Ok so I'm going to challenge what you've posted with a real life scenario. My sister has been married 17yrs. She is a Christian,her husband is a Christian. Her husband has been on the board of the church and head of the youth. Early in the marriage they began having issues. She tried to hide it but it got so bad she had to tell someone. Her husband has a violent temper. He has beaten holes in the walls, broken windows in their vehicles, broken endless phones and computers. He has cursed her, he has demeaned her in front of the children. He has threatened to commit suicide twice. They have been to pastors and Christian counselors,no change. He threw her clothes out on the front lawn and cursed her. She has done everything possible to cope with this marriage. Her children are suffering with emotional issues and have had to go on medication.
So my question to you is what would you council her to do? Do you believe God would have her and her children stay in that marriage? Her husband is unwilling to change. Should she stay and suffer?
Please forgive my intrusion upon a comment not directed to me...But from what I can see about your comment you have established a clear case of long term history of endangerment to wellbeing and safety. In my own personal opinion declarations of any sort of threatening to terminate anyones life after establishing a violent history shows a number of things...
1. A clearly diminished mental capacity.
2. An establishment of a clear and present danger to themselves and others.
3. Regardless whether they have not threatened anyone but themself they establish that their diminished capacity has lost respect of the sanctity of life which is an extremely disturbing factor to be taken most seriously because......
4. If someone is that disturbed then what garauntee is there that if they believe themself capable of terminating their life then what self preventitive restraint is there to them deciding to choose it to becoming a murder suicide combination?
5. Plus you indicate abuse at a level extreme enough causing children to require medication ?.....No....went to far.....Children have a right and deserve that their health and safety not be at risk or threatened by those whose responsibility it is to provide and protect and love and nurture them.
6. Obviously it was the man that needed treatment and or medication long before damage was inflicted on the childrens well being.
I am not an advocate for medicating people when it is an issue of spiritual illness solely.....but certainly not for a child unless no other alternative is found.
Medicating children because of an adults behavioral issues is absurd that it reached that stages of consideration.
I know my opinion doesn't necessarily address or suggest solutions specispecifically but your indications are the man is the one requiring treatment because of his ill spirit and ill behavior he should be shamed for all he is causing to his family.....
He should feel lucky to have.
Some of us out here dont have a family to love and care for. He isn't grateful to God his family or that the church lets him through the door even as a danger to the congregation. Who knows he might lose it and try to take as many as he can with him.
I believe you made strong indication this man is a clear danger to others and hasn't any real working faith that guides his judgment or conduct. In my opinion what were once supposed to be sanctuary havens and safe public institutions have now become targets of the disturbed individuals.
I even question several kinds of targeting conduct that occurs on this site and have had to inventory and consider my own which invited various and sorted retalliations against myself that possibly may go all the way up for all I know.....and very serious attempts at sick and ill maliciousness of conduct began shortly after coming here and I have only been here five week and was targeted for something I am not and I have documented the conduct. Just trying to determine how extensive the vine is.
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