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Old September 14th 05, 07:34 PM
an_old_friend
 
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K=D8HB wrote:
"Michael Coslo" wrote


Couple bonding is one of the best aspects of religion.


"Couple bonding" isn't an aspect of religion. It's an aspect of human na=

ture
(some might even say of animal nature).


But I have big problems with unmarried couples having children.


Why? The notion of formal marriage is a fairly recent religious inventio=

n,
perhaps less than 5,000 years old. Many historic civilizations got along=

just
fine without it.


as do some modern ones like in Iceland, and other Nordic countries
nobody thinks much about young girls having babies before they get
married (and not always by the fellow they marry either)
=20
73, de Hans, K0HB