Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Genesis 19 is not implying that it's OK to give your daughters to strangers. It's just the recounting of an event. Lot was a weak sell out of a man, and I think the Bible makes that perfectly clear.
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I Have A Theory On Homosexuality
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Genesis 19 is not implying that it's OK to give your daughters to strangers. It's just the recounting of an event. Lot was a weak sell out of a man, and I think the Bible makes that perfectly clear.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
My wife and I lived together for several years before getting married and 20 years later we are still together. Personally I would advise anyone who is planning on getting married to live together for at least a year before hand.
If you can't make it through at least that first year and get past all of the "getting used to living with each other stuff" then I would say the marriage is doomed to failure.
Both my brothers have been married and divorced three times and neither of them lived with any of their wives before getting married.
Plus I'm not Christian so I guess this doesn't really count.
Anecdotal evidence can be thrown back and forth all day and proves nothing. My parents didn't live together or sleep together till they got married, and they just celebrated their 50th anniversary. They are Christians by the way.
I mean, just for the record...
DallasApple
Depends Upon My Mood..
Not living together before marriage does NOT increase your chances of divorcing.And living together before marriage does not statistically lower your chances of getting divorced.In fact if you do the research..Living together can increase chance of divorce.But there are many other variables involved.Its not as simple as living together or not first.Age at marriage..how many OTHER people you may have lived with first and not ultimately married..etc..
But trying to claim that living together before you are married is reducing your risk of divorcing later is misleading.
From what I have researched in a nutshell..Is if you have dated at least 2 years ..never lived together(or with anyone romantically)...and are 25 or older(when you marry) ..ya'll have the best chance.
Just go read about it..living together first is definately not 'insurance"..and not living together first is definately not any nail in the coffin.
Love
Dallas
DallasApple
Depends Upon My Mood..
Well, there's a difference between living with someone, and having sex. You wanna live with them, go ahead. Nothing stopping you. However, well, unless you have perfect self control, that'll be really hard.
Peace!
Well all you need is car..(actually all you need is a piece of grass on the side of a house in the dark) and two willing people.You certaintly dont need to live together thats for sure!
Love
Dallas
Anti-thesisofreason
Explorer
Ditto for my parents and I'm sure for their parents too!
I know living together doesn't guarantee anything but I think it certainly helped our marriage get off to a strong start.
Anti-thesisofreason
Explorer
I've read those stats too. Maturity level probably has a lot to do with it too and being willing to go into it as a partnership and putting aside the petty MEisms.