Berolzheimer wrote on Tue, 25 March 2008 13:20 |
J-Texas wrote on Tue, 25 March 2008 10:08 |
Adam was formed in the likeness of God. Woman was made to be a companion to man... a perfect compliment.
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Is nobody going to jump on this? Jessica? This is your thread, after all.....Do you feel you were made to be a companion to men?
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OK, I'll bite.
First of all, not a companion to "men" plural. A companion to one man. If that is what I choose.
What Jason says is what is in the Bible. It's true!
I'll admit up front I am not the best person to ask about this, as I'm not a Bible scholar. But the idea behind this is that if you marry (nowhere in the Bible does it say you have to) you should be confident enough and have enough faith in the person you marry that you can trust their decisions. Ideally, this person should be a man of God, and (try to) make Godly decisions about your family and such.
This doesn't mean that the woman doesn't have a say, or can't make decisions, or has to have long hair or wear a dress or anything. It just means that the first created man was alone and God made a way to help. God said "It is not good for the man to be alone."
I will say that what Jason said doesn't bother me at all. Not even a little. I also know that if you choose the wrong person to marry really bad things can happen. God just wants you (woman or man) to make a good choice
if you marry, a choice that will build you up and make you better.
If I venture more of an opinion than this.... it will require a great deal of research!
danickstr wrote on Tue, 25 March 2008 13:42 |
I appreciate all the replies of the "believer-camp" to my questions.
It seems like for many of you that the presence of god is felt inside of you. I often wonder why some people feel this and others do not.
I guess it will remain a mystery. I have certainly never felt or heard god. That much is not open for discussion, because it is a simple statement of fact.
I hope you people who are more important to god than me, and have the voice and spirit of god in you will relish in it. I am sure it is a happy place.
You will have to forgive me for not believing in a thing that has nothing to do with me.
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Thank you for sharing a little about your view, Nick. I won't contest what you say, except the part about others being more important to God than you are. Feelings come and go, and sometimes being loved by God is very unemotional or even angering and lonely. But at those moments you have to rely on what you've read and what you remember. Such is faith.
You don't owe an apology to anyone here for what you believe. I'm glad you're discussing it with us.
Jessica