Benard94:
hmmm...search your bible very well

Benard94:
well... dts ur view. if u hear the arguements of those in support, u wont say dt

hensben:
pls how is it same thing? ok see this scenero;

A man married 2 wives, each of the wife gave birth to a boy, the first wife's boy married 3 wives while the other married 1 wife, the first wife boy's last wife had a son and the son gave birth to 7 kids while the 2nd wife's boy had 10 kids, the first son of the last wife's son gave birth to a girl while the 4th son of the 2nd wife's son had a boy. can the boy n girl who are thye third generation have a date?

samflexxy:
i don't see anything wrong in it

Geeblaze4:
uhn...you want to scatter my brain abi?but come to think of it o,does that mean those family lives only in one village?atleast they should be in different locations maybe cause of school or Career,they should be able to find a wife wherever they are.and besides God didn't create one person for an individual,there are numerous Mr and Mrs perfect for everyone!but we are talking about cousins sha,the one you mentioned...okay i agree with it cause they won't even know they are related,the family tree is way too long.

mikesly:
who be dis one sef? why would some even imagine datng his cousin? dat's abormination!

hensben:
what if they later know that they are related somehow?

samflexxy:
religion--there's no place in the bible which state that thu shall not have a relation with thu cousin


Societal--- I leave my life for me not for anybody

donroxy:
Some culture allow it but only forbid marriage between Brothers/Sister .... Half brother/half sister , Aunts/Uncle, Nephew/Niece , StepMother/StepFather .......

Islam my religion allow marriage between cousins while Yoruba my heritage forbid it .... Me I'm indifference !!

Benard94:
well... dts ur view. if u hear the arguements of those in support, u wont say dt

Umennajiego:
The Bible does not forbid marrying your cousin so let's make sure in our zeal to help others that we don't confuse what our culture teaches with what the Bible teaches.

Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Leviticus 18 lists the forbidden relationships and cousins are not forbidden nor is cousin marriage forbidden anywhere else in the Bible.

God may have chosen your cousin for you and if He chose him it would be a sin to walk away from this. There is no evidence that there is a significant increase in birth defects when cousins marry. The preferred marriage among the Israelites was cousin to cousin marriage and Jews to this day have an average I.Q. of over 120 with the highest population of Geniuses in the world. Ever hear of Einstein?

Both Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin married their first cousins. If such scientists as these had no fear of "defects" in their children then you should not. Their children were all healthy and bright. However, if you're really stupid and your cousin is really stupid then there is a much higher chance that your children will be really stupid. Is there room for a little humor here?

The fact is that cousin marriage was banned by the Roman Catholic church under 'Pope Gregory I' in an attempt to prevent the accumulation of wealth and power within families. The popes saw wealth among the common man as competition for their own power. This power structure exists in the Philippines to this day and is hampering economic development. The ban had nothing to do with our Bibles which we read regularly, don't we?

Civil disobedience has a long history within the Christian community. You've all heard of people power. When the people gathered by the thousands outside of Malacanang to oust Marcos that was against the law. Was it a sin? No. If you must go to another province or state to marry your cousin so that nobody will report you then that is what you must do. Will that be against the law? Maybe. Is it a sin? No. This is not unheard of in the Philippines, The United States, and many other countries where Born Again Christians live in sufficient numbers to make such laws of no effect. I know of such a couple in the Philippines and they live happily to this day. They're now in their 60s with 5 children and many grandchildren. They're born again of course because it is the pope who forbids cousin marriage, not the Bible.

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