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Originally posted by Playbahnosh@Feb 6 2006, 08:22 AM
As for the muslims, I really don't know. Me not being a religious man for exactly THIS kinda behavior. Religion is bad, makes people fight. I don't say having faith in something is bad or God don't exist, but the commercialization of a faith is the worst thing. And it's dangerous, as you can clearly see. I believe all people should be left the chance to find his/her own belief, a thing that could be relied on when the time comes, not just some zealots stone cold beliefs. Religion caused the most wars around the world, from little tribal desputes to Crusades and the WWII's holocaust.
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Before you claim that religion is bad, it is important to realise the following:
Hitler --> athiest
Lenin --> athiest
Mao Tse Tung --> athiest
Stalin --> athiest
Pol Pot --> athiest
Saddam Hussein --> athiest
Athiests were responsible for killing more than a hundred million people in the last century, and most of them were citizens of their own country.
There are some who would add Pope John Paul II to the list of twentieth century mass murderers for not endorsing condom use (he advocated not going to prostitutes and saving sex for marriage), but relgious figures are conspicuous by their absence from the list of people that have killed millions of people.
I am sorry to correct you, Sebastianos, but religion is not tolerated in europe. You can practice any faith that you choose, but only so long as you do not express that faith in public life. This is not tolerance, it is the universal oppression of all faith. Are religious symbols still banned in French schools?
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And then comes the difficoult time - living together. You won't know a person well enough, until you live with that person for a while. That's when you get to know the habits of that person. It's hard to adjust yourself to living with another (and vice versa). Many people who rush into relationship find this extremely difficult, that's why so many relationships fall apart.
After you finally adjustet to the other person comes the settling down part - and a life long partnership. Then come all the joys of a family life.
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If you enter a relationship with the expectation that it could fail, you are sowing the seeds of failure. That is why couples who live together before getting married are more likely to divorce than couples that just get married. If you have doubts about the success of living together, save everyone the trouble and just break up. If you have no doubts, just get married.