Re: criterion for UBF marriage -- RSQUBF discussion forum

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, [6], 7, 8, 9, 10 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 15:52:45 10/18/04 Mon
Author: John
Subject: Re: criterion for UBF marriage
In reply to: Joe 's message, "criterion for UBF marriage" on 09:29:54 10/18/04 Mon

>Next, consider this spoken criterion for
>"marriageability" in UBF: "You have to become a great
>man/women of God so you that you can marry." It's
>ridiculous on its face. But you can also see that they
>want to use marriage as an incentive for greater UBF
>"mission" performance.

I've seen this tactic used in my old church as well. Early on, you had to convert someone to be allowed to date, then the two of you had to convert a couple in order to get married.

That rule changed, but a common reason given for marriages not being allowed was that the man or woman weren't "spiritual" enough.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

Re: criterion for UBF marriage -- Chris, 02:00:37 10/19/04 Tue