it'll be to late then my friend.....
as for the marriage thing.....why do you think the divorce rate in the US is like 60%??? do you think most americans base their marriage ont he priciples of God(I didnt and im a statistic now....)? i would have to say no......and go figure.....most of them end in divorce........as you said....God is the one to seek in regards to your relationship......"marriage" in the US is just a piece of paper.....marriage in a spiritual sense is the combining of two souls into one......and jesus himself says what God has joined let man not seperate......but honestly i am not really in the mood to argue chrisitianity today....
You may find this interesting:
(Group) (% of group population that has been divorced)
Jews 30%
Born-again Christians 27%
Other Christians 24%
Atheists, Agnostics 21%
(taken from
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.htm)
More links about the "divorce belt":
http://www.faithandvalues.com/tx/00/01/10/108/10844/
http://www.gaypasg.org/PressClippings/2004/January%202004/Call%20It%20The%20Divorce%20Belt.htm
http://www.bee.net/cardigan/attic/121199.htm
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Here's some things that the Bible has to say about marrige... I guess lots of you xtians are really going to hell, as American "marrige" is NOT NEARLY the same as biblical marrige...
1. Marriage shall consist of a union between one man and one or more women. - Gen. 29, 17 - 28; II Sam. 3, 2 - 5
2. Marriage shall not impede a man's right to take concubines in addition to his wife or wives. - II Sam. 5:13; I Kings 11:3; II Chron 11:21
3. A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed. - Deut. 22, 13 - 21
4. Marriage of a believer and a non-believer shall be forbidden. - Gen 24:3; Num 25 1 - 9; Ezra 9:12; Neh. 10:30
5.Since marriage is for life, divorce shall not be permited. - Deut 22:19; Mark 10:9
6.If a married man dies without children, his brother shall marry the widow. If he refuses to marry his brother's widow or deliberately does not give her children, he shall pay a fine of one shoe and be otherwise punished in a manner to be determined by law. - Gen. 38 6 - 10; Deut 25 5 - 10
I just hope this clears up all the confusion about what the "sacred" institution of marriage.