When does God consider you married?
July 6th, 2009 by DannyNelsonQuestion posted on Yahoo! Answers: When does God consider you married?
If you have committed yourself to a partner and are engaged to be married, does God consider the breaking of that bond as serious as divorce?
Do you think God expects us to honor the relationship with even a boyfriend or girlfriend once it becomes serious enough that a significant bond has been created? (Not implying anything about sex, which should not happen until officially married)
I am just thinking that a couple often makes a commitment to each other long before the wedding vows. The wedding is actually just the formalization of the bond and a display to the public that this marriage has become official. It is really long before that that a couple considers themselves attached.
So my thinking is that God would consider break-ups of significant committed relationships similarly to divorce.
What do you think? Am I taking this too far?
July 6th, 2009 at 3:18 PM
I think you are taking it too far. You are married when you are pronounced husband and wife, not when the man proposes or they have a great bond together so why would God consider it a different time? Breaking up before marriage is not the same as divorce because you are not married.
And also, when does it make it serious enough to be considered married already? Some get married right off the bat after dating a month so when would they be considered married? All I am saying is that there is no way to constitute who is married by that standard.