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More opinions on Christianity and divorce?

I have a friend who married his wife over 10 years ago because she got pregnant on purpose to trap him into marriage. He married her to please his father. He has provided well for his wife and child and has recently started to attend church again. He is starting to realize that he will never have the kind of marriage he wants with his wife. He cares for her, but he has never loved her the way a husband should love a wife and he realizes this now. Would God want him to stay in a loveless marriage?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    God will want him to stay and make a concerted effort to improve his relationship with his wife. I know we live in a "me" and "now society of instant gratification but I believe that that would be God's desire for your friend..

  • The laws against divorce are no longer applicable in todays society. In Biblical times a divorced women could neither remarry or work, so she was often forced into prostitution. This is why the law exists.

    It's an anachronism that should be left behind now.

  • Phoebe
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    A man is only as good as his word. If he breaks his word....he is not a man who can be depended on...relied upon...or trusted.

    Love is a decision. Let me say that again. Love is a decision.

    We can decide to love or not to love....

    Happiness is a decision.....we can decide to be happy or we can decide to be miserable....

    There is no woman out there that will make a better mother for your child...or a better wife for you.

    To many people find out to late....that the grass is Not greener on the other side of the hill.

  • metro
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    That's the whole purpose of the vows of marriage, for better or worse, etc. etc. It is a vow, a commitment. You are giving your word by taking that vow. If someone gets an inkling that they could be happier, and thereby ditches their spouse, that to me proves that he or she doesn't have any respect for the sanctity of marriage, and that his vow, his word, is hollow and has no meaning.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    A promise can not be broken it must be fulfilled.

    If you confess that Jesus is your savior, then you must obey all of his commandments, right ?

    You shall forgive, for how long ?

    as many times as you want the Father to forgive you.

  • Mim
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I think he has to stay with his wife and child. he is not denying he is the father.

  • 1 decade ago

    the 'loveless marraige' is the bed both people in the relationship made. not God's fault. yes, you are to sleep in the bed you make.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    THAT BlTCH! but he can not divorce her unless she commits adultery.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Hmm....

    Maybe you should just ask your friend's imaginary friend about it.

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