Glory to God , You see dating is not and will never be complicated . the only reason why it is complicated is and i quote from the scriptures " can two work together unless they agree " if the relationship is not founded on GOD it will collapse but if it is people will celebrate your courtship / marriage. So if both parties agree with GOD no weapon fashioned against your love shall prosper .

Why then do non-religious people get married?

Religion has nothing to do with dating.

Amos 3:3 - Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

No.

God factors into everything. A lifestyle contrary to God's ways is a doomed life. Trouble will inevitably come. There are those who don't know God is real, and may not believe. And there are those hoping God isn't real so they can continue in their evil ways.

thank you for correcting my error derek ( work to walk )it was an over sight and to my dear friend sing me sweet yes people do get married but check the statistics of divorce rate of true christians who are married as in who know and and walk with God in spirit and in truth . and then you check those that are married but dont know God or only profess christ through word of mouth then you will be able to understand were i am coming from . And to my friend OH YES GODS ROLE IN EVERY SPHERE OF OUR LIVES IS NEEDED FOR OUR SUCESS INCLUDING COURTSHIP !!!

ok...
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.htm

Spot on man, though i don't want to get into an argument about religion, but i want more than anything to date a fellow believer, the problem with that is i am not baptized yet and most of the women in my local congregation are baptized publishers and there are more women my age then men, so you would think it would be easy, its not.

I believe in what i am doing but i find it about 10x harder to date in my congregation since "alot" of complications come in to play. More so than outside with worldly people. But i hope i meet someone eventually.

Nice link.

look you have to think of dating as a trial run if you get through the first year, great. that is called the getting to know eachother year. now the second year is always the hardest in dating and marriage. you have to be open with eachother and honest if you have secrets trust me one or both of you will find out and get hurt. now even with all the drama you go through during this year if you work through it than dating should never be complicated you have to pick your battles. and never ever shove anything in eachothers faces that you have worked through... now when women gete cheated on and dont confront look women stay in that sittuation becasue one they dont want anyone else or two they think they deserve less than what they do.. never lie to eachother never deceve one another unless its for a surprise. now when men get cheated on they should always walk away like wise for woman oviouosly she was not happy and she looked elsewhere can feither man or women rebuilt that trust heck no you will always think of it in the back of your mind and feel insecure.

dating should not be complicated it should be fun and if its not look else where you shouldnt be in that relationship no matter what.

Because the government got involved in something they have no business in. Marriage is more of a religious thing. I don't think it's the governments place to define what a marriage is, or have anything to do with marriage at all.

Maybe that's where I've been going wrong then because most of my relationships have usually be "founded" on lots of sex

Apologies but I find ramblings like this a nonsense and it brings out my naughty side.

Hm, dunno why dating is soo hard. It's in the meeting the right person, but that's hard to do if yo live in an isolated town for sure and for me I REALLY need all of the non-verbal queues .. our eye contact, his gestures.. smiles etc. idk... also, it's hard to keep track.. men send you emails and with each one u wonder if he will be special.. so you email back and forth and at some point loose track of him due to the newbies.. hmm.maybe it's me... maybe i have a.d.d ?? but i think if the right guy was persistent enough he would catch my attention and we could be blissfully happy.

God helps those who get off thier butt and do the job themselves.

I can't believe this ain't got shifted to the religion section yet.