Divorce and Remarriage

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(03-16-2012 01:01 PM)M Go Blue Wrote:  

(03-14-2012 09:44 AM)redhot Wrote:  And to Ricardo: I'm used to FB: I keep trying to "like" your posts. I have said the exact same thing: that Baptists will forgive anything except divorce. That is the unpardonable sin.

Not all Baptists! As a man whose parents are divorced (and has a step-dad) and whose brother got a divorce and remarried, this Baptist will tell you that divorce is not the worst thing a person can do. In fact, I'll be the first to suggest to a friend (if they ask and the situation is appropriate) that they should divorce his/her spouse. If the marriage isn't working and all attempts at fixing it (if it's worth fixing) have failed, I see absolutely no reason to stay married.

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As a rule, I have found Baptists (IFB) to be very unforgiving toward divorce; obviously individuals are different.
I hope to eventually get remarried, but for argument's sake, what does the Bible say about it? I still am not sure. Fornicaton is a cause for divorce, and I think porn qualifies; but as for remarriage, the Bible does say if someone marries someone who is put away, that is committing adultery. However, if marriage is a contract and one party breaks it, does that release the other from the marriage, thus freeing them to marry again?