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.

If so successful, where are those civilations today?