The Important Stuffs...

I am a Christian to the best of my knowledge and loving God is one of the best things in my life. One part of Christianity which disturbs me, (well the part is man made) is mediocrity. People around the world have found a way to associate Christianity with mediocrity and according to a quote I saw recently, every other thing is permitted to harbour mediocrity Christianity isn't!
 My main focus is the issue of dating/ courtship. Christians want to sit on their hight horses and say things like "oh dating is a sin" "one should not date, one should only court." Its weird to hear people say stuff like that. You  name everything because it makes you feel better or validates your holier than thou status.
Courtship is the 'holy' thing to do and dating is the 'sinful' one? if I may ask where did you find the spiritual meaning of dating and courtship? both are secular terms found in the dictionary. We humans have found a way to 'holisize' one and make the other a sinful thing.
In the bible days, people did not court, men were sent to fetch wives like it was bounty. In the case of Isaac his father sent his servants to fetch Rebecca. Other examples include, Samson (judges 14), Joseph and Mary (Matthew 1;18) Jacob( Genesis 29). Words like dating and courtship did not surface in the bible all that was, was parental consent, betrothal and servants going to bring a wife for their masters sons. If we were to really go by bible standards we would not court or date anyone without a family meeting...Really?
Nowadays, we have Christians differentiate what courting and dating means, they say one is sinful one is holy. I say dating is a period you get to know a person and that it comes before courtship. Courtship is the stage where you get to know the person's family, at this point you are sure that you want to marry the  person. (my own not so scholarly definition)
 It does not matter what name you call it, the important is the content of your relationship. Many Christian 'brothers' and 'sisters' doing the so called 'courting thing' yet, the relationship is all kinds of messed up. While we have people who date, court whatever; and have substance, keeping Gods laws. I say whatever you choose to call it, live by Gods standard names are so unimportant.