Courtship?

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Levib and @Lanolin sitting in a tree. C - ou - r - t - i - n - g. First comes Love, then comes marriage, then comes little Lanolins.

Wait a minute, I thought we were meant to be climbing mountains, not sitting in trees.
Well if we are to sit in a tree, a Christmas tree is a good one. But you can only find them in my country. We call them 'Pohutakawa'


Poor @Tall_Timbers.

It sounds like this is just one less tree he's going to get to cut down!! 😭

His poor chainsaw is going to feel so neglected. 😢
 
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Dear

Give them a chance and see Romance, I am certain that if you take away the numbness from people's hearts they will show "top tier, Christ centered, Biblically accurate" Romance. Lano dear give the guy in your DM a foothold and see😁
Nah, she fronting. 🤪🤪
 
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Are you meaning dating lots of different people for 5 years?
Or is this just ONE person that you date for 5 years??? Who's got that amount of time and money? Why can't you just talk about it at the beginning, and if the guy or gal wants to marry, then just propose/get engaged? You can then set a date.

What is so hard about that?
I think this is a joke or probably you might be younger. But if it's neither of them, then this is serious because you really lack fundamentals (pardon my diction, no friction; probably fiction)
 
I think this is a joke or probably you might be younger. But if it's neither of them, then this is serious because you really lack fundamentals (pardon my diction, no friction; probably fiction)
Yes sorry I am not an Independent Fundamentalist Baptist Christian.

I am an --- other kind Christian. Born again, they call it.

What are you? How old? Do you not have a sense of humour?
 
For us on this side of the globe, Courtship is two people who intend to get married, they see a pastor who accompanies them for six months, they discuss all that needs to be discuss and their differences, they do premarital check ups. During this time they discuss, finances, sex, quarrels, priorities, children or no children, role of partners, God's position in a home.
If the pastor finds out during their discussions that they do not have same values he advices them to let go.
I would say it's a Christian way to do date.
many success marriages I see, both sides actively involved in local church, they have God as their focus, so less pressure on each other.
 
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Maybe you are Roman Catholic going by your Latin Name. That is a different type of Christian. Apparently you guys are not allowed to court non-Catholics. So it's a moot point, and I'm not converting.
 
They are called Denominations.

I think they matter to Roman Catholics. IDK. I could never figure it out.
 
When I went to Northern Ireland, it mattered a great deal. See the 'Protestants' did not like the 'Roman Catholics' even though both are meant to be Christians, you are either one or the other, and they even had a war over it and bombing, shootings etc.

I don't live in Ireland or Northern Ireland...but if you watch the netflix series Derry Girls, it gives you an idea of what it was like to grow up in a place where everyone is at war.
 
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When I went to Northern Ireland, it mattered a great deal. See the 'Protestants' did not like the 'Roman Catholics' even though both are meant to be Christians, you are either one or the other, and they even had a war over it and bombing, shootings etc.

I don't live in Ireland or Northern Ireland...but if you watch the netflix series Derry Girls, it gives you an idea of what it was like to grow up in a place where everyone is at war.
I live in Ireland so I know what you’re talking about but I have never heard of people refusing others because of their name!. It might be true but I’ve never seen it!.
 
I live in Ireland so I know what you’re talking about but I have never heard of people refusing others because of their name!. It might be true but I’ve never seen it!.
oh wow what part are you and are you Catholic or Prot?

From what I know, if you are not Catholic but want to marry a Catholic you have to convert to Catholicism.
But if you are Catholic and marry a non-Catholic the Catholic church will ex-communicate you i.e chuck you out of the church, banish or shun you.
 
Or you could just both decide to have no religion.
Or compromise and go to a non-denominational church....but if you want your children to have a (catholic) Christian education, you have to be in the Catholic church or accept their teachings.

Or you put them in public schools which are completely secular where they will turn out to be heathens.
OR you give up your jobs to homeschool them, christianly.
 
I don't mean to start a war.

It looks like a cross-cultural international/interdenominational courtship thats being played out here.

Arrgh cannot handle logistics!!
Plus all the paperwork one needs to do, and the applications and the pastoral endorsements! Not to mention having to be interviewed over endless cups of coffee!

What have I got myself into...!
I thought it would be easy, but now...apparently I have to climb a mountain! And maybe ford every stream! Plus climb trees!
 
I don't mean to start a war.

It looks like a cross-cultural international/interdenominational courtship thats being played out here.

Arrgh cannot handle logistics!!
Plus all the paperwork one needs to do, and the applications and the pastoral endorsements! Not to mention having to be interviewed over endless cups of coffee!

What have I got myself into...!
I thought it would be easy, but now...apparently I have to climb a mountain! And maybe ford every stream! Plus climb trees!
I have no culture and am at non-denominational church. You’ll fit in fine.;)
 
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