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[both laughs] You put me on the spot here.  \nActually, I would say, on this end of it, no, it's not possible. But I think it... Yeah, well, this is... [both laughs] Goodness!  \nSelena: It tricks you.  \nRyan: It did tricks me. So are soulmates a real thing, biblically speaking? As  \nChristians, and as people, even if you don't call yourself a Christian, is there such a thing as a soulmate, that one person that you were meant to be with for your life? As it turns out, this idea of a soulmate comes from, as you did some research, pretty far back  \nSelena: Pretty far back. [chuckles]  \n[Ryan:](Ryan: ...in)[ ...in](Ryan: ...in) terms of historical thinking and philosophies and even some religious  \nideas. And so we're going to unpack kind of what we're calling, maybe it's a giveaway, but the myth of the soulmate. So thanks for joining us. We'll see you on the other side.  \n[00:01:02] \u003Cmusic>  \nRyan: You kind of got me there.  \nSelena: Sorry.  \nRyan: I was like, \"I sure hope. I sure hope. \" I don't know. Because you want to think  \nthat... I think  \nSelena: It's kind of a trick question.  \nRyan: It's a trick question. [both laughs] Thank you. I'm [unintelligible 00:01:23] right  \nnow. So here's the thing. I think Selena, because I know you, because I know the type of person you are, I think you could have probably married a number of guys and ended up  \nSelena: Never.  \nRyan: ...happy with them. They would have been very happy with you. Very happy  \nwith you.  \nSelena: A number of different guys. Not all at one time. That's not being funny.  \nRyan: Yeah, not all at one time. [Selena chuckles] And I feel like you probably would  \nhave had, ideally, by God's grace, a healthy marriage. But that's not our reality. Is it?  \nSelena: Mm-hmm.  \nRyan: We're married to one another, therefore, yes, I have a soulmate. Her name is  \nSelena. [both chuckles]  \nSelena: That's it.  \nRyan: And we talked about this, not on YouTube, but in the podcast in the past, this  \nidea of your standard of beauty or your standard of attraction, and how when you get married your spouse now becomes your standard of attraction. And that I happen to like five foot four half Hawaiian girls. [both chuckles] Not girls.  \nSelena: A half Hawaiian. Singular. Singular.  \nRyan: I happen to like a brown hair, brown-eyed, seafaring [both laughs] maiden.  \nAnyway. So, we're going to unpack this idea of a soulmate. I think if, whether consciously or subconsciously we've taken in this idea, it can actually be really, really harmful on our marriage because it pigeonholes us and it makes us think about love in terms that are not love  \nSelena: Not biblical.  \nRyan: And not biblical. Before we do that, if you haven't yet, please do subscribe and  \nfollow this channel on YouTube, smash that subscribe button. If you're listening on the podcast, go ahead and subscribe to the podcast. And also while you're at it, leave a rating and review. That would help us a ton. All right, so where are we going today?  \nSelena: So today we're going to talk about this myth that you mentioned, kind of the myth of a soulmate. Define what it is, kind of put some pegs that we can say, Okay, this is how we would define it, this is what it might look like, here are the dangers of it within our marriage.  \nThere's pieces I think of that philosophy or that idea that can kind of creep in. And so how do we again, identify just the faulty premise that it is, and then the pieces that  \nmight go with that? And then taking it one step further and saying, Okay, what is the gospel truth in this? What is God's design? Two becoming one. That is the idea of the mingling of souls of true soulmate hood, I guess, to say  \nRyan: Yeah, that one-flesh unity.  \nSelena: Yes.  \nRyan:","cbCaipgds4TK32Km","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipgds4TK32Km","pdf",831710,21,"English","# The Myth of the Soulmate\n## Is the concept biblical?\n## How the soulmate idea can harm marriage\n## Origins and definitions of “soulmate”\n## Gospel truth: God’s design for unity","[{\"question\":\"Is the soulmate concept real from a biblical standpoint?\",\"answer\":\"The conversation argues that the soulmate idea is not aligned with a biblical understanding of love and marriage, even if it contains some perceived truth.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the dangers of believing in a soulmate for a marriage?\",\"answer\":\"It can pigeonhole spouses, fuel anxiety that the marriage is “wrong,” and lead to comparison rather than living out covenant love grounded in Scripture.\"},{\"question\":\"What is presented as God’s alternative to the soulmate myth?\",\"answer\":\"The discussion points to God’s design for covenant unity—“two becoming one,” often described as one-flesh unity and the consummation of that covenant bond.\"}]","The Myth of the Soulmate - Ep 266 - Marriage soulmate myth and biblical unity | PDF",53]