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the purpose of finding a girlfriend or boyfriend

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sex and companionship, if you are talking of the world.

If you mean what those of us who belong to God should be about in this business, well it could be learning to deal with members of the opposite sex in a respectful, but still attracted way. Also there is the effort to find a Godly mate.
 
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In the world, someone to have sex with. Boyfriends and girlfriends are the world's equivance to marriage. It's an excuse for sexual relations. It's a reason not to get married.

For believers, it's someone to prepare a future with in marriage. Someone to live out the blessing of marriage with. Someone want to live out a holy union with in the future.
 
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In the world, someone to have sex with. Boyfriends and girlfriends are the world's equivance to marriage. It's an excuse for sexual relations. It's a reason not to get married.

For believers, it's someone to prepare a future with in marriage. Someone to live out the blessing of marriage with. Someone want to live out a holy union with in the future.

What is the blessing of marriage? More stress to life? More kids that are expensive to raise? Or what else?
 
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What is the purpose of finding a girlfriend or boyfriend in the modern world today?
"the point" of men-women relationships is marriage...

the point of "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" is secular romance and or premartial sex.
 
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the reason i chose to be with my bf is because i care for him and i would like to build a future with him if thats Gods will for us. I'm of the 'dating/courting/whatever-other-terms-you-could-possibly-come-up-with-to-describe-this-kind-of-relationship with a purpose' crowd, dating just to date is rather pointless in my books :p
 
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aye - to the world it's all about sex and companionship

to me, as a believer, it's about preparing for a possible marriage with a man whom i could share everything from spiritual ups and downs to physical needs and everyday life. i just want to find someone i can love and who loves me. and to take care of him. that's all i really want. sometimes it seems like it's too much to ask for though. excuse the bitterness - i'm currently dealing with heartache :p
 
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What is the blessing of marriage? More stress to life? More kids that are expensive to raise? Or what else?
Well I myself see it as a great blessing when two people choose to surpass all others to commit to just one other person in love. More importantly it's a means of displaying the relationship Christ has with His church. That's what it means by "holy matrimony." It's a tough transition for a lot of people, but when the two people choose to overcome it all because of the great love and adoration they have for each other and God, then that's an awesome blessing. A marriage can be stressful, yes, but that's mostly because people enter into it with that very attitude. As far as kids, well...they don't HAVE to be expensive, and even if they are, that doesn't subtract from the blessing of a marriage.
 
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