Today I feel like going over a few beliefs of a little known religion call the Oneida Community, I will then go over a few bible verses to refute the error in their reasoning.
In 1848 John Humphrey Noyes founded a Utopian commune based on the idea that Jesus returned in 70 A.D, therefore they believed they were free to live a sinless life here on earth and in heaven. While I don't disagree with them there, that is if Jesus did return in 70 A.D and already had created a new heaven and earth.
The crazy part of their religion is really transparent however when you see how they viewed marriage. They believed every man was married to every woman, and exclusive pairings were discouraged. Their children were raised communally, with no strong bonds between the biological parents and children permitted.
Now comes my thoughts on this movement. If Jesus returned in 70 A.D and now somehow every woman is married to every woman why did Paul condemn Adultery in his writings seeing they were written about the same time as Jesus Alleged return. Here is a question for them, since every man is married to every woman does that mean incest is ok (Lev 18:6)? Have they ever even read Jud 1:4? Obviously not seeing how they are turning God's grace into lasciviousness. If this religion was true what are we supposed to do about 1 Cor 7:8 and 1 Cor 7:10-11?
So In Conclusion this is yet another group of people who profess to know God and yet deny him by their works (Tit 1:16).
WEIRD! Never heard of these before.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the bible says let a man/woman have there own wife/husband.
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