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    Thoughts of Christian Dating

    The real questions you should seriesouly consider are, what will you do as a faithful Christian if you are to remain single for the rest of your life, having nobody "equally yoked" to marry? What will you do when the heathens and fake Christians seem to find hot dates and get married? What will...
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    Thoughts of Christian Dating

    The old fashioned way here is through match maker. Not professional agencies, but kindsman, friends, even coach, captain, colleague or other associates, somebody you know and trust. The match maker vouches for the mate's integrity, you go meet them out of respect for the match maker. Tragically...
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    Thoughts of Christian Dating

    When you're involved in other people's lives, constantly messing around them and trifling with them. There's nothing more confusing and anxious than today's dating landscape, even if you put a Christian label on it.
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    Thoughts of Christian Dating

    It's also a truth universally acknowledged that this opening line was a sarcasm.
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    Thoughts of Christian Dating

    Neither does it require marriage to know.
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    Thoughts of Christian Dating

    Look, the bottom line is that, either dating, courtship or marriage, it's only as "Christian" as you and your partner. If both of you are true believers - which neither you nor your companion knows for sure, it'll be revealed, tested and proven by a relationship; if both or one of you is only...
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    Thoughts of Christian Dating

    You say I have shifted the discussion from Christian dating to Christian courtship, but that distinction itself assumes that modern dating is a biblically legitimate institution that merely needs Christian modifications. Where does Scripture establish dating as a recognized stage of romantic...
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    Thoughts of Christian Dating

    Those other methods are means of communication to preach God's gospel, it's not comparable. Communication tools evolve with time, marriage doesn't, unless you agree with gay marriage and polyamory. In Gen. 2, God determined it's not good for Adam to be alone, created Eve - an equal partner -...
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    Thoughts of Christian Dating

    Nope. It's not winter yet here.
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    Thoughts of Christian Dating

    Putting a Christian label on anything doesn't make a Christian, it only perverses your perception.
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    Thoughts of Christian Dating

    "Christian dating" is an oxymoron. If you're a Christian, you don't date; if you date, it's a 20th century modern invention, not Christian.
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    Was sex Adam and Eve part of the curse

    No, I was letting the bible interpret itself regarding the mechanism of "two becoming one flesh". Only a wife is a harlot if you have had premarital sex with her. The act is the same, the difference is whom you have the act with. If "two become one flesh" is limited to husband and wife in...
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    Was sex Adam and Eve part of the curse

    It is the word of God, not my personal restrictions. For the record it is YOUR restrictions by insisting that the marriage institution is ordained by God, in that case a couple must marry in God's way, by God's design, right? And that inevitably leads to Gen. 2:18-22, and a practical...
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    Was sex Adam and Eve part of the curse

    Your argument confuses not knowing the exact wording of the Corinthians' original letter with being unable to identify the issues Paul addressed. In 1 Corinthians 7:1, Paul explicitly refers to their letter, and the rest of the chapter discusses sexual relations, celibacy, marriage, separation...
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    Was sex Adam and Eve part of the curse

    And you know the question itself is loaded and irrelevant, we're not "at the time." Since God spoke with him face to face, surely there was no holy spirit acting as a medium, right? If the Holy Spirit is perceived as an independent third person, not a mere projection of God the Father? "Most...