Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jefff@locus.com (Jeff Fields) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The Laws of the Old and New Covenants Message-ID: Date: 13 Mar 91 08:41:52 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Locus Computing Corp, Los Angeles Lines: 30 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article brendan@cs.uq.oz.au (Brendan Mahony) writes: >In jefff@locus.com (Jeff Fields) writes: > >>The "sins" that some claim that are so emphatically declared in the Bible >>must stand the ultimate yardstick of love..... >By all means, put these sins of promiscuity and fornication to this loving test. >They always fail. > >Brendan Mahony | brendan@batserver.cs.uq.oz >Department of Computer Science | heretic: someone who disgrees with you Promiscuity may fall short of the test of love, and so may fornication depending on one's definition of the term. I personally know non-promiscous monogamous couples who would die for eachother their love is so strong. They make sexual love, but are not married. I see no sin in this. However I do see loveless marriages of couples who follow all the traditional Christian morals. Although they are sexually faithful to eachother, there bond is not firmly cemented by love. My heart aches for these people because there is a great void in their lives. They most certainly have failed the test of love. We should not hasten in our pronouncements of sin based solely on outward social appearances. We must look deeper to see if there is a bond of love in a relationship before making exhortations to not sin. -Jeff Fields