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Originally Posted by Jway
Depends on how one identifies with God.
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Like I said, with me, it's in much the same way as I "identify" with santa claus, the easter bunny, the tooth fairy, pink unicorns, and leprechauns. It's really not something I take seriously whatsoever. I don't find the imaginary sky pixie to be all too compelling, so it doesn't factor into my life.
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Is (Agape) Love lying dead in the graveyard of human mythology?
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Nope, but we call it "love" for good reason. It's a different concept, and is hardly a "myth." It's well grounded in the science of psychology, neurobiology, sociology, and evolution. To suggest somehow that "love=god" is to equivocate the two terms, and really is nothing more than a bald assertion with no basis. You may define this god-concept using terms of love, but there is not a one-to-one correspondence. Love is a concept which does not need god for definition. In much the say way, god is a concept which does not need love for definition.
Love is perfectly explainable using reality and empirically based science. There is no need for metaphysical, unprovable, speculations... no matter how poetic or appealing someone may find them.
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Is Life (as we know it) lying dead in the graveyard of human mythology?
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Obviously not, as we're here... ourselves alive... communicating about it. Although, considering you've chosen to capitalize the letter "L," I'm quite sure you're working from a very personal definition derived from some worldview which we do not share.
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God is said to be that which joins the marriage / relationship in (Holy) union, that no human can put asunder.
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It is also said that little green aliens abduct people and insert probes into their anus late at night, and it is said that relativity and evolution are wrong, and that dancing and chanting in a special way makes it rain. It doesn't mean it's true. It just means "it is said."
As stated previously... religion and belief in deity is completely irrelevant to marriage, as atheists have been getting married for decades.
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If you believe the union is established by a Cause that goes by another name, I am likely to honor that substitute concept.
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Define what you mean by "Cause," as I see you've used a capital "C," so you appear to be positing a priori some designer... some cosmic dictator... some idea which I personally dismiss as a silly remnant of our neocortical and social mechanisms.
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Same-sex marriage as legal process is gateway for other forms of atypical unions. Things that may very much be considered taboo today, could be deemed legal unions (and marriage) in rather short order. I don't think it will be within same decade as the inevitable okay that will come with same-sex marriage, but I believe it is bound to happen.
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Just out of curiosity... In what way does polygamy have any impact on you whatsoever? Basically, why do you (and others) care whether or not it's legal? Does it really cause you some sort of harm, or impact you and your own family in any way?
