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Should adultery be a criminal offense punishable by jailtime?

Should adultery be a criminal offense punishable by jailtime?

  • Obviously! It should carry MMS and strict for 2nd++ offense..

    Votes: 2 3.1%
  • Yes, jailtime.

    Votes: 2 3.1%
  • Yah, first fine, then jail, mild jail time.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Hmm.. Perhaps..

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • No..

    Votes: 57 87.7%
  • Something else(explain).

    Votes: 4 6.2%

  • Total voters
    65
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I agree with the qualified interpritations of others.

For example:
Biblical View of Adultery


I find these interpritations more credable then your mere say-so.

Well here's other interpretations:

Page 210 Bottom right. Women's Bible Commentary - Google Book Search


Genesis 38:12-19 (New King James Version)

12 Now in the process of time the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.” 14 So she took off her widow’s garments, covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place which was on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as a wife. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, because she had covered her face. 16 Then he turned to her by the way, and said, “Please let me come in to you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law.
So she said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
17 And he said, “I will send a young goat from the flock.”
So she said, “Will you give me a pledge till you send it?”
18 Then he said, “What pledge shall I give you?”
So she said, “Your signet and cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” Then he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him. 19 So she arose and went away, and laid aside her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood.

Joshua 2
Rahab Hides the Spies
1 Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men from Acacia Grove[a] to spy secretly, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.”
So they went, and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab, and lodged there.

Solomon’s Wise Judgment

16 Now two women who were harlots came to the king, and stood before him. 17 And one woman said, “O my lord, this woman and I dwell in the same house; and I gave birth while she was in the house. 18 Then it happened, the third day after I had given birth, that this woman also gave birth. And we were together; no one was with us in the house, except the two of us in the house. 19 And this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on him. 20 So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I rose in the morning to nurse my son, there he was, dead. But when I had examined him in the morning, indeed, he was not my son whom I had borne.”
22 Then the other woman said, “No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.”
And the first woman said, “No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.”
Thus they spoke before the king.
23 And the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son, who lives, and your son is the dead one’; and the other says, ‘No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’|” 24 Then the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other.”
26 Then the woman whose son was living spoke to the king, for she yearned with compassion for her son; and she said, “O my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him!”
But the other said, “Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide him.”
27 So the king answered and said, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him; she is his mother.”
28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

Biblical Discussion of Adultery


You noticing a double standard yet? That married men are allowed to have sexual relations with single woman or prostitutes while woman are not because they were considered property.

edit: started a new thread for this tangent

http://www.debatepolitics.com/relig...ery-bible-double-standard.html#post1057922501
 
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Once again, it's blatantly obvious that you're not a parent. To most decent mothers, her children come first. Unless the father is a clear danger to the children, no mother will voluntarily remove him from her children's lives. Not for ANY length of time. That would be beyond selfish and contrary to every maternal instinct in her body.

By punishing the father, she punishes her children too. Two wrongs do not make a right.

Now stop being so selfish and self-centered and try to look at the reality for just one freaking second. When there are more than two people involved, it's a completely different set of problems you're dealing with.

You might have a point there. My ex-wife kicked me to the curb. We had two children together. Her reason, according to her was, and I quote, "You are a good man. You are a good father too. But, looking back I don't believe I was in love with you. I thought, in time I could learn to love you but I wasn't able to. I think our marriage was a mistake. I need someone who can emotionally satisfy me." And that was that. She filed for divorce.

And you are right. She is a crappy mother in MANY ways. But that's just my opinion. And my kids happen to agree with me too. Now, all grown, they can't stand to be around her. When they were younger they HATED it when it was time to go back over by her house. And I felt bad sending them there too. But that's what the court ordered. Shared placement. What could I do. The only way the courts would recognize her as a "bad mother" is if she would beat them, sexually abuse them, or if drugs were involved. Which, none of the three apllied to her. She was just a self-centered bit**. The court doesn't recognize that as being a bad parent up here.
 
You might have a point there. My ex-wife kicked me to the curb. We had two children together. Her reason, according to her was, and I quote, "You are a good man. You are a good father too. But, looking back I don't believe I was in love with you. I thought, in time I could learn to love you but I wasn't able to. I think our marriage was a mistake. I need someone who can emotionally satisfy me." And that was that. She filed for divorce.

And you are right. She is a crappy mother in MANY ways. But that's just my opinion. And my kids happen to agree with me too. Now, all grown, they can't stand to be around her. When they were younger they HATED it when it was time to go back over by her house. And I felt bad sending them there too. But that's what the court ordered. Shared placement. What could I do. The only way the courts would recognize her as a "bad mother" is if she would beat them, sexually abuse them, or if drugs were involved. Which, none of the three apllied to her. She was just a self-centered bit**. The court doesn't recognize that as being a bad parent up here.

Yikes, that sounds really awful. But its due to a square and inflexible law system of course. Thats just the way it is, terrible. Who wants to listen to reason these days anyways?
 
Well here's other interpretations:

Page 210 Bottom right. Women's Bible Commentary - Google Book Search

Biblical Discussion of Adultery

You noticing a double standard yet? That married men are allowed to have sexual relations with single woman or prostitutes while woman are not because they were considered property.

edit: started a new thread for this tangent

http://www.debatepolitics.com/relig...ery-bible-double-standard.html#post1057922501

You haven't cited a double standard *of scripture*, only of people in history.

I'm not sure how many times this needs to be said, but just because the bible records it, doesn't mean the bible endorses it.
 
Why bother posting if you aren't going to backup your arguments? You could have just filled out the poll and left.

What happened to the old Bodi?

