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Catholic Match Sites on the Web Are Helping Faithful Young Catholics Find Husbands and Wives (an article in a Catholic newspaper)
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edwest2
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chevalier
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Those sites do help some people.
The stigma against the Internet is irrational. It’s kinda like saying phone is good but mail is bad or the other way round. Internet is just a medium and no, it doesn’t mean you don’t have a life.
Profiles on dating websites do some of the job parents, friends and others did when introducing people to each other in the past. Or the footwork which we all do in all our relationships anyway: basically finding out about the qualities of the person we’re about to get involved with. Or simply finding the potential people.
It can actually be superior to meeting people out in the street or when going about your business out in the world, because you get some data and some answers spelt out for you, e.g. attitude on certain aspects of the faith, including invalidating stuff. It can be superior to penpalship because you get a photo.
Sure, people can lie. They can and do in “real life” too. (It’s easier to lie online or to keep track (due to having logs and/or keeping sent messages) but real life conversations make it easier to get away with inconsistencies than something you can read again after some time and compare.)
The stigma against the Internet is irrational. It’s kinda like saying phone is good but mail is bad or the other way round. Internet is just a medium and no, it doesn’t mean you don’t have a life.
Profiles on dating websites do some of the job parents, friends and others did when introducing people to each other in the past. Or the footwork which we all do in all our relationships anyway: basically finding out about the qualities of the person we’re about to get involved with. Or simply finding the potential people.
It can actually be superior to meeting people out in the street or when going about your business out in the world, because you get some data and some answers spelt out for you, e.g. attitude on certain aspects of the faith, including invalidating stuff. It can be superior to penpalship because you get a photo.
Sure, people can lie. They can and do in “real life” too. (It’s easier to lie online or to keep track (due to having logs and/or keeping sent messages) but real life conversations make it easier to get away with inconsistencies than something you can read again after some time and compare.)
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edwest2
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Some help is better than none. I still prefer to meet women in an environment where Christian things are happening. That’s how I met my last girlfriend. And yes, you need to be careful.
On our first date, we agreed to meet at a restaurant to get to know each other. We both drove our own cars. We hit it off. Later, I was allowed to pick her up.
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Ed
On our first date, we agreed to meet at a restaurant to get to know each other. We both drove our own cars. We hit it off. Later, I was allowed to pick her up.
Peace,
Ed
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TheWarriorMonk
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Such sites can be very useful for people looking for very specific characteristics. Of course it is simply a tool; you still have to meet the person, and a website is never a substitute for personal contact.
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llenadegracia
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Definitely.Such sites can be very useful for people looking for very specific characteristics. Of course it is simply a tool; you still have to meet the person, and a website is never a substitute for personal contact.
As a young Catholic, these sites could be especially useful in the future. I have a few friends using the sites now and they seem happy with that decision. It is quite difficult finding single, similar-aged Catholics. Plus, the internet is something my generation is extremely familiar with. The stigma is changing…especially among young Catholics who realize that meeting a no artifical birth control, papal loving, Church-going Catholic can be quite hard. For now, praying that the Lord connects me with a spouse when the time is right!
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