The inclusion of "2B" was the perfect of our series to throw in. I originally thought the first would have been apt, but skimming back through them both tells me you're spot on.
Well, yeah, its where I get into the definition, which seemed needed for this discussion. Will be interesting to see if I get flamed over, you know, man, woman, permanent, covenantal...
I personally hate the concept of dating. It's what has led us to hook-up culture, and just gives people an excuse to not actually get to know their "partner" on a deeper level. Courting almost always gets my vote.
No, I would say the two biggest downsides are first of all that it’s practice for divorce and second of all that it’s a great way to not get married. All of the pressure in the courtship movement tends to be why not to get married.
I suppose courting only works if the pervading culture fits. That is, divorce is seen as unacceptable in most cases; not inherently expecting sex out of relationships; etc. Maybe that's why it's hard to find in the Western world today.
Though I'd say "co-habitation" or whatever it's called is the faster route to divorce.
I wasn’t including cohabitation as its own route, because I think it’s properly understood as part of any of the other routes. Theoretically you could even have a system which had arranged marriages and included cohabitation.
I feel like arranged marriages + cohabitation would suck the soul out of everything. You have two people who were told they were going to be married (even if they don't want to), now living together, like a brother and sister, only to be later unified in marriage.
The inclusion of "2B" was the perfect of our series to throw in. I originally thought the first would have been apt, but skimming back through them both tells me you're spot on.
Wonderful write up.
Well, yeah, its where I get into the definition, which seemed needed for this discussion. Will be interesting to see if I get flamed over, you know, man, woman, permanent, covenantal...
If you aren't being flamed when you express an opinion or a view over the internet, are you really being honest?
I'd say that's unlikely.
Perhaps being flamed for genuine beliefs means you're doing something right.
It's like flak.
You can be sure you're over the target.
I personally hate the concept of dating. It's what has led us to hook-up culture, and just gives people an excuse to not actually get to know their "partner" on a deeper level. Courting almost always gets my vote.
Courting is in some ways better, and in some ways worse.
I would assume pushy parents are the biggest downside.
No, I would say the two biggest downsides are first of all that it’s practice for divorce and second of all that it’s a great way to not get married. All of the pressure in the courtship movement tends to be why not to get married.
I suppose courting only works if the pervading culture fits. That is, divorce is seen as unacceptable in most cases; not inherently expecting sex out of relationships; etc. Maybe that's why it's hard to find in the Western world today.
Though I'd say "co-habitation" or whatever it's called is the faster route to divorce.
I wasn’t including cohabitation as its own route, because I think it’s properly understood as part of any of the other routes. Theoretically you could even have a system which had arranged marriages and included cohabitation.
I feel like arranged marriages + cohabitation would suck the soul out of everything. You have two people who were told they were going to be married (even if they don't want to), now living together, like a brother and sister, only to be later unified in marriage.