Marriage and culture

Marriage And Culture

Culture should be the drive for the nations to do normal things according to what its say. Because cultures shape the way we think of marriage, family, and how we treat other people. But it shouldn’t prevent us from doing the right things if we feel it is. However we shouldn’t be afraid to change some of these cultural issues if we need to because culture is a man made rules and relegations so it should be eligible to adjust to changes. As of Gideon Staruss (dept. of philosophy, university of the orange free state).”There is clearly a need for the courageous and innovative use of cultural elements that do not stand in contradiction to the biblical truth, while avoiding the temptation of compromising authentic Christian faith and life.” It is important to remember that culture is build according to or elderly people experiences so it is important to stay and drive us. Marriage is a big part of any culture so it’s going to be effected largely by culture.

Marriage is about only two people. As George Eliot/Adam bead said “what greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life – to strengthen each other all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?” Marriage is the sicrate, strong bond between two people that it will help them live their rest of their lives together. Marriage gets a lot of people involved especially those who are around those two people family, friends, and relatives. But these involvements of the outsider should not affect the bond between the main two people. As in Achebee story “marriage is a private affair.” the whole town were involved especially the father of the groom he refused strongly that his son to get married from outside the town. But he did marry from outside because he felt that it was the right thing to do. And that’s what marriage supposes to be. It supposes to be bigger than these cultural rules and relegations that the whole town set.

Marriage is a very cultural aspect and it’s a big part of any culture. Marriage is ruled and guided by culture in every step from getting to know one person to proposing to the wedding ceremony. Culture might go further and make the people to get married to somebody they don’t love. Just to satisfy their cultural need and what the society have applied to them what to do leaving behind the feelings and the emotions that the people have and need to fulfill. Those feelings and emotions, which makes marriage special. As in Achebee story the old man has told his son “marriage today is different.” Implying that he don’t have to love the other person to get married. Which is a good example of the madness in some culture. We were giving brains to think and develop if we stayed attached in some cultural aspect because our elderly people were doing this or that we wont develop and create new things. One example of cultural issue that we face today is the same-sex marriage it’s a cultural and religious issue which we debate every day to see if its fits our society. It’s hard to accept it at first but with time and sacrifices it will become something normal like the other things we have changed in our cultural to fits our needs. This applies to every person in the united state because we come from different cultures and we need to change to fit the society around us.
Culture is a big part of our lives it gives us a way to deal with things. So it’s a positive thing to have it. But we can’t look at it as a holy word that we can’t change or modify. Because we change as a people from time to time from generation to generation so it should be eligible to adoubt to changes. Marriage is a big part of culture and it’s bigger than rule or relegations it should be more about the two people that are married it doesn’t matter their race, culture or religion.

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