Courtship occurs only when two people have made the decision that their only purpose is to one day get married, in the presence of God. When two people start dating, they usually wait a while to introduce their significant other to their parents.

Is dating and courting the same?

To use another analogy, dating is like a comma, whereas courting is like a period. This means that dating presents a man and woman with a number of potential ends to their relationship, whereas courting has only one: marriage. Courtship is not just an act, it is a philosophy.