Ok, we'll get back to the "Interpretation" topic later, since none of the regulars emailed me with the usual arguments.

I want to address a topic I just had a discussion about with another gentleman.
I want your input, folks.
The topic:
DATING!


He's a Christian man and he dates a lot of women.
He claims that he is trying to find what/who he likes.
Getting to know the qualities he finds attractive and desirable.
Then searching for the woman who has these combined qualities.

I asked him if any Christian woman who agreed with the Bible and who shared that same quality with him would be attractive and desirable.
He claimed that was over simplified and not the point.

I asked him if he was looking for physical qualities then.
He said he was not that shallow and that I was missing the point.

I asked him to show me in the Bible, OT or NT, where folks dated.
He ran straight for the Songs of Solomon.

I agreed with him, but pointed out that that was for courtship, love and romance, not dating.
That was for a man who was already married, or in love with the woman he was courting, intending to marry her.

I asked him what he thought about the Bible telling us that one man was for one woman and that for this reason, we will leave our parents and become one flesh with these women.

Of course he simply asked to drop the subject.

So I ask y'all, what do you think?
Should Christians "Date" or "Court?
Dating can be defined as the world does it, going out with a gal but not planning on marrying her.
Even dating more than one girl (guy) at a time.
Courting a gal is defined as getting to know her, trying to win her over and falling in love before marriage.


Let me know, folks.
I would love to both hear your thoughts and read the Scripture you can find to support your views, regardless of which point you're making.

Email me, folks, let me know.