{"id":5547,"date":"2008-07-17T12:29:58","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T12:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/07\/ok-so-what-about-incest.html"},"modified":"2008-07-17T12:29:58","modified_gmt":"2008-07-17T12:29:58","slug":"ok-so-what-about-incest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/07\/ok-so-what-about-incest.html","title":{"rendered":"OK, so what about incest?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I post anything related to homosexuality on this blog, commenters are quick to note that not all Christians see it as deviant or a sin. They brush aside the references in the Bible to homosexuality. Those passages aren’t relevant because the Old Testament is no longer binding or they can be interpreted in another way or Jesus didn’t condemn it, so why should we?
\nIf two men or two women love each other and are committed to each other, it should be OK for them to marry. God is a God of love, isn’t he? Love is the most important thing and who are we to judge?
\nSo, then my question to those of you Christians who hold this position, what about incest? I noticed that Rod posted an article<\/a> about a brother and sister who were having sex until the brother got married. They love each other and would have been committed to each other if it had been acceptable to society<\/a>:<\/p>\n

By the time he met Alison he was working and I was a student, and I knew that this relationship was different, but it still came as a shock when he told me he wanted to marry her. However, I was more shocked when he said: “You only have to say and I won’t marry her, but then I want us to stay together and not see anyone else. We could be the old boring brother and sister who never got married, but ended up sharing a house because no one else would have them! I know this is meant to be wrong but I’ve never felt anything so right.” This echoed everything that I’ve thought about our incestuous relationship over the years. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jesus never mentioned incest and it hasn’t been forbidden in the New Testament. We know that Adam and Eve’s children had to have populated the earth with each other, so why is it not acceptable and homosexuality is?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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