Yes it does. I was just pointing out that this means the church has no authority over legal marriages.
The New Testament wasn't written by Jesus, either. Whether someone believes it to be divinely inspired or not, it was still written by human hands, and subject to human interpretations. I mean, who knows, they could have even... embellished a few details, to make it more palatable - like Jesus' birthday being December 25. The details mentioned in the Bible argue for a fall or spring birth, but the church chose that date so it would fall on a pagan holiday, and thus they could say that even these pagans worship on Christmas. Add 1800 years of hand-written translation and copying onto that, and the chance for error really piles up. So, whether it was divinely inspired or not, I have a strong belief that the original writings would differ greatly from what they are now. if someone wants to believe it, fine, but take all these points into account.
There is nothing inherently Christian about marriage. It happens in almost every single culture in the world, in almost every time period, since long before Christianity was invented. Also, there is a little thing in the US called "separation of church and state" that prevents us from letting the church tell us what to do.
I think, personally, that it's a bit pointless. I mean, no matter what questions they ask, no matter how they try to match people, people can still lie (quite easily over the internet), or you get people like http://www.kh-vids.net/showthread.php?t=80835 <-this guy, or any number of things can still happen, even though the chances are very slim. Also, meeting online is no substitute for meting IRL, and people may not like what they see (or hear) when they finally do meet. On the other hand, though, I'm sure for quite a few people, it does actually work.
Heck, I've been doing that since I first got a gaming system. I never did like his commercials, but I was kinda hoping for more of an early retirement from him than death.
Ok, so that blows my explanation out of the water... Dangit.
Lucky... A once in a millennium event... Kinda cool.
Well, eventually, everything can be traced back to a random accumulation of amino acids (forming naturally) that fortunately combined to form the first cell. Everything came from that one chance accumulation, about 3.5-4 billion years ago.
I would only be concerned if A) it became pedophilia (IE if the older one does anything sexual with the younger one, especially after turning 18), or B) if it were actually going to last. No offense, but relationships at 12 (or even at 17) don't tend to last more than a year at most. Usually a lot less.
Rather, random mutation created our modern chicken as an offspring of whatever came before it (something very similar to, but not quite, a chicken), and this first modern chicken came from something elses egg. However, this modern chicken also had to pass on it's adaptations, so it may have taken a while for another egg to be born and now I'm just rambling and will shut up now.
My mom used to, but that was back when she was convinced Pokemon was a thing of the Devil. Nowadays, she still hates my games, but she doesn't watch me.
I never really got the ones my school had. I mean, I went, but I pretty much hated every minute of it. Our band was god-awful, and the volume hurt my ears. When I could hear anything over the screaming, that is. Pep rallies also made me never want to physically go to a sports game or a concert. I figured, if this is even remotely similar to what happens there, I don't want any part of it.
A laptop would probably hurt more, if you got hit edge-on. It'd be more expensive, though...
This reminds me strongly of a sci-fi story I once read (or was it fantasy? It was in a sci-fi compilation...). In it, a guy sells his soul to have whatever he wants on earth, and for the ability to be a demon. He manages to wheedle his way out of it, but he has those same concerns about his wife on Earth.
Seriously? In my opinion, she should be doing community service every day until the day she dies! Plus at least a few years jail time and therapy. She basically reverted a human being back to the basest of animal instincts (something humans have all but lost). Personally, if she got what she truly deserved in my view, she would be dead right now.
Never fall in love and live alone, thus avoiding all unnecessary social entanglements.
I'd sell my soul for incontrovertible proof that both Satan and God do not exist, thus creating a logical paradox that results in the return of my soul and the obliteration of both beings. Oh, that and immortality+invincibility.
1) Telekinesis. I can't even count how many situations this would come in handy for. 2) Flight. Just... because 3) Invisibility. Seriously, this would be so fun.
This reminds me of a quote: Eventually, computers will be portable and cheap enough to replace books completely, with much greater efficiency. That'll be a good day. :D
If your video gets claimed, use this: It's recovered at least 8 of my videos. I just keep spreading this around in the hope that one day, Youtube will give up their Copynazi policies.
