http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/ en Sat, 18 May 2013 18:32:11 GMT vBulletin 5 http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/images/misc/rss.png http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/ http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/showthread.php?155851-Debate-Commentary-Thread-A-wife-is-to-fear-her-husband&goto=newpost Mon, 13 May 2013 21:44:28 GMT An Advanced Debate thread is opened to debate the following issue::

A wife is to fear her husband as her master/lord.

The debate will deal with these two questions:
1. The Christian wife is commanded to treat her Christian husband as the master/lord of their marital relationship. If she doesn't do this she is sinning.
2. The Christian wife is commanded to live in godly "fear" of her Christian husband. If she doesn't do this she is sinning.

Foudroyant will be defending the affirmative and KingsGambit will be defending the negative. This debate will begin as soon as Foudroyant makes his first post. The debate will last 6 rounds.

This debate is taking place here, and this thread is opened for the commentary on the debate. The debate participants may not participate in this thread until their debate is concluded. ]]> Biblical Ethics Raphael http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/showthread.php?155851-Debate-Commentary-Thread-A-wife-is-to-fear-her-husband http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/showthread.php?155830-The-ethics-of-circumcision&goto=newpost Sun, 12 May 2013 05:28:53 GMT I wasn't sure where to post this - I thought about Civics, but I want it to largely be discussed from a Christian/biblical perspective, so went with this section. If it's okay with the moderators, I would like to open this thread up to Christian and non-Christian participation alike.

So, circumcision. There is a large anti-circumcision movement (and I'm not talking about certain rites of circumcision like was touched on in the other thread, I just mean circumcision itself) that contends that it is inherently an act of mutilation against a healthy body part and is a barbaric ancient practice that should be disposed with. Quite honestly, if I weren't at all religious, I would probably be inclined to agree. But I am, and there's the rub. Although as New Covenant Christians we're obviously not obligated to circumcise our young, I have a hard time thinking that God would have at one point commanded a rite that can be thought of as inherently barbaric/wrong (I do ask that we not bring up the standard list of "OT atrocities" here; that's not my point).

I'm in a political discussion group and virtually everybody there, Christian or not, is against circumcision. I basically don't oppose it for the reasons elucidated above, but I haven't studied the subject to the depths that others have. So, what tacks can we take here? ]]> Biblical Ethics KingsGambit http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/showthread.php?155830-The-ethics-of-circumcision