ok yeah- i wanna get going on this one! ok. . .i believe that the ONLY grounds for divorce are a) marital unfaithfulness (i.e. if ur spouse is being unfaithful with another member of the opposite sex), or b) physical abuse, which in this case, i would encourge the person to run to the authorities.

ok, lets see where that little bit of info takes us. . .

en CHRISTOS,

rea

Faithlessness or infidelity could be interpretted as breach of contract. In that case, there's a whole lot more grounds for divorce that would be "Biblical." However, I think the interpretation the makes the most sense in the context of Scripture is sexual infidelity only.

As for remarriage, which is related, only the death of the spouse allows for it. Divorce doesn't allow for remarriage Biblically. It's a sin to divorce and remarry.

What if you divorce and your ex-spouse dies? Perhaps someone else knows.

Exactly!...what Scottie said.

Actually, the original word there means sexual immorality.  Remember Joseph thought that he would "put [Mary] away privily"?  The original idea may have been just that.  You pay for a virgin, you should get a virgin. I honestly believe that it would honor God more if you stay with the person even though they were unfaithful.  That is the example God shows with His Bride. Maybe our hearts are too hard. 

On the other matter, I would stay married to an abusive man, but I would put him behind bars. 

divorce isn't bad, it's remarrige that's bad. if you are being abused then by all means divorce the guy, report him but divorce him. you can't marry again. the only instance that you can remarry is if they committed adultry before you divorced. BUT the bible says not to cause a brother to stumble, so if you divorce your abusive husband are you forcing him into adultry? food for thought.

Concerining divorce, the Pharisees kept the letter of the Law by giving the woman a divorce certificate. In those days, a jewish man could divorce his wife for as little reason as putting too much salt in his food (Barclay 1975, 153). Thus, a Pharisee could divorce a good woman and still claim that he had kept the letter of the Law because he had given her a certificate of divorce. Such action, however, was not in keeping with the spirit of the Law.

In Matthew 5:31-32 Jesus condemns this hypocrisy. He said that whoever divorces an innocent woman pushes her toward committing adultey. Where would she get food and shelter? Divorce put her in a position of having to mary again or , in many cases, become destitute. In cases of infidelity the injured party has the moral right to divorce and remarry. However, in other cases, divorce and remarriage can constitute adultery. This is still true today. Fortunately, women today have more of an ability to provide for themselces than they did in Christ's time. Therefore, divorce doesn't necessarily leave them economically devastated. Nevertheless, the lesson here is to avoid dicorce and seek reconciliation if at all possible. No one should divorce for selfish or frivolous reasons.

God  gave the Law to protect people, not to abuse them. No righteous person knowingly causes others to stumble. The spirit of the Law demands that the rights of marriage be protected (Matthew 19:1-12) and that people consider not only their wants but also what is best for others.

Por, to dispute your argument.

Duteronomy 24:1- If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, 2 and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man, 3 and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies, 4 then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled.

it says one is able to divorce a woman who is displeasing.

yes, that's true, but in doing so it also states that a man can give a woman a certificate of divorce, and it doesn't say you would be sinning to do so, it says you would be sinning if after you gave her that certificate, she was with another man and then you married her again, the sin is in remarrying a now unclean woman not in the actual divorce.

If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house,

there is no sin in this part it is only in remarrige to a defiled woman.

yes, i unerstand what you mean now, though by that argument you contradict yourself and the bible. when you say your vows, you say until death do we part not until death or unfaithfulness do we part thus, even after an affair has occured by the vows stated it wouldn't matter what happened in that marriage, you would still be breaking your vows and thus sinning. the bible says it's okay to get divorced if sexual impurity exists. thus by what you have stated one may never get divorced under any conditions, however, that goes against the bible.