The current state of marriage is the reason why dating is so difficult.

The Times They Are A Changin' wrote:

The Gay Marriage Act is not helping. (Many of my former girlfriends turned out to be lesbian.)

The current rate of divorce is probably around 60% at the moment.

All of this leads to real fear among men and women when it comes to dating.

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There is no more "can I buy you a coke," either because modern romance leads us to believe a couple must go straight to the bedroom for an all-nighter.

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Some polls have said that 70% of the time it is the woman who breaks off a relationship.

Yet it is said by many that marriage is for the woman and not something men want.

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Churches do not as a rule discuss marriage, dating, and sex.

People do not go to church as much as they used to either.

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Discus.

Keep it clean boys and girls.

This thing started as a thread about dating and has become a debate.

I am a member of the Church of Christ. The reason why marriage is not working out and why there is over 50% divorce rate is because marriage is not being taken seriously.

Marriage is supposed to be an unbreakable bond between MAN and WOMAN. They are supposed to value each other and help each other get to Heaven.

Today's society has strayed so, so far from the church and what the Bible teaches that no one really thinks dating is looking for someone who you want to marry anymore.

Today's society is focused on pure pleasure, like sex and status. This is why marriages are failing! If we all followed God's plan for marriage as described in the Bible, we would not be seeing widespread failure like this.

Do not marry for sex, looks, wealth, status. Marry because you truly want to help your spouse through life. It should take time to find the right spouse. The divorce rate is so high because people rush into marriage and ignore things that could potentially be toxic to marriage until it is TOO LATE!

If we all followed God's word, the notion of love and marriage would be held to a much higher standard than it is today.

The lack of awareness on here is staggering. You waste your time arguing over gay bad / gay good without even questioning why you're being set up to hold such exteme views which surely make no odds to your everyday lives. Same goes for the promotion of bailing on heterosexual marriages (hence soaring divorce rates) and the "take care of yourself" society that's being nurtured.

Who's benefiting from these developments? Is it really making you happier?

I kinda think it's important wrote:

Why is it that some people enter prison heterosexual and come out gay? Sexual orientation can be a choice and it is

a sinful choice that hurts that person and society.

LOL

It's really funny that you think you know "God's design."

Thank you for the laughs.

Old but still churning wrote:

If you want to know what has been written on the subject of marriage know the past.

40 years ago they passed a law called No Fault Divorce. Before that law you had to be able to place blame on

someone to get divorced. Divorce was not easily accomplished like it is now.

No Fault Divorced was supposed to protect women and children but it wound up having the opposite effect.

Now gay marriage is doing the same thing---weakening marriages.

Why are so many black men in jail? Look no further than No Fault Divorce!!!

Racism is not the same as freedom of sex. One does not have a choice in what color their skin might be.

It's really funny that you think you know why so many black men are in jail.

Thank you for the laughs.

"Look no further than No Fault Divorce"??? No thanks. I think I'll keep the blinders off, thank you very much. I might even look at things like The "War" on Drugs.

LOL

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Oh yeah, before I forget - "Racism is not the same as freedom of sex. " - Do you even speak English? If so, would you mind using English in your posts?

What I think is funny is the fact that my browser keeps popping up ads for gay cruises as I peruse this thread. Apparently let's run thinks anyone reading thi thread must be gay.

You forgot to mention bestiality.

Elaborate...? His design is written plain and clear in the Bible.

Any book with talking snakes in it shouldn't be taken seriously.

Any book that advocates for slavery simply illustrates the ignorance and bigotry of its author/s.

mg1228 wrote:

STSBO wrote:

It's really funny that you think you know "God's design."

Thank you for the laughs.

Elaborate...? His design is written plain and clear in the Bible.

LOL

wtfunny wrote:

Any book with talking snakes in it shouldn't be taken seriously.

Any book that advocates for slavery simply illustrates the ignorance and bigotry of its author/s.

This ^

It sounds like you ARE keeping the blinders on. It's so funny that you think I do not use English. Do you know that I am a writer of more than 60 published works? So much for your great grammar///Guffaw.

STSBO wrote:

wtfunny wrote:

Any book with talking snakes in it shouldn't be taken seriously.

Any book that advocates for slavery simply illustrates the ignorance and bigotry of its author/s.

This ^

Yet the same people that make this inane comments quote Aristotle and Thor as if they were gods.

Do you know that there are millions more documents representing he bible than the Greek works?

The Times They Are A Changin' wrote:

The Gay Marriage Act is not helping. (Many of my former girlfriends turned out to be lesbian.)

The current rate of divorce is probably around 60% at the moment.

All of this leads to real fear among men and women when it comes to dating.

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There is no more "can I buy you a coke," either because modern romance leads us to believe a couple must go straight to the bedroom for an all-nighter.

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Some polls have said that 70% of the time it is the woman who breaks off a relationship.

Yet it is said by many that marriage is for the woman and not something men want.

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Churches do not as a rule discuss marriage, dating, and sex.

People do not go to church as much as they used to either.

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Discus.

Keep it clean boys and girls.

This is supposed to be about dating not about religion.

The atheist might say that they don’t believe in God but the Bible says that they actually suppress this knowledge. Paul writes in Romans 1:18 that “the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.”

According to Billy Graham "Sin is a disease."

That is why Atheism does not make sense.

Graham said "Change Your Ways."

The world rejected that concept.

It does make sense to try to do what the preacher says, even if the preacher is not perfect in doing what he talked about.

It's much easier to talk right than do right.

The amazing thing is if you do this your life on earth gets a little bit easier. So unfortunately those of us who do not even

try only screw ourselves into the ground every day. Why do this to yourself?

The bible is only perfect in that it shows the nature of God. What many people, including Christians fail to do, is

read and understand the bible in the context and time of when it was written.

Fundamentalist Christianity is wrong, if it takes it that things happened exactly as they were written in the bible.

There are many stories told so that people of the time could understand, or because the Lord wanted only his apostles

to understand what he was saying.

It's a complicated book and it does not tell us everything about anything, any more than a book about electricity could tell you all about that subject. Electricity is too complicated to have only one book. It should be easy to see that is also true of the bible.

But the bible is a standard in which we all can live by because it's a guide for life which was inspired by God.

Love won and you lost, sorry buddy. A society isn’t great when it discriminates civil liberties.

HotRod Malibu wrote:

STSBO wrote:

It's really funny that you think you know why so many black men are in jail.

Thank you for the laughs.

"Look no further than No Fault Divorce"??? No thanks. I think I'll keep the blinders off, thank you very much. I might even look at things like The "War" on Drugs.

LOL

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Oh yeah, before I forget - "Racism is not the same as freedom of sex. " - Do you even speak English? If so, would you mind using English in your posts?

It sounds like you ARE keeping the blinders on. It's so funny that you think I do not use English. Do you know that I am a writer of more than 60 published works? So much for your great grammar///Guffaw.

60 published works? I guess that explains, "Racism is not the same as freedom of sex." LOL

Seriously, dude, take some English lessons. It's never too late.