Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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AlphDoti wrote:seppuku wrote:tycho wrote:seppuku wrote:tycho wrote:seppuku wrote:Is it at all conceivable that a marriage not rooted in Christianity could be a happy one? Say one hinged on an alternative religion, or even on no religion at all. All happy marriages are rooted in God. And God, just like Christ, has no religion. How do you know that? All events are amenable to the laws of nature. Therefore happy marriages are subject to these laws of nature. God reigns through and over nature, therefore the laws of nature are rooted in God. My inclination right now - given your "bolded" sentiment above - is to ask you whether it is possible for the irreligious to be Godly. But that would be to subvert this thread, whose subject matter is marriage. I will ask you that somewhere else. @tycho first be clear about the meaning of the word "religion". It's a belief, it's a belief about a supernatural being. After believing, then you recognize that being and it's power. So when you believe, then you follow certain system of life, ordained by this being. So it is not for this being to be religious. It does not benefit this being if you become disobedient or obedient. The obedience in this lifestyle will benefit you. It will benefit the society. It will benefit the humanity. If you are disobedient, then it will harm you, not The Supernatural being. Now that supernatural is called different names in different languages. God is English name. So I think the advice in this thread applies to those who believe in God as well as those who don't believe. Religion is a human response to the encounter with the 'Ultimate power' which also ultimate being. Religion is a conversation amongst a people 'in' Ultimate being. Hence it is dynamic. The conversation continues till there's perfect agreement and Man becomes Godly without religion. @Sepukku, marriage is the culmination of the above conversation. It is irreligious in essence.
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