My friends and I stumbled across this website last night. It claims:
"Marry Our Daughter is an introduction service assisting those following the Biblical tradition of arranging marriages for their daughters."
Just browsing through it and reading the FAQ, I thought it was for real. But then I read the "testimonials" and was convinced it's fake. Some of my friends still insist it's serious.
I know it seems out-there, but there are still nutters in this world.
Opinions?
2007-09-11 09:22:38 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
http://www.marryourdaughter.com/
2007-09-11 09:23:05 · update #1
Daughter: uh, no....buying fourteen year old brides for more than it would cost to pay off my student loans isn't really my thing.
2007-09-11 09:33:56 · update #2
Fuzzy: are you getting all filisofical on me? My Christian mind can't handle it!
2007-09-11 09:38:05 · update #3
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/marryourdaughter.asp
its a hoax...
2007-09-11 09:39:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Looks hokey to me. I have a hard time believing anything could be that corny. All the testimonials are about money, not faith or the good of the younguns, which I would expect to see if it were legit. And age of some of the girls! That can't be legal.
I do know that some Christian parents do arrange marriages for their kids - there was an article in the newspaper a few years back. But it's about morals and tradition, not money. And they usually do it by networking at church.
I vote fake.
2007-09-11 09:33:39 · answer #2 · answered by KC 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yup, I can believe it.
I have seen first hand Virginity Pledges and Christian father and daugher dances (The father puts a ring on the daughter's finger and she must swear to remain a virgin till marriage), so it was only a matter of time before we started with this patriarchal nonsense of arranging marriages and treating women like property.
When it comes to fundamentalism, Christians can match Muslims totally with how women are treated.
Notice that the young men are not the ones being given so much attention when it comes to remaining "pure" and virginal till marriage. Talk about double standards!
2007-09-11 09:31:50 · answer #3 · answered by pixie_pagan 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Who's to say what is real or not real? Does something have to be fake to be funny? Or does it have to be real to be sad? Does it have to be either to be both?
If a website appears on the Internet and no one is around to visit it, does it make a TCP ping?
2007-09-11 09:30:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
It's probably fake. It doesn't look legit to me. Plus that's illegal in the USA to sell your daughters into marriages. Though arranged marriages do last longer then where the spouses pick their own spouse.
2007-09-11 09:30:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Fireball and Flying Turtle
2016-05-17 08:01:11 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, this is not real.
It is one of three things:
A site designed to collect email addresses for spamming
A site designed to trap people in the justice-system who might want to use the site (not likely.)
A practical joke - pure and simple.
2007-09-11 09:53:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's fake. Notice that it claims to be a legit business, yet includes no phone number or address for verification.
2007-09-11 09:27:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is most definitely not real, not a legal company (In America at least)
2007-09-11 12:14:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does this mean you want a divorce? :(
Oh good! LOL I meant arranged internet marriages lol you know...sort of like ours ;)
2007-09-11 09:27:42 · answer #10 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
very little surprises me anymore. I'm not against it, but neither would I advocate it on the net.
2007-09-11 13:37:47 · answer #11 · answered by Zipperhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