Is eternity just too long for humanity?

Orthodox Religion's earlier stance on marriage has taken a mortal blow with the realisation that all Life actually does live forever. The wed-for-life school presumably never foresaw this one coming - seriously, could anyone really live in a normal sense for say x000000 years?
This clearly points to those alleged edicts of a deity being shallow and not all encompassing. Doesn't it?

I did see a thoughtful article some years ago where the author opined that the oft-lauded marriage durability of earlier times marriage longevity was just about equal to today.
Rather than divorce, etc being a resulting cause as today, it was illness, poverty, awful social conditions, wars, and generally unhealthy living with the average marriage lasting a similar period.

This raises the thought - did the stories of wedded bliss bear any resemblance to factual record? No doubt the exceptions were as then and now.

hiorta wrote:Orthodox Religion's earlier stance on marriage has taken a mortal blow with the realisation that all Life actually does live forever. The wed-for-life school presumably never foresaw this one coming - seriously, could anyone really live in a normal sense for say x000000 years?
This clearly points to those alleged edicts of a deity being shallow and not all encompassing. Doesn't it?

I did see a thoughtful article some years ago where the author opined that the oft-lauded marriage durability of earlier times marriage longevity was just about equal to today.
Rather than divorce, etc being a resulting cause as today, it was illness, poverty, awful social conditions, wars, and generally unhealthy living with the average marriage lasting a similar period.

This raises the thought - did the stories of wedded bliss bear any resemblance to factual record? No doubt the exceptions were as then and now.

I suppose it depends what one sees as the purpose of marriage. Maybe what endures is love and in fact the bible (fwiw) says the same. I don’t recall marriages lasting beyond death, even Jesus is said to said as much isn’t he?

Death was seen as an impenetrable barrier to so many systems and things, it being quite easy to then insert quotations under that name.
Marriage itself seems to have been a control tool, although anything that helps the very young must be welcome. Anyway,who would want a handful of mothers-in-law Spirit side?

hiorta wrote:Death was seen as an impenetrable barrier to so many systems and things, it being quite easy to then insert quotations under that name.
Marriage itself seems to have been a control tool, although anything that helps the very young must be welcome. Anyway,who would want a handful of mothers-in-law Spirit side?

Sorry friend I'm not sure what point you're making.

My apologies obiwan.

hiorta wrote:My apologies obiwan.

Are you ok?
Feel free to expand

I'm fine obi wan, thanks. getting a bit overwhelmed today.

hiorta wrote:I'm fine obi wan, thanks. getting a bit overwhelmed today.

Good good (not that you're overwhelmed!).

mac wrote:Elsewhere a mention has been made whether marriage between mortals continues as marriage between the same individuals in their spirit forms after corporeal death.

interesting notion maybe?

I guess it depends what is meant by marriage.

obiwan wrote:

mac wrote:Elsewhere a mention has been made whether marriage between mortals continues as marriage between the same individuals in their spirit forms after corporeal death.

interesting notion maybe?

I guess it depends what is meant by marriage.

With freewill of both, the same partners, same emotional ties, same physical intimacy as when incarnates....

mac wrote:

obiwan wrote:

mac wrote:Elsewhere a mention has been made whether marriage between mortals continues as marriage between the same individuals in their spirit forms after corporeal death.

interesting notion maybe?

I guess it depends what is meant by marriage.

With freewill of both, the same partners, same emotional ties, same physical intimacy as when incarnates....

I can’t see why that couldn’t be achieved, though how long the parties involved would want it to continue like that is probably moot 😄 . I’m not sure how practical ‘physical intimacy’ would be.

obiwan wrote:

mac wrote:

obiwan wrote:

mac wrote:Elsewhere a mention has been made whether marriage between mortals continues as marriage between the same individuals in their spirit forms after corporeal death.

interesting notion maybe?

I guess it depends what is meant by marriage.

With freewill of both, the same partners, same emotional ties, same physical intimacy as when incarnates....

I can’t see why that couldn’t be achieved, though how long the parties involved would want it to continue like that is probably moot 😄 . I’m not sure how practical ‘physical intimacy’ would be.

Agreed on each point, obi.