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<blockquote data-quote="LL" data-source="post: 84619" data-attributes="member: 95"><p>Big Jim,</p><p></p><p>You misread me entirely, I think.</p><p></p><p>My comments about marriage as a civil entity are based on historical fact. Only since the Renaissance has the concept existed (in the West) in something resembling its present form. Before that, there's 2-3 million years unaccounted for.</p><p></p><p>Virtually all older cultures---China, Persia, Japan, etc.---make a distinction between a wife-as-mother to continue the man's line, and partner-for-passion. Both are accepted and recognized independently, and n'er the twain shall meet. It is considered the only pragmatic solution for the duality present in Man: the species survival/reproductive imperatives that are part of his DNA, and the spiritual/enlightened piece that is Man's desire to become <em>more</em> than an animal.</p><p></p><p>Me? I'm probably the most old fashioned romantic you've ever met. A lifetime/life-partner bond and shared existence is pretty much the only thing on the entire planet that I find truly worth striving for. All else is incidental.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LL, post: 84619, member: 95"] Big Jim, You misread me entirely, I think. My comments about marriage as a civil entity are based on historical fact. Only since the Renaissance has the concept existed (in the West) in something resembling its present form. Before that, there's 2-3 million years unaccounted for. Virtually all older cultures---China, Persia, Japan, etc.---make a distinction between a wife-as-mother to continue the man's line, and partner-for-passion. Both are accepted and recognized independently, and n'er the twain shall meet. It is considered the only pragmatic solution for the duality present in Man: the species survival/reproductive imperatives that are part of his DNA, and the spiritual/enlightened piece that is Man's desire to become [i]more[/i] than an animal. Me? I'm probably the most old fashioned romantic you've ever met. A lifetime/life-partner bond and shared existence is pretty much the only thing on the entire planet that I find truly worth striving for. All else is incidental. [/QUOTE]
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