Another Practical Guide to the Logic, Philosophy, and Thoughts of Christianity

Section 1 - Article 1

on the plane, especially Japanese drama.

Most disturbing is the topic that I am writing on. For an unmarried

male adamant about not being married, such as I, to write on this topic is

ironic. Let me therefore start with my justification to why I feel qualified to

write this.

I am not married and I have never been in a romantic relationship ever

in my life. In fact, I have avoided such relationships like how one avoids the

plague.

Having said this, the reader may not find any of my words credible.

How can someone who shuns romance be in any way qualified to write this?

My justification is that I have never been in it, I can therefore analyze

the situation clearly, objectively and rationally. I am not devoid of feelings

not immune to crushes or phases of attraction, but I would like to boast that

I've still managed to stay out of a relationship. A grace I remain thankful to

the Lord.

I claim to analyze objectively and rationally, unclouded by the sweet

love of couples. Someone who has never eaten dragon meat cannot crave for

it and can critique the texture, look and smell of it.

Starting in Genesis, the first book of the Bible, God said that it was

not good for man to be alone (Genesis 2:18). This is a curious statement

because the relationship of God and Adam was at the pinnacle and at the

perfect stage. It did not make sense for man was in fact not alone, for he had

God. What more can man ask for? No other companionship would be better than God. In fact, the Bible teaches that God alone (Psalm 62:8) is to be

trusted, and certainly not chariots, not horses (Psalm 20:7) and certainly not

man or woman (Psalm 118:8; Psalm 146: 3).

Why then did God said that?

Could He not just make more men for brotherly (philia) love if being

alone was the problem? There was no need for procreation. If God wanted

more humans, it is not outside His power to make more from dust or from

ribs? Or for mankind to reproduce asexually like bacteria?

Why then was Eve created? Why did our Lord Jesus reveal that in the

resurrection there would be no marriage (Matthew 22:30)? It seemed like a

clear change in plan from Eden when God blessed Adam and Eve to be

fruitful and multiple (Genesis 1:28).

When God said it was not good for man to be alone, I interpret a

deeper meaning. Putting man's self-centeredness aside and remembering

that God is sovereign and does as He pleases (Psalm 115:3; Psalm 135:6), I

propose that for proper companionship, God would kick in a plan that

involved the Creator God becoming Man to fellowship with man. Not

another man made from dust (arguably a separate but similar design), but a