tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post1573423181236780409..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Annulment Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-84161390897329909652015-11-04T12:33:37.193-05:002015-11-04T12:33:37.193-05:00Biblical laws on marriage reflect natural law. How...Biblical laws on marriage reflect natural law. However, most biblical laws also presume the existence of sin. They are designed to either forbid certain sins outright or mitigate evil. To that extent, they sometimes involve concessions to fallen human nature. Otherwise, the human race would cease to exist. But God intends to save sinners. <br /><br />Sibling incest is not intrinsically evil. It's more of a prudential question. <br /><br />I don't think there has to be a genetic change. To my knowledge, interbreeding has a cumulative deleterious effect, by depleting the gene pool. If continued, that becomes worse over time. But initially it's safer. <br /><br />Even sibling incest presupposes gender essentialism. In that respect, it's ground in natural law. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-29177903287845838692015-11-04T09:08:59.045-05:002015-11-04T09:08:59.045-05:00Curious - do you believe the Biblical laws regardi...Curious - do you believe the Biblical laws regarding marriage are "grounded in natural law," that is, absolute given human nature? The laws about incest, for example?<br /><br />If so, how do you understand God's plan for reproduction of the human race from one man and one woman?<br /><br />Might it be reasonable to say that human nature changed, genetically, as the human race spread and intermarried, such that what was once permissible (marrying one's cousins or siblings) became impermissible?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311317426932037758noreply@blogger.com