Abdul Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Originally posted by maxt I'm inclined to disagree about the marriage bit. Surely, if adultery is morally wrong, then it can be committed by people outside of marriage but who have made a commitment to each other? Technically no...if they were not married to start with, they would be committing fornication. Were they to cheat with another unmarried person, that would still be fornication. However, where they to cheat with another married person, then they'd be committing adultery. Originally posted by maxt Or does morality only exist within established religions? Maybe, maybe not. Perhaps I may be confusing morals with values, which are independent of religion, although established religions do have a moral code of what is and isn't permissible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinajones Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 this marriage thing is again another clear example of that fact we live in a patriarchal society which is why spearmint rhino is wrong and why you lot out there think theres nothing wrong with it because 'thats life' - many people are socially conditioned to think the inequality between the sexes is nature and not nuture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waxy chuff Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Scientists believe that one of the reasons that men appear more prone to adultery is that we have been conditioned through evolution. The testes produce a huge amount of sperm in each ejaculation, yet only one needs to be successful for fertilisation. Thus, some hypothesise, we ejaculate that many because originally they would have been in competition with those deposited by other males. Look to most mammalian species - the males tend to try and impregnate as many females as possible in order to ensure that their genetic material survives to the next generation. And adultery can occur in any relationship where a commitment to monogamy has been made - end of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XADRIAN Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 .....................amen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinajones Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 when mentioing marriage i was refering to the widley known fact that many cultures permiss men ato have multiple wives and no the otherway round - which is either not as common or not celebrated as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waxy chuff Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Just look at the Mormons in America - but then, most organised religions are patriarchal. Guess we just have to blame God for that... (tee hee). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinajones Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 ...or peoples interpretations of religious transcripts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XADRIAN Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Waxy you've opened up a can of worms there:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waxy chuff Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 He could have sent his only DAUGHTER and made things so much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdul Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Originally posted by tinajones when mentioing marriage i was refering to the widley known fact that many cultures permiss men ato have multiple wives and no the otherway round - which is either not as common or not celebrated as much. You are quite correct, but there are reasons for this. In ancient times, men were more likely to get killed in battle, leaving widows and children. Allowing men to marry more than one wife gave the women a chance to continue a reasonable standard of living and not be forced into destitution upon her husbands death. Furthermore, where one man marries several women, it will be known who the father and mother of the child is. But if the woman were to be polygamous, how would you know who the father is? And isn't it a scientific fact that there are more women on earth than men? They live longer too. Who'd take care of them if men were only allowed a single wife? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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