What defines "Marriage"? A "bond, union, or connection" between two people? A sanction pact between a two human beings bringing everything to "merge" together? In the past "Marriage" meant more than just the joining of two people's lives. The Editor in Chief at Akilah Net, Lauren Everitt article, "Ten Key Moments in The History of Marriage," in BBC News Magazine; give us information on marriage before the 11th Century. In her article she mentions, Stephanie Coontz the author of Marriage A History: How Love Conquered Marriage who says, "Britain's early tribal group and Anglo-Saxons" mostly cared about "relationships." During this time the tribes and Anglo- Saxons groups didn't have much since they just settled into a new British area. Everitt
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Pastor Steven J. Cole of Flagstaff Christian Fellowship, Flagstaff, Arizona wrote the article "Lesson 7: God’s Design for Marriage (Genesis 2:18-25)," In it he talks about why God Designed Marriage, and what marriage means in "God's" terms (Genesis 2:18-25). He starts off by stating, "God designed marriage to meet our need for companionship and to provide an illustration of our relationship with Him (Genesis 2:18-25)." The first main topic of that’s sentence is "companionship", Why is it a necessity? According to Pastor Cole, "When you read Genesis 1 & 2, the words of 2:18 hit abruptly: “It is not good for the man to be alone." The author explains, "God’s evaluation was that the man needed a human companion to correspond to him (Genesis 2:18-25)." However, what can God do to design this "Companion" that was so desperately needed? Pastor Cole states, "He makes her from Adam’s rib (2:21-22)" and "God did it to show Adam that his wife was a part of him, equal with him, not a lower creation (Genesis 2:18-25)." However, woman was not created from man's rib to control over him, but "she was taken from his side that he would protect her and keep her close to his heart," he says. This is what men should do and how to care for their woman, however that is no longer …show more content…
It is our right to keep marriage a sacrament because that's what God created humans for, the men and women are supposed to get married have children, land, wealth, and happiness. Abolishing Marriage will diminish the whole point in why god created women and men in the first place, for
Pastor Steven J. Cole of Flagstaff Christian Fellowship, Flagstaff, Arizona wrote the article "Lesson 7: God’s Design for Marriage (Genesis 2:18-25)," In it he talks about why God Designed Marriage, and what marriage means in "God's" terms (Genesis 2:18-25). He starts off by stating, "God designed marriage to meet our need for companionship and to provide an illustration of our relationship with Him (Genesis 2:18-25)." The first main topic of that’s sentence is "companionship", Why is it a necessity? According to Pastor Cole, "When you read Genesis 1 & 2, the words of 2:18 hit abruptly: “It is not good for the man to be alone." The author explains, "God’s evaluation was that the man needed a human companion to correspond to him (Genesis 2:18-25)." However, what can God do to design this "Companion" that was so desperately needed? Pastor Cole states, "He makes her from Adam’s rib (2:21-22)" and "God did it to show Adam that his wife was a part of him, equal with him, not a lower creation (Genesis 2:18-25)." However, woman was not created from man's rib to control over him, but "she was taken from his side that he would protect her and keep her close to his heart," he says. This is what men should do and how to care for their woman, however that is no longer …show more content…
It is our right to keep marriage a sacrament because that's what God created humans for, the men and women are supposed to get married have children, land, wealth, and happiness. Abolishing Marriage will diminish the whole point in why god created women and men in the first place, for