Ok, in our culture (United States) marriage is accomplished by having a religious figure or "notary public" announce two people as married, then file the paperwork so it goes into the public records that the two people are married. This seems to be a pretty non-religious organization.
However, I am curious: what does the Judeo-Christian Bible actually say about marriage? What does it define marriage as? Does there have to be a piece of paper to prove it? In "bible times" did people just announce their intentions to the public, and leave it at that? How did it work "back then"? Like Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and Adam and Eve, and all of them... I am very curious.
2006-06-19
17:04:49
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