RE: Q about arguments for God's existence.
July 14, 2014 at 11:44 am
(This post was last modified: July 14, 2014 at 11:52 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Nope, can't have that inch. It wasn't until 1563 that marriage was in any way a "christian thing". The manner in which they made it a "christian thing" - was by law. No one was leaning on angels to enforce the law, no one expected the almighty to be present at the reception. Marriage, as we understand it, has always been secular. To take your tack, churches shouldn't be able to perform marriages - but I'll allow you folks to have civil unions.
(The concept of marriage, insomuch as we have info on it, predates christianity by a hefty margin. We've been wedding ourselves to each other for as long as we've been writing things down. As always, these fuckers are invading someone else's territory and claiming it for their own. Bitching and moaning about other people redefining the shit they redefined.)
(The concept of marriage, insomuch as we have info on it, predates christianity by a hefty margin. We've been wedding ourselves to each other for as long as we've been writing things down. As always, these fuckers are invading someone else's territory and claiming it for their own. Bitching and moaning about other people redefining the shit they redefined.)
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