Topic: A Challenge

+ A Challenge
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lane 26 Jan 04, 20:36	+ A Challenge Firstly i'd like to say this isn't finished and there is more of what i have written if you e-mail me i will give you the rest. [u]What is the worlds view on love and dating and romance???[/u] [u]Are we living in a world that we are proud of?[/u] Recently I have been thinking a lot about how the world has changed people’s view on dating. I know dating is extremely americanised but it has over the past century become very popular over here in England. I have been struck with an immense amount of sadness, an over whelming sense of frustration and an amazing love from having my eyes opened to this new “world of dating” after studying a certain book called “kissed dating goodbye” I have faced many trials but all for the goodness of God’s glory. Now I know what some of you might be thinking what a title… kissed dating goodbye never it’s too much fun, I’m only young I’m going to enjoy it whilst I can! Or on the other hand it might grab you! For me I was one of those second people. The author is a Christian arrghhh some of you might be thinking, he’s weirdo that’s telling people how to live their lives like he’s perfect…but NO you are wrong he is still human and still male he has emotions and hormones like all of us and still struggles, his name Joshua Harris. This book just seemed to answer all my questions about relationships and I would recommend it to anyone, Christian or none Christian it deals with every topic you can think of concerning relationships, friendships and singleness etc. And guys don’t just think that the book is for those romantic girls it’s for you too! It gives you a view on relationships from a view point of a modern day Christian struggling with temptation and a world that screams you need to DATE!!!
Jon 27 Jan 04, 08:45	+ Nice... but Lois... we'd all love the chance to "kiss dating goodbye"!
lane 27 Jan 04, 17:44	+
Sweetmadness 27 Jan 04, 18:53	+ took me a while to work out what you meant there Jon...
lane 28 Jan 04, 19:49	+ i still aint got it
Jonny 30 Jan 04, 16:43	+ .
james 29 Jan 04, 08:22	+ jon means (i think....) that he wishes he could have the chance to kiss dating goodbye as thus far the opportunities havent arisen so much...?!? in any case its something like that and i thought it was obvious. Even if the book is poo marriage is not dating. He didnt write a book on "I kissed marriage goodbye" Im sure he meant dating being the small flings instead of long term serious relationships....
Sweetmadness 29 Jan 04, 19:23	+ you just said pretty much exactly what i wanted to say there James, so i'll just say 'amen!'
lane 30 Jan 04, 15:44	+ no i'm near the end of reading the book and it doens't say anything about hugging from the side!! but physical contact is mentioned. He wrote the second book called "boy meets girl" which is like advanced when your considering marriage. He got married 5 years after writing his first book so i wouldn't say he's a hypocrit. Just cause he wrote a book about dating doesn't mean he can't marry!
Jonny 30 Jan 04, 16:42	+ cool man! must have been thinking of a difrent book!
lane 30 Jan 04, 16:51	+ right ok
Jonny 31 Jan 04, 01:06	+ by the way wot is the challenge? and hw comes recently you have been thinking lots bout dating eh?!!! mmmmmm.... a guy?!
orange 31 Jan 04, 10:32	+ firstly jonny y were u up at such a stupid hour posting messages on this.
Sweetmadness 31 Jan 04, 15:59	+ It could've beena stupider hour....some people come on here before school?!! i'm so dopey in the morning- i'd make less sense than i already do!
Jonny 05 Feb 04, 00:07	+ yeh, b4 skool i have NO time!! gotta try and look good, which believe me takes a lot of time and effort! haha!
orange 05 Feb 04, 11:44	+ in deed
Jon 05 Feb 04, 12:31	+ Anyway, Josh Harris... the author... he was dating when he wrote "I Kissed Dating Goodbye". Then he wrote the other book about getting married after he'd been married a while and the only reason most girls read is is cause he's "well cute...." Same old story. I hate "organised" religion.
Rich_Rocks 05 Feb 04, 18:17	+ Me too. I'm with William Blake. Well on a few well selected issues.
Jon 05 Feb 04, 18:22	+ Yeah. I think he was pretty sound... Other than the fact that he didn't believe in orginal sin and he had visions.
Rich_Rocks 05 Feb 04, 20:29	+ Theres nothing wrong with seeing Angels in trees. Hey just think about it, he did that in the C17th over 300 years before the hippies