Marriage, a thing of the past?

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by JohnT


But "socioeconomic status" is an indicator of both the ability to pay and the likelihood of the parent to understand the investment value of a directed education.

And my point is that the only way you can determine the value of a "directed education" is to hold all other factors constant. Otherwise you're simply making the statement that the children of the rich end up rich.

[KrazyHorse]

If you can show that the children of millionaires who get sent to a "second-tier" private school end up with worse jobs on average than the children of millionaires who get sent to "top tier" private school, then you have a point...

[monolith94]

Re: Marriage, a thing of the past?

Originally posted by Sn00py
Is it also not true, that 1st world countries are slowly making realisations of the truthfulness of evolution? And eventually (hopefully) the 2nd and 3rd world countries will pass through the same realisations as the 1st worlder's did.

What does evolution have to do with any of this??? I understand the truthiness of evolution perfectly well, and remain religious, as well as hopefully getting married someday in the future...

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Marriage is so overrated now days!!! Jeez everyone is to busy shacking up cause its easier to part if things dont work out. U dont need to divorce if ur just acting married. As the saying goes why buy the cow if ur getting the milk for free?
Men and women seem to need a bit more now days then a vow to be with just that one person since anything is a dime a dozen now.

[FrostyBoy]

Then rather than some stupid religious ceremony, why not have an organisation that puts the want-to-be married couple through a series of tests; testing their willfulness, etc.

For example, the couple have to stand in once place, with no food for 2 days straight.

Or hand over ownership of the most expensive and/or most important item you own to your significant other.

[Jon Miller]

are you Pekka's long lonst brother?

[Spiffor]

Harsh

[FrostyBoy]

Actually I wondered that myself not long ago.

[Sikander]

Re: Re: Marriage, a thing of the past?

Originally posted by Zkribbler


Well...I started out single and, as yet, have not been motivated to change. All the good women I meet nowdays are either alreay married or lesbians...or young enuf to be my daughters.

Sounds like an opportunity more than a problem. Here's what you can do. Find one of those good women who is both young enough to be your daughter and a "lesbian". Convert and marry her. Live a long and happy life as a dirty old dad.

[Elok]

As somebody else already pointed out, evolution is actually a force working in favor of marriage, even if (as I doubt) it somehow has something to do with people's beliefs on the subject of matrimony. Skeptics just don't breed fast enough, plus they abort and aren't scared of birth control. Please, continue making the world a better and more enlightened place for our descendants to take over from you.

[MrFun]

Re: Marriage, a thing of the past?

Originally posted by Sn00py
As I get older (I am 26), I begin to see more clearly how society is shaping, from what it once was and to what direction it appears to be heading.

Is it not true that marriage, in any culture, is a completely religious event?

You can have a secular marriage through the justice of the peace.

[Kontiki]

I had a totally secular marriage - not a single religious overtone. I also never thought that I wouldn't get married someday, despite being non-religious. Just my two cents.