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For the most part, I mean the old, old traditional marriage. The sort of marriages that were common through most of European, and indeed, most of world, history. That is, marriages that were arranged to secure property, heirs, and political or social alliances, and that were usually loveless. What destroyed those? Why aren't those kinds of marriages still the norm in the West?
Was it the rise of prosperity brought about by the industrial revolution and capitalism that began in Britain around 1725? Was it the notion of romantic love invented by the Arabs and then brought to Europe through Spain beginning around 1200? Was it the rank individualism of American pioneers as they moved West, which was then exported back to Europe? Or, was it something else?
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Capitalism and civil rights.
There's no way to argue against that simple argument. People are able to divorce/ create any complicated living situation that they like and are able to, at least in theory, make a good living no matter what their familiy situation is. |
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My question is, did Adam and Eve ever actually get married, or were their children born out of wedlock?
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I personally don't like the definition that is lurking it's way to the surface now and didn't like the view I had of the old either. To me, both are extremes on the spectrum of peoples perception of Love. But then again, I've only been married for 4 years .
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Jesus did not come into this world to make bad people good. He came into this world to make dead people live - Ravi Zacharias ![]() I wasn't born again yesterday - A.S.A. Jones
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I wonder if "Traditional Marriages", as we read about in stories, were not simply traditional among royalty or the rich. I have a feeling that the common folk from every era had common weddings just like today. I mean, the rich have always had the goods. What property or alliances would the majority of people on this planet have to offer?
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