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The divorce rate in this county says otherwise - it doesn't make a difference.
It all depends on the individuals (themselves) and their outlook on life.
But even if a nonchristian woman was beautiful, witty, intelligent and crazy about me, I still wouldn't want to marry her or even date her because I wouldn't be able to get the thought out of my mind that death would part us forever, me as a Christian to (hopefully) heaven and her to hell..
"What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?..Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord, I will be a Father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters" (2 Cor 6:14-18 )
But even if a nonchristian woman was beautiful, witty, intelligent and crazy about me, I still wouldn't want to marry her or even date her because I wouldn't be able to get the thought out of my mind that death would part us forever, me as a Christian to (hopefully) heaven and her to hell..
"What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?..Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord, I will be a Father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters" (2 Cor 6:14-18 )
You need to do a personal study on the concept of HELL, and how it entered the Church.
Marriage wasn't a sacrament of the church until the Twelfth Century. That's how little importance early Christianity put on it.
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Originally Posted by Jerwade
This is true.
Although I think it was the 13th century but it was not strictly enforced until the 16th century.
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That statement makes no sense, in more ways than one.
Setting your faulty premise aside (that marriage wasn't a Sacrament until the 12th C.); since Protestant Christianity does not consider marriage a Sacrament, you're implying that Protestant Christianity places "little importance" on marriage. That's demonstrably untrue.
It makes no sense because you seem woefully ignorant about some aspects of your religion. It is not a faulty premise.
You need to do a personal study on the concept of HELL, and how it entered the Church.
Good people go to heaven forever, and bad people go to hell forever, seems simple enough to me.
If anybody thinks they'll be able to get out of hell, I'm sure that's what satan would like them to believe..
But even if a nonchristian woman was beautiful, witty, intelligent and crazy about me, I still wouldn't want to marry her or even date her because I wouldn't be able to get the thought out of my mind that death would part us forever, me as a Christian to (hopefully) heaven and her to hell..
"What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?..Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord, I will be a Father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters" (2 Cor 6:14-18 )
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You need to do a personal study on the concept of HELL, and how it entered the Church.
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Originally Posted by PoorOldSpike
Good people go to heaven forever, and bad people go to hell forever, seems simple enough to me.
If anybody thinks they'll be able to get out of hell, I'm sure that's what satan would like them to believe..
This is the topic of this thread: How does Christianity view someone who does not want to marry and have kids?
The first quoted post started off on this side discussion about Hell. Let's get back on topic and discuss how Christianity views a person that chooses to remain single with no children.
It makes no sense because you seem woefully ignorant about some aspects of your religion. It is not a faulty premise.
Setting that debate aside, MinivanDriver's implication has still not been addressed. So, I say again:
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Originally Posted by EscAlaMike
...since Protestant Christianity does not consider marriage a Sacrament, you're implying that Protestant Christianity places "little importance" on marriage. That's demonstrably untrue.
..As for 'duking it out' ...well, we'll see how it goes but you just might find that you're dealing with the big boys.
I might warn you the same thing..
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