Sex On Church Day

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Berkley

I hope they weren't speaking in tongues.

why not?

[Dedicated Mind]

Originally Posted by Socialite

Why is a gathering time different than sharing a meal with another believer, DM?

What, in your mind, is so significant about the gathering?

Church is different because you are setting a time apart to experience the manifest presence of God. Other social occasions are not for that purpose though you can experience God outside of church.

[berkeley]

Originally Posted by Sam

why not?

While having sex?

[berkeley]

Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind

Church is different because you are setting a time apart to experience the manifest presence of God. Other social occasions are not for that purpose though you can experience God outside of church.

Wow, and here I thought I experience the manifest presence of God everyday.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Amen! Some of the sour looks on people's faces might be changed if they'd "do well" before they come to church!

Last Sunday I sat behind a lady that looked so mad at the world - - I wanted to ask her what in the world was wrong with her.

well, maybe she was sexuallly frustrated

[berkeley]

Originally Posted by Sam

well, maybe she was sexuallly frustrated

[Sam]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

A little over a year ago, I actually *took back* Sunday mornings in our house, and I made up my mind that there would be no more miserable Sundays. I always make sure the kids have breakfast before they leave (YES, we have gone out the door without breakfast hundreds of times, and had to make a quick stop at McDonald's or the gas station for something unhealthy), and I refuse to get upset if we're running late. My kids (and my husband) having a good experience on Sundays is way more important than whether other people are annoyed with me for being late.

It should have been that way from the beginning, but unfortunately when we get wrapped up in *service*, we can sometimes get our priorities twisted.

I have a theory that
"church was made for people,
people weren't made for church."

[Dedicated Mind]

Originally Posted by Socialite

DM, your use of Leviticus would also mean women who are at "that time" should stay at home, excluded from the rest of the house because that's also "unclean."

Like I told Miss Bratt, I am not advocating following ceremonial law, it's just a nugget of wisdom into entering the presence of God, not a law to follow across the board.

[berkeley]

Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind

Like I told Miss Bratt, I am not advocating following ceremonial law, it's just a nugget of wisdom into entering the presence of God, not a law to follow across the board.

Let us know how this works out for you.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind

why is no one addressing Lev. 15:2? What does it mean to be unclean? Do you think priests were allowed to be unclean and partake in temple service? I think all of this sex before church is why people don't experience or know what the presence of God is.

could refer to a "nocturnal emission" or what we call a "wet dream"
or could be from masturbation (a normal sexual practice)
and that could be because he had not engaged in sex with a partner often enough