Dangers of Christian Mingle

When visiting the website ChristianMingle.com it is impossible to avoid their slogan plastered all over every page of the website, “Find God’s match for you.” Spark, the owners of Christian Mingle, use this slogan to imply they have a direct connection to god, one that he relays the message of who is supposed to be with whom directly to website managers. A match made in heaven some may even call it. “The slogan encompasses who we are and how we define our community.” says spokeswoman for the website Ashley Reccord. Now you may ask how a website founded on the beliefs of christianity can use God’s name in vain but that can be answered by one simple word, money. Spark is not a company dedicated to christianity but a company dedicated to money. Unlike the dedication to finding christians their perfect match that the website portrays, Spark’s biggest website is one that is focused only on the relationships of the Jewish faith. These are just two of Sparks some 28 dating sites. In order to make the maximum amount of profit, Spark has also branched out into the deaf, black, catholic, mormon, and plus size woman market segments. Is God hand selecting these Websites matches as well? While Christian Mingle focuses only on the connections of heterosexual christians, the other websites of Spark do not discriminate the homosexual population of society. Christian Mingle feels that they are not responsible for this portion of internet dating users. Like the hundreds of other dating websites, Christian Mingle is often a dead end for those searching for the fairytale love they are looking for. While Gods match may be on the website for you, you’re only going to be in contact with him or her if you are both paying the $29.99 a month fee. Of Christian Mingle’s almost 8 million members, only 154,747 of them are paid memberships. This means that only 1.9 percent are actually capable of receiving messages from their “god sent” love. Does this sound like a website dedicated making...