They’ve always been religious but like in the sane way. Now that the divorce is happening, they’ve gone full Evangelist style batshit lecturing about how sinful everyone’s lives are. What can I do?

  • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
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    3 days ago

    If they’re Christian:

    Matthew 5:32 ESV

    But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

    They’ve always been religious but like in the sane way.

    Try and encourage them to stay in a Church if it’s a well established sane one. Maybe get them to go to fellowship events there or meet with friends. Isolating themselves is the worst thing for them.

    • ZombieChicken@reddthat.com
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      2 days ago

      Okay, wow. That translation is… something.

      In mine, it doesn’t say “except on the groubs of sexual immorality”, but “unless the marrage is unlawful”. There is a world of difference there.

      Mine is New American, Revised Edition.

      • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
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        2 days ago

        The ESV translates things a bit more literally, which I prefer. That’s just the issue with translating Hebrew and Greek to English.

        The word πορνεία (porneia) is use which is where “pornography” comes from, etc. So the ESV is probably more accurate in this regard.

        There are parts of the old testament where the Hebrew literally says “Thigh” but the writer really was referring to a womb. So do you translate it as thigh or womb? Both are correct.