Marry Our Daughter!

[CartesianFart]

Sorry. I didn't want to let anyone's hopes get too high!

Eventhough this is off the topic in this thread, but since you are a well-known God-fearing Christian, is there any passage in the Bible that says or show what appropriate age a female to marry a man?

 

[Elrohir]

Eventhough this is off the topic in this thread, but since you are a well-known God-fearing Christian, is there any passage in the Bible that says or show what appropriate age a female to marry a man?

I don't think there's a hard and fast rule, it's largely a cultural thing. A 14 year old girl from ancient Israel might have been ready for marriage, most 14 year old girls from the modern US would not be. There are a lot of things which aren't clearly stated anywhere, a lot is relative to how people are taught in society.

There is an underlying rule of "morality" (If you will) though - I would say it is wrong to marry a girl who is too young to handle it. The difference isn't that they had a different rule in the past, it's that they had a different society from our own with different standards for what a woman needed to know. (And different standards for when, and how, and what they were taught when young)

 

[Ansar]

I think Narz recieved his christmas gift early.

 

[CartesianFart]

I don't think there's a hard and fast rule, it's largely a cultural thing. A 14 year old girl from ancient Israel might have been ready for marriage, most 14 year old girls from the modern US would not be. There are a lot of things which aren't clearly stated anywhere, a lot is relative to how people are taught in society.

There is an underlying rule of "morality" (If you will) though - I would say it is wrong to marry a girl who is too young to handle it. The difference isn't that they had a different rule in the past, it's that they had a different society from our own with different standards for what a woman needed to know. (And different standards for when, and how, and what they were taught when young)

I thought so as well.

I find it interesting that secular laws have more to do with shaping (influencing) whatever particular Christian culture more than Christians shaping how laws are made in secular affairs.

 

[warpus]

I realized this was a hoax as soon as I read this testimonial:

"At first we were worried that Janine was too young to get married, but then her new husband bought her a house and a car and jewelry and the money we got let us buy a house for ourselves. Getting out of the trailer park at our age was the best thing that ever happened to us, and it’s all thanks to Marry Our Daughter!"

This seems to be a swipe at the "gender role" BS that some Christians in the U.S. promote.

 

[Elrohir]

I thought so as well.

I find it interesting that secular laws have more to do with shaping (influencing) whatever particular Christian culture more than Christians shaping how laws are made in secular affairs.

*Shrugs* Where there isn't a clear moral rule involved (IE, "Thou shalt not murder" or "Thou shalt not commit adultery") most Christians are generally pretty accommodating to cultural differences. Just a typical people thing.

 

[aneeshm]

Had it not been a hoax, there would have been two things that would have creeped me out:

a) The ages of the girls, and
b) The whole "Bride-Price" thing.

At that age, they cannot really give informed consent. And the concept of bride-price is demeaning to both the giver and the receiver.

Otherwise, had it been something where people sign up along with their parents when they are over the age of eighteen, and use the site to let their parents arrange a marriage for them, I'd be fine with it.

 

[warpus]

Otherwise, had it been something where people sign up along with their parents when they are over the age of eighteen, and use the site to let their parents arrange a marriage for them, I'd be fine with it.

Not me, that just creeps me out!

 

[aneeshm]

Not me, that just creeps me out!

Why? It's all consensual, isn't it?

 

[warpus]

Why? It's all consensual, isn't it?

It makes a marriage into a business transcation.

 

[The Yankee]

It makes a marriage into a business transcation.

Given the way some marriages are...it couldn't be illegal.

 

[GVBN]

Realdolls are cheaper

 

[aneeshm]

It makes a marriage into a business transcation.

No, it doesn't.

But isn't marriage a business transaction anyway?

 

[warpus]

Given the way some marriages are...it couldn't be illegal.

I'm not saying it should be, I'm just saying it creeps me out.

Aneeshm in my eyes it does, *shrug*

 

[Yuri2356]

Is there anything Snopes doesn't have figured out?

 

[Bad Player]

Realdolls are cheaper

My friend wants to know where to order them.

 

[Adamb0mb]

Ads by Google on snopes gave me a handy link to "Find an Asian Wife."

 

[Bad Player]

My friend wants to know if you can return them if they talk back.