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How was your view challenged?Would you expect a man and woman (or boy and girl) with an illegitimate child to marry? I always thought this was a no-brainer, until one of our pastors challenged my view.
Well, I never thought it was an option NOT to marry in these circumstances (I know this sounds very naive to me now), but I see now that it is a "wisdom-issue" that should take many things into account.How was your view challenged?
From a non-Christian perspective, according to Larry Elder, a black conservative, the number one Black issue in America is not racism, it is that the amount of Black children raised without fathers has increased from 25% in 1965 to 75% now. No father in the family is terrible for children. He concludes with what Edward says, "man up".
You could start at 4:30 of this 8 minute video.
The Moment LARRY ELDER changed DAVE RUBINS Mind Forever (Systemic Racism)
I don't think he does. Just a secular perspective of how fatherless children perpetuate poverty, crime, etc. Blacks in particular have been plagued by this. A father and mother raising their children together naturally generates wealth and stability.Did I miss something? What makes you think that one or more persons in this scenario is black?
Yes, as there would be a desire to marry, but would have to be like minded as concerning Jesus and things of the Faith, not just to marry as expected thing to do. saying this, the father is still obligated to provide for child and to be there whule growing up even if not married...If one is a believer and the other is not, it would be sin for the believer to marry the nonbeliever.
Correct. The figure for whites is now up to 25% with no father in the home. The correlation between no father figure in the home and future bad social behavior is well documented.I don't think he does. Just a secular perspective of how fatherless children perpetuate poverty, crime, etc. Blacks in particular have been plagued by this. A father and mother raising their children together naturally generates wealth and stability.
Very good point. If the original question was not a hypothetical one then real complex people are involved.A pastor would need so much more information than this to counsel them one way or the other.
Did I miss something? What makes you think that one or more persons in this scenario is black?
If the original question was not a hypothetical one then real complex people are involved.
No one made any such suggestion. The fact that blacks are essentially a generation ahead of whites in this wrongdoing suggests that whites can learn from the example.
No one made any such suggestion. The fact that blacks are essentially a generation ahead of whites in this wrongdoing suggests that whites can learn from the example.
If, in a perfect world, you could rewrite the post reply above, would you word it differently or would you leave it the same?
Just curious...