My situation with the Local Church

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by UntoHim

And Drake could not possibly know OGOP's girlfriend is not the exception in their particular LC...unless he is claiming to be like Witness Lee, who claimed in his speaking to be virtually omniscient and omnipresent, everywhere in every place since the beginning of the church. To say that "dating is not encouraged" is a whopper of an understatement. In general, entering into any serious relationship outside the Local Church denomination is considered as "unequally yoked" (as if a Christian brother or sister is some sort of unbeliever) and this should not be a hard concept to understand considering the horrific attitude towards Christians outside of the movement.

If true, the "unequally yoked" view is no worse than the belief held by many baptists, Presbyterians, Catholics and Lutherans etc. That is, to marry someone of another denomination may bring difficulties and one of the two will have to compromise their denominational beliefs to join the other's denomination, or find a third denomination.

Anyway what you say of the local churches regarding being unequally yoked I have not found to be the case in my experience. A number of people in the movement have taken wives from non-LC churches, and Drake can probably confirm this.

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

If true, the "unequally yoked" view is no worse than the belief held by many baptists, Presbyterians, Catholics and Lutherans etc. That is, to marry someone of another denomination may bring difficulties and one of the two will have to compromise their denominational beliefs to join the other's denomination, or find a third denomination.

Anyway what you say of the local churches regarding being unequally yoked I have not found to be the case in my experience. A number of people in the movement have taken wives from non-LC churches, and Drake can probably confirm this.

First you tell OGOP that, if he truly loved the girl, he should cut his ties with her because the demands upon her would be too great.

Then you say it happens all the time, and being unequally yoked is not a problem.

[ZNPaaneah]

Originally Posted by Ohio

First you tell OGOP that, if he truly loved the girl, he should cut his ties with her because the demands upon her would be too great.

Then you say it happens all the time, and being unequally yoked is not a problem.

It must be nice for these couples where everyone looks on you as "being unequally yoked" as though an ox and a donkey were married.

"It happens all the time" -- is that like putting a positive spin on babies born out of wedlock, children of the saints leaving, and people marrying outside of the confines of the church?

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah

It must be nice for these couples where everyone looks on you as "being unequally yoked" as though an ox and a donkey were married.

"It happens all the time" -- is that like putting a positive spin on babies born out of wedlock, children of the saints leaving, and people marrying outside of the confines of the church?

It is one of the Recovery's greatest evils to place their system above marriages, "That God has joined together." Even the so-called "degraded" denominations do not do this.

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by Ohio

First you tell OGOP that, if he truly loved the girl, he should cut his ties with her because the demands upon her would be too great.

Then you say it happens all the time, and being unequally yoked is not a problem.

Drake said that. Check your facts first before posting.

UntoHim has made some factually incorrect statements about the local churches regarding the view of marriage with non-LC members as being unequally yoked.

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

Drake said that. Check your facts first before posting.

UntoHim has made some factually incorrect statements about the local churches regarding the view of marriage with non-LC members as being unequally yoked.

Have you suddenly become a stickler for facts? Perhaps a New Years resolution?

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by Ohio

Have you suddenly become a stickler for facts? Perhaps a New Years resolution?

Factually speaking, yes.