A Rant About Marriage

Marriage is a real talked about topic right now, especially in the US where people are praising states that have recently permitted 'gay marriage' and in the UK where the current government is pressing to have 'gay marriages' from 2013.

Well, I'm about to set myself up for some backlash, hate speech and grilling by explaining why marriage is, has been and should always be between a man and a woman and why governments need to back off.

#1
If you're not religious, then you're probably a fan of science am I correct? You probably think that we humans are no different to any other animals right? Well, if that's the case, then aren't we arguably NOT cut out for monogamy? If we're just animals shouldn't our mates just be means for the end of self-gratification and reproduction? In which case, why on earth would you want to create and partake in something called marriage? Something that makes you obliged to stick with the same ONE person. Forever. Even if they're undesirable. Even if they're unable to reproduce.

#2
The whole concept of marriage has been distorted. Marriage is a Judaeo-Christian constitution. Marriage was created by God to create an environment to raise children in. To create a strong bond between a man and a woman, filled with love, where both are wholly committed to each other, sharing and constructing their lives in a way that honors themselves and God. Sticking with each other NO MATTER WHAT, working through every single difficult time and overcoming every obstacle big or small. NEVER giving up, abandoning each other, never being with anyone else.

Now it seems these secular nations and governments think marriage is just a 'thing'. No one expects them to last, most people don't see the point in getting married in the first place and if you throw in the towel it's no biggie. WRONG!! If you have it in your head that marriage is just a thing after a fabulous day that you don't actually have to stick to forever, you can leave whenever you want for whatever reason, then honey you need to not get married! You also need to seriously sit down and think about what marriage is because clearly you don't understand.

#3
So, in light of us just being animals who shouldn't even be monogamous, remembering that marriage is eternally binding, that marriage is a bond between two people for the purpose of honoring themselves and God and creating a safe haven for future children: why do homosexuals think marriage is something for them?  If you're a practicing homosexual, you clearly are not religious because God is explicit in his condemnation of homosexuality (Leviticus 20:13). If you love and follow God, you don't practice homosexuality. Period. So if you are and you want to get married, why would you take a Christian rite of passage and apply it to your life and disregard the rest, including the Creator of that rite? You can't have children either (don't argue that the system allows you to adopt, you know what I mean here, it's not NATURAL that you have children, so there's no need for you to be married for the purpose of raising children).

There is no need, no reason for gays to get married. Why do you people persist? Marriage is completely inapplicable to you just like a prostate exam is completely inapplicable to a woman. Try imagining a woman demanding a prostate exam because she doesn't feel she receives equal medical treatment to men. Sound ridiculous? Well that's how ridiculous you sound when you demand 'gay marriage'. In this instance, equality does not apply to you here. There are some things in life that apply to some people and not others and as such you can't be made equal in that respect. If you want tax breaks, desecrating a Christian tradition is seriously not the way to get that.


People who are against 'gay marriage' are against it because it is not possible. You can't have a Muslim Jew, you can't have a square circle, in the same way, you can't have 'married' gay people. Marriage does not apply to homosexuals.

"Why do Christians think humans are a superior species?"

This post is actually not to quote tons of Scripture as to why humans are superior above other animals, etc. The reason being that when I get asked this question, people don't want to hear "because in the Bible it says XYZ". The Bible provides plenty of information if you are interested in why humans are superior from a biblical perspective. In a nutshell, we were created superior: we are made in God's image or likeness, we have free will, we have a conscience, we have rationality, we were made intentionally and with a purpose.

Today I will instead explain how we can see, Bible aside, why scripture is correct in teaching that humans are superior to other beings. Here is a list of what we are capable of in comparison to animals:

• Self-awareness: before you start thinking about Cyberdyne and Skynet and claim that machines can be self-aware, hear me out on what I mean by this. We understand that we exist. We know that we used to exist before this moment in time and we can remember the past and how we existed then. We also understand that we will continue to exist in the future. Think of Dory in Finding Nemo. Although she can remember aspects of the past, this seems coincidental in relation to how we remember the past. The fact that she can remember things like 'P. Sherman, 4 Wallaby Way, Sydney' doesn't mean she is mindful of the fact that she used to exist and will exist in the future. We can, which is the key difference. Our self-awareness is on a higher level, more complex and thus superior in comparison.
• Empathy: humans have the ability to empathise, to feel what it is like for another person to be in a certain situation, without being in that position ourselves
• Mind-reading: not literally knowing exactly what someone's thinking all the time, Edward Cullen style mind-reading. What I mean is we can know what other people are thinking and how they are feeling sometimes without them needing to say anything. For example, you see your friend thinking about something when she hears her favourite song, you might know that she's thinking about the first time she heard it. You see your boyfriend staring into the fridge, you might know he's thinking about what to have for lunch. By knowing a person, we can to an extent read their minds.
• Emotion: we can recognise and know how a person's feeling by looking at them. We both express emotion more vividly and clearly than animals and we can recognise and identify emotions from people's body language, facial expressions and tone of voice. (Well, most of us).
• Language: we have developed thousands of complex, well-developed languages that are completely different from the communication animals use. We can use to talk to each other using these languages to express ourselves specifically, understand one another and respond.
• Predictability: by knowing people, we can predict their behaviour, emotions and responses. Unlike animals, we can weigh up scenarios and compare outcomes (using complex thought-processes and consciousness too for the record) to know how someone will feel about something, react to something and what they'll say to something else. What they'll like or dislike, how they'll react, etc.
• Monogamy: we seem to be one of few, if not the only, species that is capable of and often desires a monogamous relationship. Most animals don't care about the 'personality' of other animals, or even the way the other animal looks. They simply follow basic instinct to find a mate. They may have more than one at a time, or even move from one to the other. Humans have personal interaction with each other, we wouldn't want to end up with just anyone for life. We desire a specific person and want to hold on to them and no other. (Again, 98% of the time)

It's these factors that we can observe everday that go hand-in-hand with biblical teaching that humans are superior. These things I have just listed, show how God made us differently and touch on why He did so. Christians believe humans are superior and stewards of the Earth for these reasons and many others, not just because we want to give ourselves authority to do what we want, feel big and mistreat other creatures.

I hope to the people who've asked me that question, that I have answered it!