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"Finding God's match for you," so says ChristianMingle.com, but not most rationale people...

I find many dating site commercials to be humorous, but none more so than those dedicated to the site ChristianMingle.com.

The site's tagline is, "Find God's match for you."

Whenever I hear or read this tagline, I immediately have to laugh. Even though I don't believe in it personally, let's assume for a second that there is such a thing as predestination. Do the creators of this site truly believe that the match God has found for us wasn't in a church, at school, at work, at Bible study, but on a dating website called ChristianMingle.com? Does this mean if one doesn't meet their match on this site, he or she is going against God's wishes? That the match they found isn't God's match? Yes, I can really imagine the following conversation occurring during the time The Bible was written:

God: "It's so nice to control everything. It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it. Am I right, or am I right?"

Aid: "Of course you are, sir. You're God."

God: "Exactly"

Aid: "So, what's next on the slate, sir?"

God: "Love. We all need love, right? As I'll control The Beatles to sing one day, 'All you need is love.' So, I have to make certain each and every person has a match - someone they can grow old and be happy with."

Aid: "Very well, sir. How will you go about this?"

God: "Well, it's going to be through a computer."

Aid: "A computer, sir? What's that?"

God: "Wait a while. Long after you're deceased, you will learn about it."

Aid: "I can't wait, sir. But, what about the people whom have found love now and without a computer? Was that not in your control, sir? How could that be?"

God: "Stop it! You're ruining my train of thought here! Anyway, so on this device called a computer, Al Gore will invent something called the Internet."

Aid: "Al Gore? The Internet? I'm very confused, sir."

God: "I know. Everyone besides me is. Alright, so on the Internet, I'm going to make certain to concoct a dating site for all of my matches - ChristianMingle.com is what it will be named."

Aid: "A dating site? What's that?"

God: "All my children will write about themselves, post pictures, and garner people's interest through them. They'll then begin to communicate with one another, go on dates, and live happily ever after."

Aid: "So, it will be the choice of these people on whom they date? I thought these were your matches... How could they be your matches when these other people are deciding who their matches will be?"

God: "I told you to stop that! You're fired! Go find me another aid."
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