It is a matchmaking and relationship enhancement business.
Yes, it was founded by and based on the research of a Christian, but so what? It is no more of a "Christian" business than Harvard or Yale are Christian universities. Even less so, as Harvard and Yale were originally founded to train Christian ministers, while EHarmony was founded with the goal of reducing the divorce rate.
The website was originally marketed through Christian outlets.
But over the years, the website has expanded its outreach.
I frequently see blog or forum postings claiming that EHarmony rejects atheists or any non-Christian.
As far as I can tell, the service does reject some atheists or other non-Christians, but it also rejects some Christians. The service does not reject people based on their religious or philosophical beliefs per se, and plenty of non-Christians have been accepted by the service and have used it. So no, the service doesn’t reject atheists because they are atheists. However, if someone indicates they are an atheist, they want another atheist, they feel very strongly about this, and they are very serious about finding someone very close in location to them... perhaps nobody who meets those parameters and is compatible with the applicants' personality and other conditions is in the EHarmony system. In that case, the service tells you they can't find matches for you at that time. I think it also does this if other limitations you have placed result in too few matches. Instead of taking your money, they reject your application. What's wrong with that?
Now, EHarmony.com doesn't do same-sex matching. But apparently a lot of people looking for this and thus complaining about EHarmony are unaware of their sister service, Compatible Partners, created to settle a lawsuit... or the many other online matchmaking services for gays and lesbians.
If you're going to criticize something, do so on the basis of reality.
Note that EHarmony also rejects applicants based on age, being legally married, having "too many" past marriages, depression, instability, or some other factors your personality test results indicate would keep you from being marriage material right now.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
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E-Harmony was started by an annoying troll shilling his ineffectual and far-too-expensive "service"
ReplyDeleteI really don't want a computer to pick a suitable mate for me. I fell for their con for eight months, at $50 a month. The scam is that they match you with people a thousand miles away. They know that you likely will never meet, but it can also be claimed that it "works".
Started by a Christian or not, it's just another scam that preys upon people's loneliness.