A thread for JimmyBean

[Dom R]

Or you can realize that the Bible, while IMHO was inspired by God, was written and translated by men, who inserted their own agendas whether consciously or subconsciously. That's my belief.

Which means, you can take any part of the bible that you don't like, and declare, "well, I believe that someone just made THAT bit up, so I'm going to ignore it".

how convenient for you.
And also, how tragic. Because you are following a religion that basically you have invented and refined for yourself, rather than following the bible, which is the clearest indication on earth that we have, of God's will for us.
It may be murky in places. But it's the best thing we have.

I think someone who is truely interested in following God's will for us, would be interested in following the bible as closely as possible, as written. And where their behaviour differs, they should have well researched reasons on, "well, I believe that God's will for us in this area, is ...., because of what was written/said by Him over here....".
Not, "Well, I dont like that bit. It makes me uncomfortable/it's inconvenient/makes me unhappy. So I'm going to ignore it and pretend that 'someone just inserted it into the bible', rather than it really being God's will for my behavour".

To write in your lessez-fair style: If you choose not to follow the bible, well, that's your choice.
"You of course are free to your own beliefs"

oh, and just to explicitly answer your question:

So what you are saying is that you could marry someone, have them promise to you in their marriage vows EXPLICITLY to have sex with you on a regular basis, and if they don't, you don't have a "Biblical" right to divorce.

Err.. i dont recall where my marriage vows, or any other service I've been to, had vows of "explicitly promising to have sex on a regular basis. But putting that aside; "yes". I dont see anywhere in the bible where it says you have a right to divorce based on lack of sex. And if there isnt an explicit allowance for "you may divorce if..." then, by definition, you have no grounds for divorce.

Please show me where it says otherwise in the bible. I would be honestly interested to read anything you may research