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I meant no disrespect. Mocking was not my purpose. It was an honest question.sir please don't mock my position with assuming I am for arranged marriages.
Correct. A personal/individual knowledge outside of a group friendship.You already gave your one reason for dating 'to get to know someone'.
Also - once someone becomes a "friend" it pretty much eliminates any romantic possibility.
Perhaps. But I see that a step is missing to take you from platonic group friendship to an individual attraction where you are praying about going to engagement.So simply being friends up until an engagement would be preferred.
While i agree that becoming physical (to some point) is not honored by God, I see nothing in scripture to say one way or the other on having a boy/girl friend. And to definitely say "God does not honor it" to me is a reach I do not want to take, since it is putting my words in God's mouth.I realize they date for two shallow reasons, not really biblical ones. mainly to say 'I have a boyfriend, or girlfriend as a possessive trait' and secondly to be physical. Neither of those are honored by God before marriage.
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