A question to fundies on Divorce

Here is a quote to ponder and I would like all those who claim to follow the teachings of Jesus to justify how, when the topic of divorce

is clearly explained in direct,and specific terms from statements attributed to have been spoken by Jesus, that his instructions are ignored!

"In Matthew 19:4b-9, Jesus said:

"Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh.

Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate. They said to Him, ‘Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?’ He said to them, ‘Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wife, but from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits

adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.”

Jesus’ disciples were nervous at this teaching. In fact, since Jesus made divorce much more difficult to attain than Moses did, they wondered aloud if marriage was such a good thing after all (“If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry."

Matthew 19:10). Like many people today, the disciples thought the fidelity and permanence taught by Jesus might be too difficult for anyone to follow. "

So why after this is so specific and detailed do Christians. especially those Fundamentalists/Evangelicals who constantly want to force everyone to believe as they do, practice as they do and continue to proselytize to everyone NOT ADHERE to this command?

The problem is quite obvious, those who make claims simply disregard what they want and then apply to everyone else what they happen to find useful to bolster their positions. There is absolutely no desire to conform to the teachings of Jesus when it prevents a
fundamentalist/evangelical from breaking the rules of the Bible and especially Jesus whom they will always claim to follow and yet only wind up paying lip service whenever when they need to avoid the command.


TFR