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Read your own source. It specifically shows map and says polygamy is illegal and criminal,here... And its half the world. Also, my mistake, I thought,you meant,state as in territory of the US. That 25 percent is also Muslim largely. I am not,going to list your claims. You made them...

Comments like this could lead one to believe that you have a negative opinion of marriage. Or at the very least believe it to be irrelevant.

For starters the legal definition of stepfather, if I recall. There were a host of claims. Btw,not sure where the polygamy thing came from but its not legal in any state,and is illegal and criminal in half the world.

Rhetorically that's wonderful. It also means that you didn't understand my point. It also means that you made a bunch,of claims external to your relationship about law and national attitudes that you didn't support with evidence.

Your relationship with tree makes much more sense to me now.

As for point 1... Divorce should be hard. Divorce destroys lives, wrecks children, and creates legal ramifications that extend into old age for both parties. Marriage carries with it some wonderful benefits but those are only extended to those willing to undertake a contract with one another...

Your tone policing is futile. I said what I meant and I mean what I said and I would not change a word of it. You need to stop admonishing me because I am a grown man who stands by his words. When I am wrong I admit it, and I stridently believe that I am right in this case. Your admonition...

An excellent series of points, all true. Marriage isn't meant to fix them. Marriage (in this case defined as civil marriage and not just lifetime pairing) is a contract. The purpose of a contract is enforceability. Marriage assumes enforcement of the provisions that: 1. Divorce should hurt...

I am at work at the moment but I will respond with some detail later this evening.

Because no one is better equipped to authoritatively answer tough life questions like "What is a father?" Than a five year old. Is that right? My tones not snarky, it's incredulous. Were talking about the life of a human child not an adding machine or a social experiment here. This is not...

I had step dads. Boy, what fun they were. They all talked like you. My mother had no respect for marriage either. And it was a fresh hurt every time one left. What is the point of marriage? Marriage is great if you practice it and believe in it… it’s like any other promise, however… only...

You have asked this twice so I will answer. I do not wish to give offense but... According to the Bible you are married. The arrangement you describe is marriage. (Gen 2:24). You left your parent's house, cleaved to one woman and apparently wish to stay with her until death do you part...

A lot of my post was made with reference to the idea that marriage is not just a piece of paper but an institution that preceded the legal and cultural hullabaloo. It was developed in the post preceding the one I responded to you in. For example: Matthew 19:4-6 4 And he answered and said...

I cannot imagine such a statement as that marriage and child raising do not go hand in hand. Perhaps it is my upbringing, maybe my culture, but the idea of raising a child outside of a committed, lifetime, monogamous relationship is quite foreign to me. Is the question which is objectively...

Marriage is about children but not because you need it to fornicate and impregnate. You need it for the kids. First lets define a term here. What do we mean by marriage? Now as a Christian I take the Bible definition of marriage. There are two passages that seem to reference this very...

Magical Jinn and where to Find them with Mark Allen Peterson - Episode 88. Oh, and if you want to learn more about Crowley and the Golden Dawn, THE GREAT BEAST 666. The newspaper articles are just wonderful in this link. Thanks!

Aron, I am going to offer you a compliment but I don’t want you to think I am being patronizing. When a Christian is nice to them a lot of the atheists I talk to call it patronizing. That’s not the point here. That being said, let me offer you my honest compliments on your “Systematic...

No worries! Thank you for continuing the discussion when you have time.

Alright this is the last of the posts I was writing. I just wanted you to know you weren’t wasting your time. I find some interesting threads in these responses like paranormal experiences. I would love to hear about your paranormal experiences. They sound profoundly affecting. If you have...

Uniformitarianism is an unprovable postulate which cannot be verified using scientific method. I got that from the Wiki but it’s actually really in tune with this discussion. Beyond that flaw, however, a fundamental flaw of uniformitarianism is that we are basing our assumption that the...