Is Marriage Just Crap ?

There is probably a case to be made there. You could point to our varied diets and one theory I've heard that contributes to our evolutionary success is the way we sleep. The suggestion is that we've always had some people up at all times of the day/night as where many animals are strictly diurnal or strictly nocturnal.

 

Yeah, true. That's interesting.
It's a thought that's been on the edge of my mind every time there's a discussion about what's "normal" or "natural" for humans.

 

I don't ever hear of monkeys getting married, but, I do hear of the Anunnaki getting married. . In fact I wouldn't be incorrect to say that, according to human history, the Anunnaki developed the case of marriage for us. They're the first documented case of beings to marry and to marry humans.

 

I promise I'm not being a smart ass here
But what do you mean they're the first documented cases of marriage? Where can one view this documentation?

 

Also, you can't expect someone to be ''all'' things to you. We're all individuals, and it's not really up to my husband to quench every desire I have, nor it's my responsibility to do so for him. We aren't each other's property, or like something you got out of a vending machine, that you expect to ''perform'' at your every whim. That's also something that people set themselves up for failure. I belong to a marriage forum, and there are SO many stories, where men are complaining that their wives won't do this or that in bed, and their wives are complaining that their husbands won't do this or that. Some married people tend to gauge love based on how many hoops their partners are willing to jump through for them. I say, if that is your idea of marriage (and love), buy yourself a trained seal.

Because your partner will never be enough, and you'll always desire them to do more to prove that he/she loves you.

 

If the first civilisation that could write documented the Anunnaki and their lives wouldn't that make them the first first documented cases of marriage?

 

Ohh okay
I was excited to see some Anunnaki marriage certificates lol

 

I'm sure I could review and research my literature to find the first case perhaps. My initial guess would be Enki, as humans were his most prized creation but I'm uncertain on the laws of the Anunnaki if chief scientists were even allowed to be with mortal man, but I'm sure he took a wife.

I'm always interested when people bring up DNA traits, obviously subscribing to Anunnaki theory, perhaps the idea of marriage isn't human at all, or if the idea of human isn't actually of this world, then maybe our characteristics aren't of this world either.

I think there's enough evidence to suggest we're unlike anything else on this planet and earlier civilisations have taught us that marriage was ceremonial and meaningful to our gods so I think it paints an interesting picture and insight as to how we developed our own customs and traditions.

Are the stories myth and if so does that make marriage a myth and if so, why does the world continue its tradition? The Anunnaki were part poly and part monogamy. Very similar to my relationship actually now that I think about it, an emotional connection was vital for marriage yet their sexual acts seemed quite open.

 

why does the world continue its tradition?

cause that's the way we are programmed to live.

 

AhhHUH! That's entirely my point.

 

We share some of our partnership behavior with our closest primate relatives. Chimps tend to exhibit an Alpha Male hierarchy and Bonobos tend to exhibit poly behavior, "free love" and homosexuality. I think we mesh those two in a unique way but given our larger brains, advanced language capacity and now population size, I don't think it's an unreasonable assumption to think many of those traits have been extended to our species to varying degrees.

As far as myth and marriage, they're clearly both symbolic but I don't know what you mean by marriage being a myth.

 

I don't want to follow this thread anymore it just makes me mad. The idea that we aren't designed or meant for monogamy is depressingly widespread. Take anything in life: being fit, being able to master an instrument or write a book - none of it comes naturally. You have to work really hard often when you don't feel like it. Some urges we know we have to fight for the betterment of ourselves, our families and society but this one seems to have gone out the window.

 

No not at all, especially since we were created from them.

 

If the stories are myth then the story is myth making marriage just a fantasy created in our heads therfore making the idea of marriage mythological just like the idea that dying a glorious death enherits you eternal mead and boar in the halls of Walhalla.

 

Anyway I didn't mean to drag the Anunnaki into this I just find it really interesting and inspiring just how "human" their actions really were and I feel like in any topic or discussion I can easily attribute worthwhile conversation by introducing the Anunnaki into the discussion because when you really get into it and know what you're talking about and you start to see the other end and opposite sides and the connection of dots and activity, you start to realise just how "human" the Anunnaki really were and their customary traditions of sanctity and marriage are beautiful and wholesome and that's something we've clearly tried to emulate on our own course through life.

Whether this happened in real life or is fantasy myth, it was significant enough for us to try and replicate the actions of the ones we called gods making marriage much much more than the significance we hold for marriage today.

 

makes me think of a brown pacman.

hmm, the wiki article has statements that suggest both yes and no.

"Montanus had two female colleagues, Prisca (sometimes called Priscilla, the diminutive form of her name) and Maximilla, who likewise claimed the inspiration of the Holy Spirit."

however:

"An emphasis on ethical rigorism and asceticism. These included prohibitions against remarriage following divorce or the death of a spouse."

 

^I admire your commitment to researching this urgent issue

 

i vow to spend the rest of my life researching it.

 

I know that it is Mesopotamian but Socrates still had it right!