Is Flirting Harmless Fun?

Is Flirting Harmless Fun?
What is flirting?
Some people think of flirting as conveying the impression through words or actions that you are romantically interested in a person of the opposite sex. Is it wrong to show that you are romantically interested in someone? Not necessarily. “If you’re in a position to date and you’re interested in someone,” says a young woman named Ann, “how else can you find out if the feeling is mutual?”
In this article, however, we will discuss the kind of flirting that involves acting as if you have a romantic interest in someone when you have no serious intent.
“It’s one thing to pay special attention to someone because you want to start a romantic relationship. It’s a different matter to lead someone on and then pull the rug out from under him because you were never really serious.”​—Deanna.
Why do some people do it?
Some people flirt just to boost their ego. “When you realize you can attract that kind of attention, you may want more of it,” says a young woman named Hailey.
But if you intentionally give the impression that you have romantic interest in someone when in fact you do not, you show a callous disregard for the other person’s feelings. You also call into question your judgment. The Bible says: “Foolishness is a joy to one lacking good sense.”​— Proverbs 15:21 .
For good reason, Hailey concludes, “Flirting may begin harmlessly, but it often ends dangerously.”
What are the dangers?
Flirting hurts your reputation.
“A person who flirts comes across as insecure and immature. You feel that she is not being honest with you but is only trying to get something out of you.”​—Jeremy.
The Bible says: “Love . . . does not look for its own interests.”​— 1 Corinthians 13:​4, 5 .
To think about: What kind of words or actions could cause you to gain a reputation as a flirt?
Flirting hurts the person you flirt with.
“If I meet someone who is flirty, it makes me not want to be around him. It’s as if the only reason he’s talking to me is because I’m a girl. People who flirt don’t really care about me; they only care about making themselves feel better.”​—Jaque
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The Bible says: “Let each one keep seeking, not his own advantage, but that of the other person.”​— 1 Corinthians 10:24 .
To think about: Have you ever been led to believe that someone had a romantic interest in you, only to find out that you were wrong? If so, how did you feel afterward? How can you avoid hurting someone else in that way?
Flirting hurts your prospects for genuine romance.
“A flirt would be a totally undesirable person to marry or even to date. How could I really get to know or trust someone if he is just putting on an act?”​—Olivia.
In the Bible, the psalmist David states: “I avoid those who hide what they are.”​—
Psalm 26:4 .
To think about: What kind of person does a flirt appeal to? Is that the kind of person you want to attract?
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EINSTEIN GOT IT RIGHT! Scientists find evidence of space-time theory.

Fox news reports that After decades of searching, scientists announced Thursday that they have detected gravitational waves -- essentially ripples in the fabric of space-time -- that had been predicted by Einstein.
An international team of astrophysicists said that they detected the waves from the distant crash of two black holes, using a $1.1 billion instrument. The Ligo Collaboration was behind the discovery and it has been accepted for publication in the journal Physical Review Letters.
NASA says
"We have detected gravitational waves," Caltechs David H. Reitze, executive director of the LIGO Laboratory, told journalists at a news conference in Washington, DC.
Our observation of gravitational waves accomplishes an ambitious goal set out over five decades ago to directly detect this elusive phenomenon and better understand the universe, and, fittingly, fulfills Einsteins legacy on the 100th anniversary of his general theory of relativity, Reitze said in a statement.
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Every year I tell my Gravity class about the three classics successes of General Relativity: the perihelion precession of Mercury, light bending and gravitational redshift. Next year, Ill be adding a fourth: gravitational waves, Tony Padilla, Royal Society University Research Fellow in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nottingham, said in a statement.
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The discovery confirms a major prediction of Albert Einsteins 1915 general theory of relativity. Gravitation waves carry information about their dramatic origins and about the nature of gravity that cannot be obtained from elsewhere.
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By looking at the time of arrival of the signals -- the detector in Livingston recorded the event 7 milliseconds before the detector in Hanford -- scientists can say that the source was located in the Southern Hemisphere.
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