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In a sense I agree with most of what has been said, but I think an important distinction needs to be made. It may seem like I'm splitting hairs but I think this distinction is really important. When you say, "To me it always seemed like my brothers convictions, which are great I admire them for that but I don't think they should push their convictions on me." this creates terrible problems as a general philosophy, for example, if your brothers convictions were about fornication then it would be horribly right for him to push his convictions on you. But because his convictions are not morally or biblically based I would argue that they are not inherently good.
The time when his stance would be valid morally is if your father required you to have a boy speak to him before dating you. If you have talked about dating with your father, and he is fine with your judgement about who to date, you are not disobeying your father, so you are morally justified on this front. So long as you are not dating an unbeliever (2 Cor. 6:14-15) you are morally justified on that front. Since you have not requested that the boy get your fathers permission (I know some girls do) then the boy you are dating is morally justified on that front.
I think this is important because a statement that makes a moral claim is either true or false, and if we start saying that some of these statements are true for some people and not for others then we begin down a path of moral relativism. Your brother's claim is false only if your father (who's rule I assume you still live under) consents to whomever you choose, and the boy is a believer.
If he can present this biblical argument he claims to have and it turns out to be valid we will all have to reconsider dating, but if what I suspect is true, and he just has vague feelings from looking at the cover of the book, then his claim is false.
The time when his stance would be valid morally is if your father required you to have a boy speak to him before dating you. If you have talked about dating with your father, and he is fine with your judgement about who to date, you are not disobeying your father, so you are morally justified on this front. So long as you are not dating an unbeliever (2 Cor. 6:14-15) you are morally justified on that front. Since you have not requested that the boy get your fathers permission (I know some girls do) then the boy you are dating is morally justified on that front.
I think this is important because a statement that makes a moral claim is either true or false, and if we start saying that some of these statements are true for some people and not for others then we begin down a path of moral relativism. Your brother's claim is false only if your father (who's rule I assume you still live under) consents to whomever you choose, and the boy is a believer.
If he can present this biblical argument he claims to have and it turns out to be valid we will all have to reconsider dating, but if what I suspect is true, and he just has vague feelings from looking at the cover of the book, then his claim is false.
Yeesh, you guys got it easy lol My wife had to wrestle with her Father for myself to not pay a dowry because she was strongly against 'being paid for'. None the less, he gave his blessing and her mother came down from Kenya and was at the wedding 
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Well, when I was 19 years old, and before I was saved, I dated some really horrible men. It's weird, but something deep within me wanted my dad's approval or disapproval of the men I had begun dating although my parents acknowledged I was an adult capable of making my own decisions. There were times I was 'stuck' in unhealthy relationships and I just wanted some sort of protective figure to come and rescue me from them and declare, 'That's my daughter, take your hands off her!'. I remember telling my dad some crazy stories, waiting for a reaction, and he just shrugged the matter off. My father never stepped out of his passive role and idly sat back as I made one massive mistake after another.
I am 24 years old now, and although I am a lot wiser than I was (still an area I have much left to be desired), I still want my father's approval. Although I agree with most and would consider it unnecessary for a man to ask my father's permission to date me, I would still appreciate it if my parents 'screened' the man whom I was getting to know earlier on in the relationship. I've never been married, they have been married for almost thirty years, they know a lot more about this area than I do.
At the end of the day, my father may never step up to that role, but I do have a heavenly father that is crazy protective about me and would only want the best for me. I'm so glad that I can rest in the fact that, if for some reason, I find myself in some unhealthy situation, He is ready to barge down some doors and yell, 'That's MY daughter you're mistreating!'.
I am 24 years old now, and although I am a lot wiser than I was (still an area I have much left to be desired), I still want my father's approval. Although I agree with most and would consider it unnecessary for a man to ask my father's permission to date me, I would still appreciate it if my parents 'screened' the man whom I was getting to know earlier on in the relationship. I've never been married, they have been married for almost thirty years, they know a lot more about this area than I do.
At the end of the day, my father may never step up to that role, but I do have a heavenly father that is crazy protective about me and would only want the best for me. I'm so glad that I can rest in the fact that, if for some reason, I find myself in some unhealthy situation, He is ready to barge down some doors and yell, 'That's MY daughter you're mistreating!'.