah, a Christian traditionalist! "thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee"... very nice. Must be rather an easy marriage what with her not being allowed to leave the home without your permission. But if you did suspect her of unfaithfulness, where would you get sweepings from the floor of a tabernacle so you could concoct the magical potion? And what priest would you use to recite the incantation that would imbue it with its cheating-detecting properties? (see book of Numbers beginning 5:11).
The point is that the "history" argument is a bunch of hooey. The institution of marriage must adapt to changes in society or it will be a tool of backwardsness and oppression.
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Anyone can pick anything out of the Bible. Did you have that waiting in your back pocket or did you have to Google it? Anyway, the Bible, and I am standing on strong theological ground, is a collection of Man's experienced with the Divine. It is not literal, but must be interpreted, and reflected upon.
Also, that quote is from the Hebrew Bible, and doesn't reflect directly upon Christianity.
Anyway, a view of anything should reflect truth, and not just be whatever sociological view happens to be popular.