ABC: Adultery is Bad but Christian Arguments Against it are 'Intolerant'

[Chris_]

ABC: Adultery is Bad but Christian Arguments Against it are 'Intolerant'

Adultery did not fare well during a September 24  "Nightline" broadcast about the issue, but that didn't keep ABC's Cynthia McFadden from asking an evangelical pastor if he felt "a little intolerant" for his conservative views on the subject.
McFadden moderated a debate that tried to answer the question, "Are we born to cheat?" but appeared to mock Pastor Ed Young's responses whenever she could.

The proponents of adultery who appeared on the panel included Jenny Block, an author and participant in an open marriage, and Noel Biderman, the president and CEO of Ashley Madison, a Web site designed to help people begin extra-marital affairs. To be fair, Block and Biderman did face some tough questioning about their views, but they did not receive the same derision McFadden levied at Young.

McFadden's question about intolerance came after an exchange in which Young asserted that an open marriage is adultery "in the eyes of God" and that marriage was ordained in Scripture by God. Block attempted to refute Young's statement and argued he was talking about religious marriages when not all marriages are religious.

McFadden then asked Young, "But do you think that what you think applies to everybody?" and appeared surprised by his affirmative answer. After Block labeled Young's claims "preposterous," McFadden asked Young, "Are you  feeling a little intolerant?" Her follow up question to that was, "Is Jenny going to hell?"

Prior to that exchange, McFadden had already mocked Young's belief in the literal meaning of Scripture verse Matthew 5:28 which states in part, "Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

Bad news for ABC....God is intolerant of sin...and we should be too.

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[MrsSmith]

tolerate: 1. to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
2. to endure without repugnance; put up with.



There is NOTHING intolerant about DISAGREEMENT.  Ed Young should have had a printed definition of "Tolerate" with him to hand to the intolerant McFadden...and he should have asked her if she feels intolerant for being so judgemental about Christian beliefs.    

[thundley4]

The proponents of adultery who appeared on the panel included Jenny Block, an author and participant in an open marriage, and Noel Biderman, the president and CEO of Ashley Madison, a Web site designed to help people begin extra-marital affairs.

Let's see, the woman in an open marriage isn't truly married.  An open marriage is more like roommates with fringe benefits, and the other clown is just out to make a buck.

[ColonialMarine0431]

Devils. What do you do with Devils? You kill them.

[JohnnyReb]

Open Marriage: Modern vaccum cleaner for STD's....and don't ask me to pay your medical bills.

[vesta111]

Open Marriage: Modern vaccum cleaner for STD's....and don't ask me to pay your medical bills.

Someone please tell me what Open Marriage is in easy to understand words.

I am well aware of what swingers are, I know what polygamy is, but Open Marriage must be something different to different people.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Someone please tell me what Open Marriage is in easy to understand words.

I am well aware of what swingers are, I know what polygamy is, but Open Marriage must be something different to different people.

Swingers have their trysts as a couple. In an open marriage the partners can take other lovers on their own.

[jinxmchue]

ABC: Adultery is Bad but Christian Arguments Against it are 'Intolerant'   

*facepalm*

I'm going to take Special Keef's lead and claim that calling Christians intolerant when there is no intolerance present is, in itself, intolerant.