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From: "Daniel Harper" <daniel_harper@terralink.net>
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Subject: Re: Position statement - Charles Casey's wife was no better than a prostitute.
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 04:50:02 +0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 09:54:01 +0000, Uncle Davey wrote:
> If Charles Casey's wife was only good to him and a wife to him when he was
> well and able to provide, and then divorced him and had him put out on the
> street when he was unwell, then she was no better than a hooker, and the
> elders who enabled her to do it, they were like her pimps.
>
> And you can quote me on that.
>
Why the hell would we want to?
You do realize, of course, that one can express moral outrage without
using sexual terminology towards a person that Charles obviously once
cared about deeply, if he doesn't now. (I personally am not aware of
Charles' feelings towards his ex-wife; that's his business unless he cares
to share it with the group.)
Now, if _I'd_ had a similar thought to the one you'd had, I might have
phrased it a bit differently.
"If Charles Casey's wife was only good to him and a wife to him when he
was well and able to provide, and then divorced him and had him put out on
the street when he was unwell, then she is clearly in violation of the
spirit of the marriage contract, which calls for two people to be "one
flesh", and is generally vowed "in sickness and in health". Granted, I
don't know Charles Casey's wife, but I for one would like to apologize for
the actions of my fellow Christians, who treated him so poorly when he
became ill."
What do you guys think? Maybe a bit more acceptable than Davey's version?
> Uncle Davey
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