Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The Soul Mate Myth

The common idea of a "soul mate" is that for every person, there is another person who is a "perfect fit," and if you marry anyone other than this soul mate, you will never be happy .

SO...Is this concept of a soul mate biblical?

The Greek Mythology of "Soul Mate" is that humans originally consisted of four arms, four legs, and a single head made of two faces, but Zeus feared their power and split them all in half, condemning them to spend their lives searching for the other half to complete them.

If Someone buy into the notion of a soul mate, then he believes destiny has preordained just one person for him. Only one. Anyone else would obviously make him unhappy and unfulfilled. After all, it's been laid out for him already. He has no choice.

Wrong!

What if he lost his wife tragically? He would hope that the Lord would bring someone for him to marry again in time, but if his first wife was his "soul mate", then what would that make his second wife "soul mate part 2″?

See what I mean here

So The Concept of a Soul Mate is not biblical , Unfortunately Many believe that God chose our husband/wife for us and If we didn't marry that specific person , then marriage would fail. !!

Many People then ask me what about God who gave Eve to Adam as a helper comparable to him (Gen 2:18 ).

The answer is Adam and Eve are special case .God had two purposes in mind when he created Eve. One was procreation of the human race. The other was companionship. so it was the only case when God chose Eve for Adam but this doesn't happen with us.

On the Other Hand, God gave us Principles to Follow in choosing our mates and these principles exist in Bible. God does bring people in and out of our lives. He providentially works out circumstances. He gives us choices, and he even helps in the decision making process.

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