If A Christian Bakery Refused Divorced Customers...

 

Response to comment [from a Catholic]: "...[I]t's certainly true that the Roman Catholic Church draws a lot of ire and criticism whenever parish officials are reluctant to re-marry divorcees. "OMG! They're so old fashioned!"

 

For $400.00 they become more progressive (Lk 19:46).

Recommend reading:

The Divorce Myth by J. Carl Laney  

Recommended sites:

Christian Divorce and Re marriage Joseph Webb

Marriage Permanence

Permanence of Marriage Until Death Walking by the Spirit Always   

Response to comment [from a Christian]: [Serial adultery] "That only applies to out dated old fashion people who can't understand the bible."

 

Mt 19:6, Ro 7:2,3

"New morality is just old sin." ~ J. Vernon McGee

 

"It's the culture.  What would the apostles writing be like today? It would be very different."

 

They'd tell you to pimp your ride and have three hoes at your side. Gen. 2:24, 20:14, 1 Kin. 11:1–4, Heb 13:8, Ju 3

 

"If the apostles wrote today, they would not tell a slave to obey the master..."

 

Because they endorsed slavery. Ex. 21:16

 

"...[N]or wives obey the hubby."

Because the Godhead has no order so why should you? 1 Pet. 3:5, 6

 

"This is the meaning of out of date or old fashion. It's a culture thing."

 

You've progressed beyond God.

"Nope."

When God says obey your masters because it points to him, it's a good thing (1 Pe 2:18-25).  When he says wives submit to your husbands because it makes you more beautiful (1 Pe 3:1-6), that's a good thing.

Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Would anybody care?  Would the gummite get involved to protect the rights of divorced people to celebrate their perverted re-marriages?"

 

Many would not care (Lk 17:27-30, Eccl 8:11) but one with God is still a majority.

See:

2 Ti 3:1-7, Eccl 8:11 J. Vernon McGee

 

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "...[W]hy do Protestants always focus on the evil people (or possibly evil people) in the Catholic Church..."

 

2 Co 5:11

 

"...and then proceed to hate the RC Church..."

 

We hate bad theology (Ro 12:9, Ju 11).

See:

Roman Catholicism

Are you a Roman Catholic? Your stained glass window avatar sort of gives you away (Hab 2:4). That's ha-bə-kək if you are a believer and ha-bə-kook if you are a make-believer (Ju 11).

 

Response to comment [from a Christian]: "So anyhoo, let's get back to the bakers if they refused to help celebrate the remarriage of divorced people, would anybody care?"

 

Celebrating polygamy? Marriage is a permanent bond (Mt 19:6) dissolved by death (Ro 7:2, 3).

 

[Cake pic]

 

That'll do it (Rom. 7:2, 3).    

 

 

 

Response to comment [from a Christian]: "If I was [sic] a baker....no cake for anyone. Not Christmas cake, not Easter cake, not birthday cake, no pet cakes, no gun cakes and no entertainment cakes, no football cakes, no baseball cakes and no Arminian cakes and no Calvin cakes." 

 

Any smiley cakes?

 

 

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "Obviously discriminatory against depressed people."

 

Be of good cheer (Jn 16:33).

 

 

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "I'd make ''poor in spirit'' cakes."

 

Blessed are the poor in spirit (Mt 5:3).

 

 

Response to comment [from a Christian]: "No gun cakes?!?"

Lk 22:36

 

Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Poor in spirit does not mean miserable."

No. It means the beginning of life. Let's make them miserable.

"Sometimes we must comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." ~ David Jeremiah

"You seem to talk in riddles and yet again I haven't got a clue as to what you are attempting to convey and I suspect you don't know either."

"I didn't mean to bug ya." ~ Bono, U2 Mt 10:22, 1 Co 1:27

"I could make misery cakes for unrepentant sinners."

 

They're living it up. Heb 11:25, 1 Pet. 1:24, 4:4

 

"I'd make cakes for the lost."

 

Lk 14:16, Josh 24:15, Eph. 5:23–32


"...and cakes for the found."

2 Co 5:17



Response to comment [from a Christian]: "What if a lesbian couple divorces and then each decides to marry a man and then they divorce and their ex-husbands decide to "marry"?"

"Profane—to act or speak irreverently of holy things; defile. Manifested in: Breaking God’s Law (Amos 2:7), Defiling God’s house (Mal. 1:12, 13), Not observing the Sabbath (Neh. 13:17, 18), Committing abominations (Mal. 2:10, 11), Idolatry (Lev. 18:21), Swearing falsely (Lev. 19:12), Illegal marriages (Lev. 21:14, 15), Blemished service (Lev. 21:21–23); Punishment of: Excommunication (Lev. 19:8), Death (Lev. 21:9), Destruction (Ezek. 28:16)." Thomas Nelson Publishers. (1996). Nelson’s quick reference topical Bible index (p. 507). Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers.

"Re 14:4 not defiled with women. An illustration of God’s ability to keep believers remarkably pure in the midst of great difficulty. This phrase indicates that the 144,000 Jewish evangelists will have not only resisted the perverse system of Antichrist, but they will have also resisted all temptations to illicit sex. Cf. 2 Cor. 11:2." MacArthur, J., Jr. (Ed.). (1997). The MacArthur Study Bible (electronic ed., p. 2011). Nashville, TN: Word Pub.

Response to comment [from other]: "*Sigh* If a Christian bakery refused to serve me based on the fact that I am divorced..."

There's a difference between petitioner and respondent. Mal 2:16, 1 Co 7:15

"For I hate divorce," says the LORD (Mal 2:16, NASB).

But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace (1 Co 7:15–16).

"Normally weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. are suppose to be a joyful event..."

Is that your final answer? Jer 16:2

See

Disposable Culture

"It makes no good sense to muck them up by insisting on doing business with a business owner who does not wish you well."

They could bake in a warning. People spend time picking out dinner patterns but do they ask their betrothed: Tell me about your relationship with Jesus. Does commitment mean 'til I get bored' or might it mean something more?

"A celebration is not about a cake but rather about those who are happy for you and wish you well."

Fairy tales end when the prince rides off on a white horse with the princess.

In reality, that's just the beginning. They're going to need help and support from a community that values marriage (Heb 13:4).

A judge in New York has given a woman permission to divorce her hard-to-reach husband through Facebook Mal 2:16

Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

See:

Disposable Culture

 

If A Christian Bakery Refused Divorced Customers...