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Soloist wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:25 pm Hypothetical as he is dead and either waiting in Paradise or in Heaven.

So is the prodigal son, but he can still generate 10 pages of discussion.

mrbilliam wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:50 pm I think most have caught on...

I'm just saying that a simple ring banning is a superfluous argument.

True enough - you certainly are saying that. We could see that clearly enough quite early in this thread.

mrbilliam wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:50 pm There is no cause for it really, except to just make a rule.

Not true at all.

mrbilliam wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:50 pm Any woman or man wearing a simple band would not be in biblical sin.

I'm not sure what you mean by biblical sin. Is there more than one kind of sin? There are certainly a-plenty of sinners who wear simple bands, so it seems a bit illogical to say that anyone who wears a simple band cannot be in sin...

mrbilliam wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:50 pm I think most have caught on...

I'm just saying that a simple ring banning is a superfluous argument. There is no cause for it really, except to just make a rule. Any woman or man wearing a simple band would not be in biblical sin.

Feel free to go find a liberal church to be part of, then, where everyone can do what is right in their own eyes.

ohio jones wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:52 pm

Soloist wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:25 pm Hypothetical as he is dead and either waiting in Paradise or in Heaven.

So is the prodigal son, but he can still generate 10 pages of discussion.

Thanks to perseveration...

mrbilliam wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 6:52 pm Is not wearing a wedding band symbolic to outsiders as adultery, thus the appearance of evil (very optional answer).

The Princess of Wales was recently photographed without a wedding ring (or any jewelry, for that matter); the press noticed, but did not accuse her of adultery. Her husband took the photo. I can only conclude that a segment of society that is quite concerned with image and protocol no longer places a great deal of importance on that symbol.

ohio jones wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:07 am

mrbilliam wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 6:52 pm Is not wearing a wedding band symbolic to outsiders as adultery, thus the appearance of evil (very optional answer).

The Princess of Wales was recently photographed without a wedding ring (or any jewelry, for that matter); the press noticed, but did not accuse her of adultery. Her husband took the photo. I can only conclude that a segment of society that is quite concerned with image and protocol no longer places a great deal of importance on that symbol.

Interesting follow-up to that particular story. Sometimes I wonder where the priorities are when people on the internet spend hours picking apart a photo.