I dont know, you will have to ask the people who want to marry why they marry?I didnt say divorce was from god, fashion is not from god,marrying is not really following jesus anyway, Dont blame me, jesus was asked about if it was wise to marry and he was not kean towards it (for want of a better word).perhalps some else knows where in the bible this is exactly, I forget but I remember reading it.
that wasn't jesus.
Here is what happened:
Matthew 19:9 "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery."
10 His disciples said to Him, "If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry."
11 But He said to them, "All cannot accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given:
12 "For there are eunuchs who were born thus from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it."
Matthew 22: 25 "Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died after he had married, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother.
26 "Likewise the second also, and the third, even to the seventh.
27 "Last of all the woman died also.
28 "Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her."
29 Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.
30 "For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.
31 "But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,
32 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."
Paul is the one that said not to marry. There is no mention of him being married, and before he followed the Lord was one of the biggest persecutors of Christians. I believe Paul was given the gift of celibacy. Jesus never condemns marriage himself..
However, Paul didn't actually condemn marriage, and Corinth had been a city of sin when he wrote them(that part can be studied separately so i will quote according to this topic).
1 Corinthians 7: 1 Now about the questions you asked in your letter. Yes, it is good to live a celibate life.
2 But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.
3 The husband should not deprive his wife of sexual intimacy, which is her right as a married woman, nor should the wife deprive her husband.
4 The wife gives authority over her body to her husband, and the husband also gives authority over his body to his wife.
5 So do not deprive each other of sexual relations. The only exception to this rule would be the agreement of both husband and wife to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time, so they can give themselves more completely to prayer. Afterward they should come together again so that Satan won't be able to tempt them because of their lack of self-control.
6 This is only my suggestion. It's not meant to be an absolute rule.
7 I wish everyone could get along without marrying, just as I do. But we are not all the same. God gives some the gift of marriage, and to others he gives the gift of singleness.
8 Now I say to those who aren't married and to widows--it's better to stay unmarried, just as I am.
9 But if they can't control themselves, they should go ahead and marry. It's better to marry than to burn with lust.
10 Now, for those who are married I have a command that comes not from me, but from the Lord. A wife must not leave her husband.
11 But if she does leave him, let her remain single or else go back to him. And the husband must not leave his wife.
