Can Christians agree on one thing: that divorce and re-marriage is a major sin?

No more than other sins that (carried) the Death Penalty.

Mixing together stuff that aught not be mixed is Very Offensive to God.

Or the writers of the gospels put those words in Jesus's mouth...always another possiblity...Christians, especially literalists, seem to have a lot of trouble incorporating the very real possibility that most of what the gospels writers wrote about Jesus (or what words came from his lips) had more to do with the contextual atmosphere that was present 30-60 years AFTER his lifetime than during it...and for the believer in Jesus, the social context was very different indeed.

Perhaps to conform to the Tanakh's protestations - perhaps to garner support from the Augustine Roman regime (Caesar Augustus had put similar admonitions against divorce within the Empire), perhaps an early defense of the High Priests' trap concerning a woman with several husbands eventually dying and not knowing which was to be her husband in heaven (and included as a literary device)...we have no record of Jesus being married or even having anything more than a passing interest in it - His concern was with how people treated each other...divorce should not be frivolous, and neither should the marriage vows - I think that is all that I would take from this verse - not God's wrath for making a mistake about with whom someone should fall in love.

What the Word of God says is absolutely true and divorce is the breaking of the covenant and is a grave sin. You must however, justify a clause in Matthew 5:32 that is a specific exemption from the law of marriage. It is indeed similar to God, himself, divorcing the nonbelievers at the end of their lifetime due to their unfaithfulness.

It is an absolute exemption based upon your spouse committing adultery. Greek and Cyrillic text is very specific about the merit of divorce. Think about it. Christ speaks of how divorce is adultery... then He finds it necessary to mention... for the exception of fornication within that marriage. Therefore everything in that context addresses a group that has been faithful to each other, exempting those who divorce based on marital unfaithfulness. Every Word of God must be savored and must be viewed in context. This exemption would not exist to confuse and create argument, but to clarify the only reason one is free from the law of marriage - adultery.

Interpretations of the church are less important than what the Text says Very Specifically.

Many good people have been divorced. Many are innocent victims—whose former spouses persistently betrayed sacred covenants or abandoned or refused to perform marriage responsibilities for an extended period. Those who have experienced such abuse have firsthand knowledge of circumstances worse than divorce.

When a marriage is dead and beyond hope of resuscitation, it is needful to have a means to end it. For example two days after their marriage, a husband deserted his young wife and has not been heard from for over 10 years. A married woman fled and obtained a divorce in another country, but her husband, who remained behind, is still married in the eyes of the Philippine law. Since there is no provision for divorce in that country, these innocent victims of desertion have no way to end their married status and go forward with their lives.

In my opinion, “just cause” for divorce should be nothing less serious than a prolonged and apparently irredeemable relationship that destroys a person’s dignity as a human being.

The traumatic experience one goes through in divorce seems little understood and is perhaps not well enough appreciated. Certainly, much more sympathy and understanding need to be extended to those who have experienced this great tragedy and whose lives cannot be reversed.

Well probably not. I mean they will find any excuse to say God will forgive it. Of course also many dont believe that there are major sins as sin is sin does not make a difference what it is. Then you have to consider if there is a reason for divorce. As Jesus said anybody that divorces his wife except for reason of fornication. So if that is reason for divorce then would not be necessarily a sin.

Christians are not bound to stay in harmful or adulterous circumstances, and it is not adultery if an unbelieving spouse leaves.

Matthew 19

7"Why then," they asked, "did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?"

8Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery."

1 Corinthians 7

14For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

15But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.

Jesus also stated that there are grounds for divorce in the case af martial infidelity. At Matthew 19:9 he says: "I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except on the ground of fornication, and marries another commits adultery."

I happen to agree that it is a sin, as did most Christians in past centuries. During the last hundred years, however, an increasing number of Protestant denominations have somehow come to reject the teaching of Mark 10:11.

I'm a baptized catholic, not devout or anything but... I strongly agree with "Leviticus 20:10 And the MAN that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death."

It's one of the 10 commandments ! ! !

BUT... with cases of severe abuse and adultery already happening. Divorce should be accepted and forgiven.

Only truly sick minded Christians will agree that divorce and re-marriage is a sin of any kind. I stayed with an abusive husband because I believed that, my mind was changed when he started beating our daughter. I divorced him, but I am sure that he is burning in h*ll right now.

What about cases where adultery wasn't involved, and both people wanted a divorce? Seems the bible quote above doesn't address that case.