DaikonNairu -Ren-
I met a man the other day, some fanatical Christian, who said that single mothers would burn in Hell. WTF? Someone please explain this to me.
I will approach it from Christian theology, as that is what I subscribe to.
Sex outside of marriage is sin. Children are, obviously, products of sex. (And some medical stuff too.) However, I'm not sure that this is where this man's issue was coming from.
The spot to address here is probably divorce, which is only permitted in the case of adultery. I would think he is assuming that this mother committed adultery, got pregnant, and was divorced because of it. That would be sin on the part of the woman.
However, it wouldn't be very Christlike of the husband to divorce the wife (though it is permitted) as the marriage relationship mirrors the Christ / Church relationship.The church commits adultery against Christ, and He does not "divorce" us.
I have found nothing in the scriptures that says raising a child as a single mother is sin. Unwise, yes, though not always.
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