Geeblaze4:
Naturally it is called incest,yes!and a man who can marry his cousin can also sleep with his mum,it's even irritating having the thoughts especially cousins from the paternal side who bears the same surname with you...iyama!i fear that kind of person o

Benard94:
There is this raging arguement in my area as to if one could date/marry his/her cousin. Some stood frankly against it while others saw no crack in it. Apart, what is the measure of closeness where one could restrict dating? Is cousin-dating ethical?

50calibre:
The problem is, Nigerians are just too damn hypocritical, they put on a cloak of holiness & self-righteousness in public but in private, they're someone else. Wasn't it in on NL I read a Nigerian man was sha*gging his daughter against her will? Such men will never admit their deviance in public.


In the Middle East, relatives are allowed to marry, they consider it a way of keeping family resources with the family. In most African culture however, it's forbidden so that is a problem.

This means that in African culture, you can't date your cousin (at least openly) except you guys plan to elope & never return because your families & community will surely ostracise the both of you.

I do not support people having relationships with their cousins however, these things happen more often than most would want to admit. Human are animals, you put a male & female together, sooner or later, they will succumb to their primal instincts.

I won't judge those who have relationships with their cousins but I will advice caution, the last thing you want is an inbreed. Guys don't tell me you've never at any point had a crush or harboured nasty thoughts about a cousin of yours who used to walk around the house in tempting clothes. C'mon guys drop the act

MissMeiya:


Embarrassing, isn't it?

holyboss:

Cholls:
my brother so u r looking for someone to agree with you to date your cousin abi. Go ahead and f#(k your sister/cousin

hensben:
how about distant relation and you both bear different surname?

christopher123:
I JUST DONT KNOW FOR YOU, IN MY IGBOTIC CULTURE, IT IS A TABOO TO DATE MARRY YOUR FIRST, SECOND OR THIRD COUSIN


THERE ARE MILLION OF MATES TO CHOOSE FROM

tintingz:
Abraham married his half sister Sarah and I see no where God frowns at him.

Is the bible contradicting or what?

Geeblaze4:
it's the same thing...i:n:c:e:s:t

mactoni91:


Chai aru---abormination...
If u try it in my villiage same umunna u go bring goat of insult let alone ur cousin,broda dat means e fu go.

Benard94:
hmmm...search your bible very well

kwencypresh:

braine:
How would someone in Nigeria even imagine it as right? Na China we dey ni?

enkay4love: specifically read Leviticus 18:9.

Hexzyz: The Bible goes against such.

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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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

Suzyky4u:
Also, I've been in a situation where a guy whose mum and my mum are from the same kindred came to marry me and my mum opposed to it. Although the guy and myself are from different villages. His people didn't mind tho but I had to respect my mum's wish.