Not sure when I'll get them done, but to all of my adoring and fanatical readership out there waiting for my next blog like the next Harry Potter book or Twilight series, I'm working on three titled
The Superlative Nature of the Single State
Understanding the Nature of Sacrifice, Insight from Ayn Rand
and lastly,
Rethinking Polygamy
Of course, I wouldn't even be interested in writing on these issues unless I thought I had some brilliant insight into an issue that seems to go against modern "Christian" teaching.
And to any who thought I was serious about the Potter and Twilight series comments, I say that in deprecation of myself. I bought the last of the Harry Potter books on the day it came out (and read it with only bathroom and food breaks) and I just finished the Twilight series last week (which though I didn't starting them until they were all out, it took me no more than 2 days to read each of them).
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We've already discussed most of these topics, but I would really enjoy reading your thoughts when you get around to setting them down on here as well. Probably much more than I would enjoy Harry Potter or Twilight in all seriousness.
I don't know if you have already written on the topics you mention as being in process; if not, it would be very interesting to include a consideration of the online dating realm in light of Scripture in the post on singleness.
Hmmm. I don't think there's a whole lot to say, though I think there is in general great ignorance on the issue. I browsed through a chapter in Right Thinking in a World Gone Wrong (or something like that) by John MacArthur and his leadership staff on the issue of online dating. It was probably more condemning than I would be, but an excellent point it made was on the emphasis those sites place on "compatibility". And while I'm a huge fan of finding someone "compatible", the problem with making that the foundation of a relationship is that it isn't firm. What happens when she's not hot anymore, when he or she can't participate in some activity or his or her interests change? If the relationship is built on "compatibility" then there's no longer any reason to maintain the marriage. So while I'm a fan of "compatibility" (which is why I am not married), the basis for marriage is obedience to God. But the people who think it is without exception wrong to try and begin a relationship with someone online I think are idiots. The Christians that think I mean. You just can't prove that from the Bible. I think one needs to be wise about doing it (as one needs to be about everything one does) and realize that for the most part, people who are my age (29) and single probably have some major issue(s) that have kept them single, and it's easy to cover those up online (I apparently seem to take great joy however in revealing mine (lust, very little regard for women, extremely opinionated, prideful, etc.)) and develop an emotional attachment when one shouldn't. I still hold out hope that there's some 20 some year old would-be supermodel out there who thinks I'm the most brilliant man who walks the face of the earth, is heir to a fortune, and wants to spend the next 5 years of her life traveling. As I imagine the odds are fairly small that I'll meet her personally, maybe our paths will cross online.
Interesting thoughts. I've been thinking about this topic a bit lately - apparently one tends to feel more "single" during a season filled with events for couples and families. I'm inherently leery of the idea- partially because of the lack of romance in meeting someone that way, and mostly because of the general notion that most people using online sites are probably being less than truthful, if not downright deceptive. Regardless, I wish you all the best in finding your princess. (Generally if one locates a young, beautiful, adoring heiress the travel aspect falls easily into place.)
I don't know if I'd agree with you on that. Holidays I usually work or spend with family or friends, so they may be the times I feel least alone. I'm leery of online dating because the girl I'm looking for is probably not having to use a dating service to find a suitor.
Thanks, and best wishes to you as well in being found by whatever it is a prince looks like to you (I'm assuming you're orate about the effects of a woman's cycle were first, rather than second hand accounts and that you are in fact female.).
that was supposed to be "oration" rather than "orate". I didn't want to use rant because of the negative connotations, but got the wrong word from the thesaurus.
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