On Tue, March 27, 2007 3:33 pm, DJA wrote: >> If very young people are not ready to get married for the reasons you >> said >> then isn't that a good argument that it might be better for them to >> delay >> sex until they *are* ready to get married and avoid lots of problems? > > Those problems being? Please elaborate. Please show how the problems of > having sex and not getting married are worse or less than those of which > can occur within marriage.
Possibility of pregnancy being a big one no? > Also explain again how sex and marriage are intrinsically related. > Please refrain from quoting the Bible in support of your beliefs. > Instead, give us some empirical evidence. > Being emotionally and intellectually mature, > while not a necessity, is a useful preference for both acts. If you are > implying that the institution of marriage promotes a behaviour that only > emotionally and intellectually mature and responsible people will have > sex, even the most basic observation of Human behavior seems to > contradict that belief. Marriage is not a magic wand that solves all problems. It is just an expression of a commitment and a maturity of decision that previously existed. >>> For many people, myself included, spending one's entire life with one >>> partner is not a very probable outcome. Shit happens, as they say. >> >> What do you mean? Please elaborate. What could happen that a marriage >> couldn't work through? >> >> Chris > > Are you really that naive? Rhetorical question. I was just trying to get more details. cs -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
