Lol!
Someone commented to me that the reason the site is crashing is because @Lynx and I disagreed!
Lynx and I disagree all the time.
We just don't make it a public spectacle.
I NEVER would have guessed this!How Much Would YOU Pay to Keep Your Parents And/Or Grandparents From Living in Sin?
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I NEVER would have guessed this!
If the 85-year old unmarried couple are living together but not having sex, I don't see any issue. I hear that is not uncommon for people of an advanced age to want someone for companionship not sex. It is possible that they have deep friendship/connection and no sex, just like a 85-year old married couple.
If the 85-year old unmarried couple are living together but having sex, that is obviously not Biblical. If they want to have eachother's company and not staying together just for financial reasons, that's their business and adult decision. I would not get involved as long as they are mentally sound, except for telling them it's wrong.
If they want to live on their own but want help or want to live with me, I would help out. However, it is not uncommon for the elderly to want their own independence as long as they can. Eitherway, it is their own decision how they want to live.
If the 85-year old unmarried couple are living together but having sex, that is obviously not Biblical. If they want to have eachother's company and not staying together just for financial reasons, that's their business and adult decision. I would not get involved as long as they are mentally sound, except for telling them it's wrong.
If they want to live on their own but want help or want to live with me, I would help out. However, it is not uncommon for the elderly to want their own independence as long as they can. Eitherway, it is their own decision how they want to live.
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I don't understand this, or this 'christian' behaviour of finger-pointing instead of finger-lifting.
No just no.
If someone is widowed (like my dad) its up to the family to deal with and support the household and others to comfort them. Isn't there a verse about widows and orphans? There are also verses that talk about widows indeed, and for younger widows to marry, while older widows can have boarders to bring in $$ as they would usually have houses with empty/spare rooms.
If there is no family - they are widows indeed - then the church is obligated to help them. Not necessarily with money but helping them out. In the Bible God helped the widow pay her expenses by providing oil that never ran out. That was the retirement plan, which all people over the age of 65 or so should have. In NZ, we get the pension or superannuation paid for by the employer and government. It's enough to live on if you live within your means. And it's not means tested so anyone can get it, widowed or not so long as they are a citizen and of age.
Social welfare is a real thing and being on the benefit when you are unemployed so you have at least some form income is the thing to do so you don't become a burden to others and can pay your bills and other living costs. There should be no shame in it.
People who are divorced and have children need to have at least child support paid by the spouse who does not have custody. Is this too hard for people to do? Solo parents also have the domestic purposes benefit. To be a solo mother is hard but the truth is its better to be a solo parent then one that is married to an abusive spouse.
I don't understand this, or this 'christian' behaviour of finger-pointing instead of finger-lifting.
No just no.
If someone is widowed (like my dad) its up to the family to deal with and support the household and others to comfort them. Isn't there a verse about widows and orphans? There are also verses that talk about widows indeed, and for younger widows to marry, while older widows can have boarders to bring in $$ as they would usually have houses with empty/spare rooms.
If there is no family - they are widows indeed - then the church is obligated to help them. Not necessarily with money but helping them out. In the Bible God helped the widow pay her expenses by providing oil that never ran out. That was the retirement plan, which all people over the age of 65 or so should have. In NZ, we get the pension or superannuation paid for by the employer and government. It's enough to live on if you live within your means. And it's not means tested so anyone can get it, widowed or not so long as they are a citizen and of age.
Social welfare is a real thing and being on the benefit when you are unemployed so you have at least some form income is the thing to do so you don't become a burden to others and can pay your bills and other living costs. There should be no shame in it.
People who are divorced and have children need to have at least child support paid by the spouse who does not have custody. Is this too hard for people to do? Solo parents also have the domestic purposes benefit. To be a solo mother is hard but the truth is its better to be a solo parent then one that is married to an abusive spouse.
In the olden days it was Christian to talk about Providence. Look it up.
Lord knows the its a struggle to earn a living these days and have a roof over your head. Nobody needs to be told they have to marry to pay for their living costs. I don't know why some people think this way. A man is not a financial plan. Truth is those who married into money actually have a harder time maintaining their lifestyle.
Lord knows the its a struggle to earn a living these days and have a roof over your head. Nobody needs to be told they have to marry to pay for their living costs. I don't know why some people think this way. A man is not a financial plan. Truth is those who married into money actually have a harder time maintaining their lifestyle.
Jesus rescued the prostitute, actually she was destitute that's one of the reasons why she became a prostitute. I think it was Mary Magdalene. He just said to her, go, sin no more when others condemned her.
She repaid Jesus by washing his feet with her tears, and anointing him with oil as I recall.
Jesus had compassion on the woman at the well who had five husbands and the one she was living with was not her husband.
Also Boaz was prepared to marry Ruth and provide for her, she worked for him at first. She was widowed, as was Naomi, and Boaz asked if anyone else wanted to marry her before he proposed.
She repaid Jesus by washing his feet with her tears, and anointing him with oil as I recall.
Jesus had compassion on the woman at the well who had five husbands and the one she was living with was not her husband.
Also Boaz was prepared to marry Ruth and provide for her, she worked for him at first. She was widowed, as was Naomi, and Boaz asked if anyone else wanted to marry her before he proposed.
My grandparents live in sin?? No they are dead.
My parents live in sin? No one is no longer alive, the other lives with me. Or I live with him. Is that...living in sin? I'm not supposed to look after my dad and help pay the bills?
I used to work in retirement villages and you have to sell your home in order to afford to live in one. If you actually have a home to sell. Children and grandchildren were not allowed to live with them. They could stay but they def could not live there, it's against the rules.
My parents live in sin? No one is no longer alive, the other lives with me. Or I live with him. Is that...living in sin? I'm not supposed to look after my dad and help pay the bills?
I used to work in retirement villages and you have to sell your home in order to afford to live in one. If you actually have a home to sell. Children and grandchildren were not allowed to live with them. They could stay but they def could not live there, it's against the rules.
If they r not having sex they r not living in sin , that pastor should mind his own business . It's his own dirty mind that is convicting himself . Why can't two people of different genders live together , would he say they were living in sin if they were brother and sister ?! He is probably working for the care home to get these two lonely souls feeling guilty so that they separate and the care home gets more money out of them ! If that was my mum or dad I would have some expletives to say to that dirty minded hypocrite .