I don't think God provided Adam and Eve with a legal marriage certificate..
123482
I think the way it works is that marriage was more of common law marriage. if you had sex, you were pretty much husband and wife , unless of course the woman was a slave in which case, she would be a concubine, or unless it was your neighbor's wife, in which case, you would be stoned to death.
42424
Why not?  But the churches will still publicly fight it just for calling it marriage.  I say let people do what they want and just fix the issue with the benefits problem so it's not abused, and totally ignore the churches just like they totally ignore facts and science and other opinions.
236116
God created Adam and Eve, not Adam, Eve, Jane, Mary-Ann, Sally, etc...  God created marriage between ONE man and ONE woman...  Muslims have a perverted God's creation and made it corrupted in having many wives.  Just because they do it doesn't make it right.
588842
I am not Christian and do not follow the teachings of the bible.  I find too may unanswered questions in it to believe it.  For instance.. If God created Adam and Eve and they had Cain and Able,  Where did Cain and able get wives?\nI have not met a Christain that can explain this to me yet, they still believe the bible to be fact.
565288
There was no Adam and Eve. What most Christians don't want to believe is, they're more of a symbol of the first man and woman.thats it.\n And being cast-out of the garden of Eden was the awakening or loss of innocents. No there was no garden.
648549
Marriage is more of a legal issue than it is a religious one.  While many people do get married through a church of whatever their particular religion is, the church in no way makes the marriage official in the eyes of society, just in the eyes of the church.  What really makes you married is the certificate that you get from the state when you tell them you're getting married and go through the whole paperwork thing.
178889
It is very untrue. As in most religions, they are not supposed to have premarital sex, but they certainly aren't all over there packing fudge, either. Would you screw a man just cause you couldn't get some p***y?
155505
Why does an athiest need to get married? Isn't marriage a unity given by God? Good luck. Hope you find God in the process.
231859
i'm pretty sure you know the Christian view... this is something i've been thinking about a good bit lately - Genesis talks about 'when a man leaves his parents and basically takes a wife... they live together and become one.. sorry - paraphrasing i dont like... i'll add more as i research\nI'm curious more because of the jewish prophecy concerning the messiah; of a virgin, yet of the line of David. \n& my head hurts.
501211
First off, those who believe it was "Adam and Eve" don't believe in EVOLUTION. So that throws that out.\n\nSecondly those same people who claim they're "Christians" Keep throwing Levitical/Mosaic Laws in our faces when as "Christians" they should know that even THEY aren't bound to those same laws...their insistance is purely hatefilled.\n\nYou reminded me of something my brother says when he meets someone who's vihemently against gays and gay marriage. \n"Do you believe in God?" \nif yes, he moves on...\n"Do you believe your God is a loving God, a "father" in heaven?"\nif yes, he moves on...\n"Do you believe your God created all people?"\nif yes, he moves on again...\n"Then why would your Loving God, who creates all people, who is OUR Father in Heaven...Ever create an entire group of people JUST to be hated?" \n\nNow, as far as those who do use that silly phrase I say: \n\nYes, it was Adam and Eve, but if you believe in God who created all people, then it's more accurate to say "it's Adam, Eve, Steve, Larry, Janet, Misty, Kahdeem, Horacio, Tiffany, Joe, Alex, Jon, Pete, Doris, Patty, Edith....etc" \n\nI also remind them that if they claim to be "Christians" then they should remember that Jesus left us with only one mandate: "LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF!" \n\nThat was it, only one...and he NEVER ONCE said anything about gays/lesbians or same sex marriage. As a matter of fact there's not ONE referance to a committed, loving, devoted same sex couple ANYWHERE in the Bible!
437204
well im christian and i believe in the beginning there was adam and eve not caveman and cavewoman named agga and wagga. and evolution is not true. and i think religious ppl shouldnt believe in it.
427653
The only way a man can legally have sex (by Biblical standards) is to do it in the institution of marriage. All other sexual encounters outside of marriage is sin. Promiscuous sex is not condoned by God. We have many in this country that are living together, having sex, families, etc. without being married. The Bible clearly defines this activity as an abomination. Sorry, I didn't write the rulebook, but you asked. I am 60 years old, and I have been married to the same woman for 35 years, and have never had sex with anyone else. God's rules work if you let them. I am proud of marriage, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Thank you for asking - it allowed me to respond!!
620930
It's not, because the story of Adam and Eve is just that...a story.  A story meant to teach that has become twisted and turned around to sickening points.  In fact, it has been twisted so much that in many early religions, women were not allowed to speak in church because of Eve's supposed wrong doings.
112551
That verse does not say angels.  We have read that into the verse.  There are many different possibilities here.  This is my view, but I don't claim to have any "special knowledge" from God on this matter...\n\nI believe Adam and Eve had children while still in the Garden of Eden.  Part of the reason I believe this is that God told Eve that pain in childbirth would INCREASE.  One could conclude that this means increase from what it would have been, but I believe in such a case it would then just state that with much pain she will give birth.  I believe this is an increase in pain from what she had already had.  Adam was called the son of God (Luke 3:38).  Any children he had before the fall would not have inherited the sinful nature that had been passed on.  I believe these decendents were the "sons of God."  The chidren Eve bore after the fall would be the "daughters of man."  \n\nAgain, this is my theory, and a theory only.  However, it is no less valid than the theory that the "sons of God" were angels.
181937
Adam and Eve were the FIRST people... that did not mean that God could not have created more the same way. Its just a thought:)
3937
The Bible doesn't mention it. As far as I'm concerned, as long as you're married, there's nothing wrong with what you do.
313391
I don't think Arizona recognizes your marriage, so I wouldn't think that you'd need a divorce (not for legal purposes, anyway.)