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Solomon
@solomonrmissouri.com

And what i mean by the "idolatry that many faith spaces give to the institution of marriage" is ... marriage while wedded to the Christian faith ... is not the purpose of the faith to be married is not in fact a reflection of your fidelity to the faith

Solomon@solomonrmissouri.com

I have deep concerns about because of the idolatry that many faith spaces give to the institution of marriage What part of this in anyway reflects the locus of the Gospel?

Solomon
@solomonrmissouri.com

as a Gospel pursuit it means very little ... all kinds of horrible people have invested in the institution of marriage in the Christian faith

Solomon
@solomonrmissouri.com

Consider the absolute worst person you know... Russell Vought (Insert your npc here) a Christian and is married also a documented awful person ... a person actively harming other humans ... is a Christian ... in a Christian marriage

Solomon
@solomonrmissouri.com

it is possible to do all of the ceremonial "Christian" things confess the faith have heteronormative life be married have children go to "building" once a week ... and completely miss the "Christ" in Christian

Solomon
@solomonrmissouri.com

are your neighbors well? are you perusing peace? are your hands to the plow of love? are you diligent to the care of the creation? are you careful? thoughtful? considerate? do you give a single damn? These are the questions at the heart of the Gospel

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Solomon
@solomonrmissouri.com

That you are married or if you want to be married or a million other questions and or... status indicators are not actually Christian pursuits The question that Christians ask Do you know that you are Divinely loved and that divine love empowers my actions and care towards you ... Is

Bart Auringer
@shivax.bsky.social

Attempting to repost this makes the post jump around my screen, but never actually reposts. It's the weirdest thing ever. Just wanted to say Amen to all of this.