I have posted quite a few times in this thread with substance... just not that one. ;)
 
I have posted quite a few times in this thread with substance... just not that one. ;)

There have been a lot of arguments and responses in the last 509posts. If you can't substantiate it by reposting or linking to the one of 51 pages with your post then you can't expect anyone to take your position beyond face value.
 
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There have been a lot of arguments and responses in the last 509posts. If you can't substantiate it by reposting or linking to the one of 51 pages with your post then you can't expect anyone to take your position beyond face value.

Perhaps its your responsibility to browse back and read his arguments rather than complain about him not repeating them in every page.. :confused:
 
While you guys argue about this, someone is sleeping with your old ladies. :2razz:
 
There have been a lot of arguments and responses in the last 509posts. If you can't substantiate it by reposting or linking to the one of 51 pages with your post then you can't expect anyone to take your position beyond face value.

I wasn't particularly concerned with what people thought/think of my past comments.
I was interested in making that one comment, since that all that I felt like offering at the moment.
Is there some rule that I should be informed about that lists minimum number of characters that will allow a comment to be valid?
 
Should there be a punishment for cheating? I think so. But only if there is proof that you were against an open relationship. There are many people out there who could care less if their spouse or they themselves slept with other people. Some people live quite happily being swingers. I wouldn't think it fair to put a flat out this is right and this is wrong on a subject like this that has so many spectrums.
However, I would say that cheating on someone is one of the worst things you can do to someone. Because you can completely destroy a person by cheating on them. They have made themselves vulnarable to you, they trust you. More than they should. But they do. You have an obligation to be honest to your partner. They call it cheating for a reason. It means you're doing something nasty behind your spouses back, and there is not a justification for it. The simple fact is, you can end the relationship. It is completelyt selfish to cheat. The person you cheat on (going by they find out) will have trust issues and a lot of emotional baggage. It makes them feel inadequate, it really destructive to ones soul. You can be punished for assualt, and I definitely think people should be held accountable for emotionally destroying someone. Emotional abuse is just as bad if not worse than physical abuse. There should be something to deter people from being that selfish. Sadly we live in a time where infidelity is socially accepted and you could even say encouraged.
However, jail time? No. I don't think that would be appropriate. I just think you should definitely be able to sue for emotional damages providing you can prove you were cheated on.
 
U wnt do debat in the nu langwich? <-- thats going to be the result of SMS and internet in say 50 years, no one will be able to use good old fashion English, or any other language which has then been affected by modern technology combined with a bunch of "hip" morons.

You do know there is OLD ENGLISH. I wonder if they would feel the same way about how we speak now compared to how they spoke then. I'd guess they would.
 
You do know there is OLD ENGLISH. I wonder if they would feel the same way about how we speak now compared to how they spoke then. I'd guess they would.

We speak pretty lame now compared to before. Thats why things such as politeness has gone out the window. Next thing to go is "reason"..

My language is developing negatively. But I dont follow that development, I use proper language. I dont say this "food was **** good" just because all the other people have started saying that instead of "this was fabulous food". I dont say "****" in every sentence that described how good things are.. Thats almost becoming the norm in my language now. People replace marvelous, fantastic, amazing and so on with "****" and "sick/insane"..

And then again, people in MY country have used cell phones for normality much longer than people in the US.. The written language skills of people is just declining rapidly, the decline has never been so rapid. People that could spell 10 years ago, cannot spell anymore or put together proper sentences.

Do I see anything positive about any of that? No.
 
If the marriage/Union in question has manogamy written into it, I think it is then a breach of contract and should be dealt with accordingly.

Personally, I find cheaters to be selfish, weak, and almost sub-human. There are so many other ways to go about it that do NOT obliterate the "cheated" party. Yet, they are too selfish to let go, too weak to bring it up.

I think the contract for a marriage should state what the couple accepts prior to the marriage being finalized.

Then again, it wouldnt matter all that much now would it? Husband-"She cheated on me!" Wife-"No I didnt" Judge-"Sir, do you have photo or video evidence of this?" Husband-"No!?! Why the hell would I take a picture or snag a video??" Judge-"Then there is no proof to this claim."
 
Haven't you heard of multi-tasking? You aren't using your body to type, ya know. :cool:

Yeah, but if you're on this forum and someone asks what you're doing....

Erm.. well, like if my wife goes down when I'm playing a video game... I would say video game head....

So would you then say you are having "DP Sex?" Cause I can see that as a little misleading :lol:
 
Adultery is one of the worst thing one human can do to another, but is not a punishable crime in the west, and normally not around the world either. Adultery is described in the bible as one of the very worst sins, yet we have not practiced this in the west for at least several centuries or even millenniums. Why should it not be illegal? Would you prefer your wife cheated on your or that your car was stolen(then aid back by insurance)?

In comparison, people who use or carry drugs in the US can get jail time of between 1-25 years for relatively small amounts, even Cannabis.

It should not be punishable. Just because the bible says it's wrong that doesn't mean we can punish people.
 
Why should it be punishable? There's no law against it!

Read the topic.

"Should adultery be a criminal offense punishable by jailtime?"

Once again, care to share why it should NOT?

And by the way :lol: see below

In the United States, laws vary from state to state. In those States where adultery is still on the statute books, even though they are rarely prosecuted, the penalties vary from life sentence (Michigan)[26], or a fine of $10 (Maryland). In the U.S. Military, adultery is a potential court-martial offense.[10] The enforceability of adultery laws in the United States has been / is being questioned following Supreme Court decisions since 1965 relating to privacy and sexual intimacy of consenting adults, in cases such as Lawrence v. Texas.

Adultery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
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Aside from the bible, would you care to state WHY it should not be punishable?

Because I can't think of any laws where we punish people for being a jerk?

Laws don't specify why things should be legal. Its assumed that everything is legal unless legislation makes it illegal.
 
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