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Originally posted by Gurtholfin View PostIf there was a "Shat-Stirrer of the Year" award, FF would win running away.
Maybe I need to get out more though. Have these conversations in person rather than on a message board."Hope is a good thing; maybe the best of things."
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"Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy." -- W. B. Yeats
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Originally posted by FreshFish View PostWhy, thank you. I already know what I know and I know what I don't know; these help me learn what others think as well.
Maybe I need to get out more though. Have these conversations in person rather than on a message board.
So, you're just curious how people feel about this and when it predictably devolves into a right vs. left **** storm you'll be disappointed and shocked?
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Originally posted by FreshFish View PostPlease explicate, I'd like to learn.
Perhaps I misunderstand the models. I thought one was based on subjugating individual autonomy for long-term goals greater than oneself and one's partner, while the other was based primarily on the self and partner being the central focus. If you understand them differently, I'd genuinely like to know how.
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Originally posted by unofan View PostAnd yet, the bible has no issues with polygamy. Abraham had 3 wives and a number of concubines. David had 22 wives/concubines. Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines.CCT '77 & '78
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Originally posted by joecct View PostTime and the place. If there was a population imbalance then polyamory would be more acceptable. As it is, as long as you don't use the "m" word, you can live in a poly arrangement today.a legend and an out of work bum look a lot alike, daddy.
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Originally posted by Gurtholfin View PostSo, you're just curious how people feel about this and when it predictably devolves into a right vs. left **** storm you'll be disappointed and shocked?I believe in life, and I believe in love, but the world in which I live in keeps trying to prove me wrong.
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Re: Just what IS "marriage" anyway?
Originally posted by FreshFish View PostRead several extremely fascinating articles recently on this topic. If this thread gains any traction, I'll post some excerpts.
Basically, two different models which are pretty much incompatible.
One model posits that "marriage" is primarily a social institution whose main purpose is to promote inter-generational stability: love, sex, children, lifetime commitment to the other partner, all are interconnected to form a social unit called the "family" and it is a vehicle by which we bring children from infancy to self-sufficiency and adulthood so that they can then repeat the process and perpetuate a healthy society.
A different model posits that "marriage" is primarily devoted to the pleasure and enjoyment that the partners find in being with each other. The purpose of marriage is to have society recognize that these two people share a special bond between them. Thanks to birth control, you can have plenty of sex without getting married; if you can't find a decent man, you can still have children if you want and raise them on your own. The interconnectedness of the traditional model is all severed; each of the elements that had previously been interconnected now all stand separately, each on its own.
Are you trying to distinguish based upon whether the marriage results in natural born children? Both of your "models" involve two adults sharing a special bond, presumably with a lifetime commitment, love, sex and family. In one they raise children together, in the other...people raise children outside of marriage? I'm not sure I understand the distinction you're trying to make.
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Originally posted by DisplacedCornellian View PostI'm not sure I understand the distinction you're trying to make.
What is the societal purpose of marriage?
> it serves a social function by establishing a sociological unit called a "family" in which each person's interests are subsumed to the greater good of the whole, for the primary purpose of raising children to a responsible and productive adulthood.
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> it serves a social function by asking society to recognize that a special bond exists between two people. The primary focus is on those two people. Children might be involved in some situations, but child-rearing is a secondary function. The self-fulfillment of the spouses is primary."Hope is a good thing; maybe the best of things."
"Beer is a sign that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -- Benjamin Franklin
"Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy." -- W. B. Yeats
"People generally are most impatient with those flaws in others about which they are most ashamed of in themselves." - folk wisdom
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Originally posted by unofan View Postdo you need a banana bread recipe?
... (not sure if that reference is from before your time here or not)"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984
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