Posted on 04/25/2024 6:56:46 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Regardless of how its popularly defined, the word technically means spreading the Gospel and good news about Jesus Christ. Thus, all Christians are would technically be "Evangelicals", not just fundamentalist protestants.
>> Still, only about one in four gave the “Bible answer” of “definitely not,” and close to half are planning on or leaning toward it. <<
Sounds like they believe in the "Biblical" definition of marriage the same way they believe in the "Biblical" definition of Holy Communion. Maybe 1 in 4 of them use bread and wine like Jesus did, and actually believe they're receiving Jesus. The rest of the so-called "Biblical" evangelicals use grape juice and Ritz crackers and think its "merely a symbol".
It's not surprising to me only about 25% of "Biblical" Christians actually follow what the Bible itself says. The rest seem to think "Biblical" means having smog machines, light shows, jumbotrons, and rockin' out to Hillsong music on stage.
Ri-ight! Evangelical women place no premium on having a tall, handsome, high-earning man!
The truth is: Evangelical women make rules for average Joes and break rules for "Chads."
Regards,
Well this here is probably true for many women of many faiths: They will profess to being Evangelical , or Catholic, or Baptist, or Jewish what have you… but likely a very small percentage adhere closely to the structures of their faith. That majority will all play the Joe/chad game.
The article seems to be more of a political hit, just calling Evangelics “hypocrites” in not so many words.
“ I’m not cohabiting myself, but I totally understand that marriage has become a punishment for men and not a reward.”
You’re sad and lost for thinking this.
Not understanding.
people that say they are Christian are not necessarily really Christian...
words are meaningless....
they know us by our actions....
being older you notice that older people that have been married to the same person a long time are happier and more fun to be around...
will younger people ever have what we have?....
Well, you tell your sons that is a blessing when their wives have run off and they are eating broth soup in a small apartment because that’s all they can afford because of alimony and child support.
That’s how it is for many good men, who thought they married good women. It is sad, but I’m not lost because of this.
In Heaven maybe?
I think time is too short to expect any long-term revival.
“Evangelical” has become a meaningless term. One that includes anyone going to most mega-churches where filling the seats and gaining the applause of people is primary.
“Unless the penalties for marriage are removed, you can’t expect men to choose marriage.”
You can - if they are Christians. As in, someone who believes Jesus is Lord and that He has the right to tell us what to do.
You can say that, but it seems to me that you didn’t experience losing everything because the favored your ex-wife.
I think it is easy to say such things if you haven’t experienced that kind of loss trying to do the right thing.
I have experienced it either, but I understand it..
Did you have a bad experience?
No. I’m in agreement here with what should happen. However, I also recognize that most men who do what they should do are going to get savaged when their wife divorces them and takes 60% of their income and net worth. For many of these men, their doing the right thing is going to get them punished. I can’t help it if that is how it is today.
One thing I learned on a divorce site is that, if you go the passport brose route, you may be the best guy available to a third world woman. However, the moment you bring her home, she may start to look around for somebody better than you and replace you just like she replaced the guys in her community to be with you.
One poor British chap married a Jamaican woman and he brought her to his home. When she got out of his car and went through the front door, she went in through the front and out the back and he never saw her again.
CHRISTIAN marriage is not “American Marriage”.
It would be instructive to see male/female breakdowns of that Evangelical data and questions raised of future expectations of each sex as to whether they will marry also broken down in terms of percentages for each sex. The percentages will skew wildly I believe. Because the rate was 54 percent for co-habiting, not broken down by sex...it makes me think one sex has a higher sense of disapproval than the other. That 27 percent strongly negative is also interesting. Also that missing 19 percent...was that a “no opinion” percentage or a “not raising any judgments” opinion?
The data doesn’t say much other than the poll seems pushed to say that even Evangelicals are horrible hypocrites who can’t keep things in their pants.
You’re right.
How many ministers and priests regularly preach Biblical morality? How many youth groups teach abstinence before marriage? I think such teaching is infrequent or nonexistent in most Christian churches of any stripe, except maybe some independent Baptist churches or very conservative Lutheran or Reformed churches.
Even the non cohabitating young I know are not celebate. Except for the Orthodox.
The Orthodox walk the walk.
I told my son that I would understand if he didn’t marry.
It is vicious out there
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