From
being based off survival to being based off of emotions, love has changed
meaning. In prehistoric times one had no choice but to follow social
determining patterns. For example, a woman was to stay home, have children,
cook, and other womanly duties. The men went out and made the money. This type
of relationship would be applauded by any church. In today’s society there is
no set position for men and women. Today’s relationships are based off of people’s
opinions of what is right and not the church’s opinions.
In
the Roman civilization, love was not necessary. If love it happened it
happened. The reason for marriage was to have children. To talk about sex was
looked down upon much similar to talking bad about the church. Today, sex is
“love” to most of America. People today get married because of common traits,
emotions and unexpected children. Most of the time marriages were arranged
between two families of power in prehistoric times. They did this to keep money
in the family, also to keep the prestige bloodline. But it was not unusual for
a noble man to marry a slave. These relationships developed either by starting
off as an affair, or the noble man becoming a widowed man. Having an affair was
also looked down upon in the church, so these men had to hide from their wives
and the church. In addition, the ones that married slaves were criticized by
their family because they have polluted the bloodline.
Cheating
today is common; many people have developed a tolerance for it. Once the
husband cheats the wife either forgives or forgets. Another option could be
that she goes and cheats herself as a source of pay back. In marriages today
the only reason a marriage is involved in the church is the ceremony. The
church does not get involved with the marriages because of cheating, it
probably would not even know about it. Would one say that in prehistoric times
people had more virtues than today? Would one say that they both have their
moral faults? Only the people in the future could probably determine the answer
to that question. One should think that love has its many views and no set
definition. Also, can not be subdued by the church. Religion should be a part
of the building blocks of a relationship but should not be the majority. In
prehistoric times the church seemed to have too much rule on a couples love,
which makes one think that love was all bad and no happiness. Love came off as
being just a job.Is love a choice? Can one help who they do or do not love? Does
the man above have any thing to do with it?
