“Biblical marriage” has nothing to do with the Bible

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[AMoniqueOcampo]

"Mawwiage. Mawwiage is what bwings us together today." - The Princess Bride.

[franciannecollson]

We had a very small wedding. At the rehearsal, the officiant asked if we had any changes to request after we went over the vows. My bridesmaid spoke up. "You should pronounce them husband and wife. He was a man when he walked in here." It was duly noted and changed! 😅

[KatelynHyde]

We effectively have polygamy for the rich now. Labels change but powerful men don't.

[davidholman]

It is so assuring to listen to an informed, level-headed scholar. Rightly so, he takes the trauma out of the Bible and out of religion.

[EricMcLuen]

The Methodist minister who performed my wedding refused to marry anyone who wanted to include the 'who gives this woman away' bit which treats the bride like property.

[stephenleblanc]

When I was a kid, I wanted to marry a Balrog, which I considered Tolkienical marriage.

[MusicalRaichu]

I was in synod in my church in the mid 80s. They introduced "biblical marriage". I voted against it because a speaker opposing the motion made pretty much the same case you have. "If you want 'Biblical marriage', " he concluded, "then get yourself a couple of concubines."

[azurejester]

Your relationship is nobody else's business at all. If it works for y'all and you're happy, tell people to kick rocks if they want to tell you it's not the right kind, you're not doing it right, you need to do whatever, etc.
Happinesses and love are so rare in this world, y'know? Hold onto and treasure it if you're lucky enough to find that. Don't worry about what people say

[Resoundinglyavergage]

Very interesting and informative video, thanks for sharing.

[sebastianheimann]

While I've been enjoying your content for a while now, Religion For Breakfast calling you out as an expert in yesterday's video has solidified my trust 👍

[differnet]

And historically, until quite recently, all marriage was transactional. And yes, that includes dowries. But even more important was the reality that no one person could acquire and do all the things necessary to survive. The need to produce shelter, food, clothing, and just about everything else required enough people - at least a couple - to do all of it. Thus, marriage was often a man choosing to marry to have someone to cook and keep a house while he was out producing food or items to sell to purchase food. Thus, only in about the last 100 to 200 years, has it become possible to purchase enough goods to replace a spouse.

[FeliciaByNature]

Honestly, I'm surprised Dan's church still accepts him with how much he tears down the modern and popular misinterpretations of the Bible.

[andrewtarantoful]

Jennifer Bird's points about how there aren't Hebrew words for marital concepts besides "man" "woman" and "take" (probably not the best characterization of her views, my apologies) is very interesting to me and I wish Dan would have touched on that.

[markrothenbuhler]

Oh sure the Bible is inconsistent with marriage, but what is the Biblical view on the sharing of the remote control?

[VulcanLogic]

Biblical marriage is a union of one man and and many wives and concubines as he can afford, and his brothers' widows (if applicable).

[TheTrueOnyxRose]

So much for staying away from things non-believers do

[OldGamerPapi]

Dude, you rock. Not sure how you ended up in my algorithm but I have been really enjoying your content

[daviydviljoen]

Mrs Betty Bowers Biblical marriage anyone?

[VeridicusMaximus]

Yep, and Paul even tied his wisdom to be celibate if you were already unmarried to the fact that the Lord's return was NEAR. Thus, in the troublesome times he did not encourage people to marry as he saw that the times were short and one should no burden themselves with the duties of marriage given the persecution and soon return of Jesus. Another failed expectation of Jesus' return tied to marriage in the bible!

[ChristianCarrizales]

This one has been bugging me recently. Can’t stand this idea of certain marriage values and how people think it comes from the Bible.