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The Death of Marriage?

Marriage, relationship, parenting & mentoring programmes, information and research. http://www.bcft.co.uk (PDF)

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What Do "I Do"s Do? Potential Benefits of Marriage for Cohabiting Couples with Children

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Just to confirm that all studies I've seen show that unmarried couples are more likely to break up & break up faster

Studies also show that same-sex couples break up at about 5 times the rate of wed hetro's & are far more promiscuous
 
It's nice to see the positive news, however the truth is, the US is falling into the vast hole that is sexual immorality. What's also scary is that professing Christians of the US aren't any better. It's time for Christians to seek God and pray hard.
 
Stephen Colbert said that we need to allow gay marriage. That would push the married numbers up. In addition, homosexuals are trend setters, so people would copy them. Once the numbers are high enough, you could take gay marriage away from them.
 
All that will do is further distort reality. The number of marriages won't go up, just the number of things called marraiges by clueless or non-religous Americans. Quath, I'm not looking to start this thread down the define marraige road, because we both know we disagree, and the discussion would be a waste of time.
 
Maybe I should explain a little more. Stephen Colbert use to work on the comedy news show, the Daily Show. He now has his own mock pundit show called, the Colbert Report. He acts as a conservative Republican pundit that ends up making fun of everything. He makes up new words and pushes ideas to the extreme for a joke.

So my comment was more about a comic view than a real political view.

On a more serious note, I think marriage is in for a change. Second marriages are common. People living together unmarried is very common. Society is looking to redefine marriage once again to reflect its views. Many people see marriage as a committed relationship which is based on making each other happy.

Some people I talk to say that raising children is what should be emphasized and childless couples should be treated differently than those actively raising children.

I have a more wait and see philosophy. I personally believe that gays will get the right to vote in about 10 to 20 years and then polygamy will be debated.
 
In this hi-tech world, we know more than ever that following makers' manuals is vital to things working properly

We humans are much more complex than even the most complicated super-computer

It's because we neglect Man's Maker's Manual - the Bible - that things go so wrong

God designed marriage, so we need to follow His instructions

Hope that helps

God bless!

Ian
 
MrVersatile48 said:
It's because we neglect Man's Maker's Manual - the Bible - that things go so wrong

God designed marriage, so we need to follow His instructions
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Are you suggesting that we go back to the days when marriage was defined as a union of one man and one or more women with sexual intercourse possible for a man and his unengaged/unmarried female slaves?
 
I think that marriage, at least in some form, will always exist. However, I think that traditional concepts of what marriage is will never make a comeback to the highly conservative, traditional level it used to be(not to say there won't still be those who are traditional with marriage), at least in Western societies. I don't think a lid will be put on the expansion of marriage.

Marriage is expanding. So while the traditional concepts will still be present, marriage can now be much more and many different things than what it used to be limited to. I think that most will opt for the newer, progressive ideas for marriage more and more over time. This has happened a great deal already, of course. Consider the effects of feminism, changing and interchangeable gender roles, and the like.
 
I have always wondered what constitutes a marriage. God created Eve "and brought her unto the man." Gen. 2:22. Nothing is mentioned about a wedding taking place, or any kind of ceremony where God pronounced them "husband and wife". Where did the idea of a formal marriage ceremony come from, and is it really necessary? I'm not advocating people "living in sin", but what makes the difference between being married in God's eyes and not?

Also, if a marriage ceremony is necessary to be married in God's eyes, how do we know who He accepts as being able to perform that duty? What if you get married by someone that God doesn't accept but the world does? Are you married or not? Maybe I think too much. :lol: :-D
 
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