AuCanada

Once again, you are right. The medical scenario shows two people who are qualified to make medical decisions, and two who are not.

And a marriage, in the true postmodern sense (because depending on cultural and temporal contexts, it can mean taking possession) DOES mean a partnership.

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AuCanada

Again, it isn't clear.
Who are the doctors?... why are they giving differing diagnostics? Is one of them a quack? Is it obvious that he is a quack?

Maybe a third opinion is needed, from someone with the letters M.D. attached to their name?

Furthermore, say there is only one doctor, and the issue is about a controversial experimental surgery that may save or kill the child. THEN, maybe the decision to operate or not could lay with the parents. But again: why are the parents arguing for power over the life of their child?

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ImusWallower

spell it out: what is the role of the man and woman?

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LeisureChrist

Maybe she just sees herself as the boss of herself.

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LeisureChrist

If two doctors provide completely different professional opinions, it would be a good idea to get a third opinion. From a professional, rather than an uniformed decision based on being sperm or egg donor.

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LeisureChrist

And how many men are you "familiar" with?

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LeisureChrist

[quote=God Is Santa for Adults;109373]Eman disagrees hole-headedly.

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LeisureChrist

If you took proper instruction from God when you ended your marriage, I guess you weren't able to satisfy your wife. Because following "God's proper instruction" regarding divorce, you could have done it if your wife cheated.

Seriously, E, marriage advice from somebody who could NOT make it work for himself is like sex advice from a eunich.

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Gaia

Since AuCanada and LC answered the whole medical emergency scenario adequately already, I will leave it at that, since I agree with them.

I have been married to the same Man for a very long time, and I can tell you, that there has never been a "final" head of household around here. We both work/ed our asses off, raised three children, he served his Country by being a Soldier, I held down the Fort, when he got deployed somewhere, and we couldn't go with him. After he retired, we started a life out here in Civilian Land, now we live in the Country, with our Horses and our Dogs, the Kids all have good Jobs and Lives, and we are still working our asses off. True, we are not Christians per se. By that I mean, we are christians by indoctrination only, and have since seen the light (so to speak) We make decisions based on the benefit of the whole, versus the benefit of the one. Because everything one of us does, affects the other. So we take that into consideration, when it's decision making time. And the reason we lasted this long, is because we let eachother BE.

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Gaia

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