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Then stay single. Nothing wrong with that. OK, but we're not in the Resurrection right now. We also don't know when this world will end. Should we put our whole life on hold because the world might end tomorrow? Look, I get that you, personally have no desire for marriage, or romance, or...

Maybe Paul should have forbidden it, if it's as terrible as you make it out to be. :ROFL: I never said marriage was "happily ever after." And we're not in the Resurrection right now, are we? I never said anyone should get married just for that reason. Nor did I ever say that marriage will...

But Paul still allows marriage. Why are you so convinced they all the Christian marriages around you are so bad and unhealthy? Yikes. But you repeatedly say that it's impossible for a Christian married couple to have a healthy and loving sex life? How do you know this? So anyone who...

Except Paul also says in this chapter that singleness isn't for everyone. And that it's, in Paul's words, "better" for those people to marry. Hahaha! 😂 This honestly cracked me up! Thanks, Lovette! No, Jesus never got married, or had sex, because that would have been utterly pointless for...

Hi, @SadGotDumped! I'm sorry. These things always hurt. This is a good and heartfelt desire, and it's always painful when these don't work out. And it definitely hurts if the relationship was long and substantive. That's normal. There's definitely something unique and special about romantic...

Maybe circumcision will be the next big ChristianChat argument! :ROFL:

Yeah. We all know at this point that Lovette is single and content with his own singleness. But, apparently, all of Christendom needs to become exactly like Lovette. Of course, when Paul taught about this very issue, he also said that he was single and content with his own singleness. But Paul...

1 Corinthians 7:2? Wait, so Paul said that it might be better for someone to marry if the have strong sexual desires? Well, gee, look at that. Did Jesus, from that point on, literally stop eating bread? Or did he stop eating food altogether? I said that it's normal for many people to desire...

The working assumption you seem to be operating under is that people get married only for sex. How do you know this? What does that have to with anything I just said? OK. So, uh, when did God forbid Christians from marrying? Or desiring marriage? Or pursuing marriage? Yes, and some people...

How about not speculating about people's supposed hidden motives? I know it's a big ask for you, but still......

You said that there's men out there, or Christian men out there, who get married only so they can have sex. Can you prove this or no? Maybe you're a mind reader? Or is it just a hunch that you have? And yes, the desire for romance/marriage/sex is a normal human desire. We can fulfill this...

How many of these sorts of husbands exist? How do you know how widespread this phenomenon really is? So your definition of "data" includes such pithy sayings as "All happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Um, OK, then. Or it's not data, it's just "distilled...

It's so "obvious" that women see marriage as "long-term prostitution" that ChatGPT could easily explain it to me? And how many women do you know who have expressed that opinion to you? Or it just speculation on your part? Great. More adages, instead of actual data. You seem to like these a lot.

If Christian "influencers" are teaching you that marriage is some sort of "sacred duty," or shame people for getting married, them, yeah, I wouldn't pay them any attention either. I don't believe any of those things. Is it also your guess that some women see marriage as "long-term...

And why do give so much weight to the opinions of influencers, or follow their "teachings" so closely? Speculate? OK. The words of certain "influencers," right? Your relatives are not the only people, or the only married couples, or the only Christian married couples, living on this planet.

Look, I've actually heard pastors teach things along all of these lines, too. And, yes, as a single person, it can rub you the wrong way sometimes. What do you expect, though? Pastors are, in my experience, always married, and married young. They have no idea what it's like to be an adult single...

How many preachers do you know who teach that sort of thing? I know precisely zero, nor do I follow any. Maybe you've been shamed by other people who try to persuade you to marry. I'm single, too, but I've never encountered any Christians who try to shame me for being single or tell me that...

I was making an an analogy So they're not necessarily making a mistake by getting married? And how many people do you know who come to church for "matchmaking"? Oh. So people can get married, then.

Well, yeah. But I don't get baptized to get a job, either. Guess I should never bother looking for a job, then! But how did those married people get married in the first place? Didn't they make a mistake? Because they should have stayed single instead? But you keep saying that all...

Of course not. But you seem to think that every Christian of marriageable age falls into this category. I don't know why you're so certain. Do you personally know every single Christian in the world? The way I understand it, you don't believe that "a lot" of Christians should stay single. You...