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raeanna74 · 03-17-2005, 08:06 PM

I just felt I should weigh in. I'm not going to address all the many different aspects discussed here as it would take me all night. I do feel that I should in brief tell how I personally view things and why I do what I do.

I am a Christian. I call myself such because I do believe in a supreme being such as described in the Bible. I do trust that there is a heaven and hell. I also believe that the God I believe in created a way to live with him in the afterlife by sacrificing his Son/part of himself. Now I do not believe the entire Bible literally. I do not follow every letter of the law - especially the law expressed in the Bible. Part of the reason is that, as was stated earlier, the New Testament amends the Old Testament laws. In the New Testament Christ stated as follows.

Matthew 22:36 "Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."

To me that says that so long as I am loving my neighbor in word and dead and the same for God that I am within the law.

Now my husband and I are swingers. This I have not rectified with my at least previous beliefs. I still struggle with it. For now I view my lifestyle as such: No matter what the Bible says about coveting your neighbors wife or leaving your spouse for another person as being adultry - my husband and I are one in agreement in our lifestyle. We do not covet to live or be married to another's wife or husband or to replace our current spouse with another single person. We have found that our lifestyle has created a bond for us that seems stronger than other trials we've faced has ever formed for us. If this is all true then can you define our lifestyle as such, sin?? I'm not sure where that line is drawn. I think that if ever I was convinced that our lifestyle was truely contrary to "loving the Lord" my God. Then I would probably end that lifestyle.

As for cuss words - If I'm not using names of God in every day conversation and only using them in reference to him then I see no problem in any other cuss words.

I hope this explains my personal actions and words in light of my profession of faith which I am obviously still attempting to define.

03-17-2005, 08:06 PM	#153 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	I just felt I should weigh in. I'm not going to address all the many different aspects discussed here as it would take me all night. I do feel that I should in brief tell how I personally view things and why I do what I do. I am a Christian. I call myself such because I do believe in a supreme being such as described in the Bible. I do trust that there is a heaven and hell. I also believe that the God I believe in created a way to live with him in the afterlife by sacrificing his Son/part of himself. Now I do not believe the entire Bible literally. I do not follow every letter of the law - especially the law expressed in the Bible. Part of the reason is that, as was stated earlier, the New Testament amends the Old Testament laws. In the New Testament Christ stated as follows. Matthew 22:36 "Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." To me that says that so long as I am loving my neighbor in word and dead and the same for God that I am within the law. Now my husband and I are swingers. This I have not rectified with my at least previous beliefs. I still struggle with it. For now I view my lifestyle as such: No matter what the Bible says about coveting your neighbors wife or leaving your spouse for another person as being adultry - my husband and I are one in agreement in our lifestyle. We do not covet to live or be married to another's wife or husband or to replace our current spouse with another single person. We have found that our lifestyle has created a bond for us that seems stronger than other trials we've faced has ever formed for us. If this is all true then can you define our lifestyle as such, sin?? I'm not sure where that line is drawn. I think that if ever I was convinced that our lifestyle was truely contrary to "loving the Lord" my God. Then I would probably end that lifestyle. As for cuss words - If I'm not using names of God in every day conversation and only using them in reference to him then I see no problem in any other cuss words. I hope this explains my personal actions and words in light of my profession of faith which I am obviously still attempting to define. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.