Maybe, but only because of my superior ability to start interesting threads.
Charnock, clearly you are among the very best at thread starting! I am an utter failure at starting threads. however, if you keep up your current streak, I will bust thru the 14K posts mark very soon! LOL
__________________ If I do something stupid blame the Lortab!
Charnock, clearly you are among the very best at thread starting! I am an utter failure at starting threads. however, if you keep up your current streak, I will bust thru the 14K posts mark very soon! LOL
I do believe it is a sin!!!!!! However I was tryin to make a point about "trying" out. Not everyone is compatible!
I don't really get your posts. Maybe someone else can clue me in. Test driving a future spouse is NOT an option for a Christian. Therefore, any "incompatibility" after marriage is irrelevant as far as whether or not the relationship should remain intact.
When you get married, you have to work at BEING compatible with your spouse. It doesn't magically happen. Making things work out...*ahem*...happily for everyone takes effort and a lack of selfishness, among other things.
IMO, "incompatibility" is often code for "I'm too selfish and lazy to do what it takes to make this a good relationship."
__________________
"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
Good, I was looking for something to do the trick.
__________________
I'm (sic) not cynical, I just haven't been around long enough to be Jedi mind-tricked by politics as usual. Alas, maybe in a few years I'll be beaten back into the herd. tstew
I don't really get your posts. Maybe someone else can clue me in. Test driving a future spouse is NOT an option for a Christian. Therefore, any "incompatibility" after marriage is irrelevant as far as whether or not the relationship should remain intact.
When you get married, you have to work at BEING compatible with your spouse. It doesn't magically happen. Making things work out...*ahem*...happily for everyone takes effort and a lack of selfishness, among other things.
IMO, "incompatibility" is often code for "I'm too selfish and lazy to do what it takes to make this a good relationship."
The term 'trying out" is actually not a good one for the point I am on. I dont mean the actuall act of "driving" the car but you will at the very least have a discussion with the salesperson concerning the feature, benefits options etc....!!! Before you buy!!!! How would you have felt if your first Christmas gift from the new hubby was whips and chains??
The term 'trying out" is actually not a good one for the point I am on. I dont mean the actuall act of "driving" the car but you will at the very least have a discussion with the salesperson concerning the feature, benefits options etc....!!! Before you buy!!!! How would you have felt if your first Christmas gift from the new hubby was whips and chains??
Oh, don't ask her that.......
__________________
Master of Science in Applied Disgruntled Religious Theorist Wrangling
PhD in Petulant Tantrum Quelling
Dean of the School of Hard Knocks
She ended it with an LOL. That made it sound proud. She could have put a or a
Dewd! I'm not proud of it, I just thought it was kinda funny that some people assume that getting married young means that you were waiting. I'm not proud of it, but I've had a long time to get over the "hanging my head in shame" that came along with it.
I've heard of that, but I consider it to be kind of a cop out to just get the big church wedding. If you need to get married THAT badly, then put on a nice suit and heels and go to the justice of the peace. Have a nice reception later instead of a big wedding.
Where you a UPCI church kid when that happened?
It could be a cop out, I dunno. I prefer a legal marriage license.
And yes, I was 15. Raised UPCI.
BTW Berkley - I do believe sex before marriage is a sin. It's a sin I've committed and believe I've been forgiven for.