Monday, September 20, 2004

E-harmony

Bull. As an author I have a deep respect for Dr. Neil Clark Waren the founder of e-harmony.com. that is I have no issue with his theories that people need to be compatible on multiple levels in order for their relationship to have a chance of succeeding. However, he really has gone overboad with this whole e-harmony thing. Have you heard the radio clips? They are ridiculous. These testimonials of how e-harmony helped them to find their soul mate...The one that completes them...Someone who can finish their sentences...Know their thoughts...Share their dreams. And while all of this sounds ever so appealing in theory, I honestly do not believe that these people are searching for a mate. They are searching for meaning, for purpose, for a relationship that cannot be satisfied in the flesh. They are looking for something that is eternal in these temporal jars of clay...How foolish. The fact that a Christian doctor is saying that he has helped these people to find their true meaning is even more disheartening than the hazy and dazed, momentarily satisfied individuals who are about to awake and find trouble in paradise.