Re: POLITICS - marriage symbolic of Christ and the Church? -Fern

[Guest guest]

> The neat thing is that, with the differences with which God made

man and

> woman, their strengths and weaknesses fit hand in glove so that

they can

> work together for God in a way that woman cannot alone nor with

another

> woman, nor that a man can alone nor with another man.

---> Fern...OK now I'm curious! How exactly do husbands and wives

work together for God in a way that two women or two men can't...or

for that matter even a community of people focused on the same goal?

The only difference I can think of is that an opposite sex married

couple can have children who carry their genes. There's got to be

more I'm missing???

Thanks in advance!

Lynn

[Guest guest]

Hi Lynn,

What I meant is that the differences between a man and a woman means that

they each contribute different things to the partnership and in different

ways. I'm speaking in generalities, obviously, but for instance my male

friends and male family members contribute aspects to my life that the

females in my life don't, and vice versa. For one example (and this is just

a generality), men often offer solutions and practical support to a problem

while women offer empathy and emotional support.

My father is a pastor and I've often seen how my parents' partnership works

so well together in this way as they relate to people and situations in

their congregation.

A community can of course work together well also for the same reasons,

each gender and each person offering their unique contributions. But I was

speaking specifically of marriage.

~ Fern

From: " Lynn Razaitis " <lyn122@...>

> ---> Fern...OK now I'm curious! How exactly do husbands and wives

> work together for God in a way that two women or two men can't...or

> for that matter even a community of people focused on the same goal?

> The only difference I can think of is that an opposite sex married

> couple can have children who carry their genes. There's got to be

> more I'm missing???

>

> Thanks in advance!

> Lynn

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/25/04 11:56:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,

readnwrite@... writes:

> For one example (and this is just

> a generality), men often offer solutions and practical support to a problem

> while women offer empathy and emotional support.

Lesbian marriage would therefore be dangerous threat to familial development,

because the light bulbs would never get changed.

Chris