(April 2, 2013 at 4:57 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Hmmmm, I think of marriage as a sacrament, what God has united and all.
In most industrial countries there are 2 parts to marriage. There is the legal portion, which is a social and financial contract. Then there is the religious ritual portion performed in churches, temples and mosques.
The religious ritual is not necessary as part of a legal marriage.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
