Woody Posted April 29, 2007 Posted April 29, 2007 I would love to make some comments here but since Shane is the moderator .... I will refrain. It's not worth wasting my time with. May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology.
olger Posted April 30, 2007 Posted April 30, 2007 Some good points, brother Brito. olger "Please don't feed the drama queens.."
Parade Orange Posted April 30, 2007 Posted April 30, 2007 when I started going to church when I was 13 in 1975 I asked my SDA minister if it goes against God to marry outside of your race. He told me yes. I kept my mouth shut cause a mixed couple taught our very own primary at the time. I wanted to press the matter but I was a child. the couple was an asian man and white woman. I cant stand christians sometimes. so EGW counseled against it? counseled? counseled? what does that mean? isnt it all counseled? All progress in the Spiritual Life is knowing and Loving GOD"there is non upon earth that I desire besides YOU" PS 73:25That perspective changes EVERYTHING-suffering and adversity are the means that makes us hungry for GOD. Disapointments will wean us away wordly occupations. Even sin(when repented of) becomes a mechanism to push us closer to HIM as we experience His Love and Forgiveness.
Moderators John317 Posted May 1, 2007 Moderators Posted May 1, 2007 when I started going to church when I was 13 in 1975 I asked my SDA minister if it goes against God to marry outside of your race. He told me yes. I kept my mouth shut cause a mixed couple taught our very own primary at the time. I wanted to press the matter but I was a child. the couple was an asian man and white woman. I cant stand christians sometimes. so EGW counseled against it? counseled? counseled? what does that mean? isnt it all counseled? I haven't read her quotes on this subject in a while, but I beleive the only reason she "counseled against it" is that children born from such a marriage went through terrible prejudice against them from both white and black. Also the truth is that there are cultural problems that arise in marriages between people of different cultures. (I know something about this personally as I'm white and am married to a Mexican Yaqi.) But Mrs. White never said it is a sin to marry outside of one's race. And of course there are fewer problems today from prejudice although they certainly do still exist. A close friend of mine in the military was half black and half white, and I remember him crying sometimes because of the prejudice he felt from both blacks and whites. He confided in me that he would not wish his experience on his worst enemies. John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. [17] For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Kountzer Posted May 1, 2007 Posted May 1, 2007 A stable interracial marriage is better than having biracial babies out of wedlock, which I've seen quite often. I don't know what the percentages are, and I don't really care. I'll leave that to the census. Still, it happens, and seemingly more often than it used to. I'm speaking of people I see everyday who are probably not in the church. I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. Frederick Douglass
Dr. Shane Posted May 1, 2007 Posted May 1, 2007 That is comparing biracial babies that have two parents (of two different races) married together in a stable marriage - compared to a biracial baby that was born to an unwed mother who never married the father. As a rule, I would say most any child is better off if their parents are married in a stable marriage then if they never married to begin with or got divorced. A little boy coming home from school after being made fun of that has a loving father to hold and talk to him will obviously deal with the situation better than if he has a fatherless home. Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity
Stan Posted May 1, 2007 Posted May 1, 2007 Both of my parents belonged to the Human Race... If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com
Dr. Shane Posted May 1, 2007 Posted May 1, 2007 I don't like that term 'race' either. One could say 'ethnic background' however a white English guy and a white Greek girl have different ethnic backgrounds. So that isn't exactly the right terminology either. Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity
Steve Murphy Posted May 1, 2007 Posted May 1, 2007 whatever we think about it, it seems like its very popular. Inter-cultural marriages are flourishing! http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070418/FEATURES/70418009 Shine your Light on the World!
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