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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Anyway, I met a guy about 4 years ago who is a devout member of the LC. Well, devout in how he talks, but his lifestyle does not at all reflect what he says. We had an on-again, off-again relationship over the years. Last year, we started talking about marriage and got more serious. However, I could never shake off the whole "spiritual" aspect of his life.
I was raised in a non-denominational church and could never understand what he was talking about or what was really going on during the LC church meetings. I consider myself an educated woman with the ability to reason. But no matter how I sliced it, I could never understand things like the "Triune God." His reason for my lack of understanding was because I was "veiled." He told me many strange things over the years and was extremely judgmental and critical of other christians. He did not believe I had a real relationship with God.
He told me that we were "unequally yoked" and the only way we could move towards marriage is if I chose to follow him in the LC.
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"Unequally yoked" is a term that is Biblical (2nd Corinthians 6:14), but in my experiences those that are in the local churches or were at one time becomes a type of spiritual baggage.
"Unequally yoked" is a term used in the local churches to justify why a couple should not marry or why they should be divorced. 2nd Corinthians 6:14 is in regard to a believer or non-believer. Unfortunately when ones leave the local churches they carry this type of baggage with them.
For a married Christian couple to be told they are unequally yoked is basically saying one of them is as a non-believer. This is what happened to a non-LC couple I know.
As I have told my wife, any brother wanting to wait for a sister they are equally yoked to (according to LC concepts), might be waiting for a long long time. It's just life. It's been my observation Christian couples generally do not grow spiritually at the same rate.