mwdegutis wrote:
As usual, you do not know how to interpret the Bible and take things out of context because you do not have the discernment of the Holy Spirit. First let’s review the passage:
2 Corinthians 6:14-16 (NASB)
14 Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?
15 Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?
16 Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk among them; And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”
Time for a little “learnin’” Singularity…
This section of 2 Corinthians is one of the key passages in all the word of God on the subject of separation or not being yoked with an unbeliever.
Mention of not being bound together or the unequal yoke suggests Deuteronomy 22:10 : "You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together." The ox was a clean animal and the donkey unclean, and their step and pull are unequal. By way of contrast, when believers are yoked with the Lord Jesus, they find that His yoke is easy and His burden is light (Matthew 11:29-30 ~ “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light”).
It certainly refers to the marriage relationship. A Christian should not marry an unsaved person. However, in cases where a believer is already married to an unbeliever, this passage does not justify separation or divorce. God's will in such a case is that the marriage relationship should be maintained with a view to the eventual salvation of the unsaved member.
In addition to this, it refers to business. A Christian should not go into partnership with one who does not know the Lord. A Christian should maintain contact with the unsaved in an effort to win them to Christ, but he should never engage in their sinful pleasures or in any of their activities in such a way as to lead them to think he is no different than they (like baking a cake).
Finally, Paul did not say that Christians should have no contacts whatever with unbelievers. He argued the absurdity of such a position (1 Corinthians 5:9-10 ~ I wrote you in my letter not to associate with immoral people; I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world).
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No. You are the one resisting your gods command.
"Yokes", meaning promises, agreements, relationships, contracts, elected positions... Whatev. If it involves a partner or shareholder or superior officer with the power to compel you to honor the contract in spite of religious objection, and you can separate from this unclean relationship (proprietotor of a bakery, legally required to serve public without discrimination) you are then required to do so.
To refuse this simple express command of your deity given for this express situation means you don't take your religious requirements seriously anyway, so why should the government worry about your aversion to butt sex!?!