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Look, marriage is sacrosanct, but people screw up. He's now screwed up twice. I really like the guy, but his credibility takes a hit here. You ever listen to him drone on about whether this or that white lie is ok or not , according to God,s wishes, etcetera ? I think this weakens his authority, but what the hey. Maybe nobody else cares; they like the way he talks the talk.

Look, marriage is sacrosanct, but people screw up. He's now screwed up twice. I really like the guy, but his credibility takes a hit here.

Well sure, if he's talking about how to hold a marriage together, fine. And yet, even so, one can effectively speak out of one's own failures and provide valuable contribution to the discussion. And why does it necessarily impact his discussion on a whole host of issues that have nothing to do with marriage?

You ever listen to him drone on about whether this or that white lie is ok or not , according to God,s wishes, etcetera ?

Sure. So what does that have to do with marriage?

I think this weakens his authority, but what the hey. Maybe nobody else cares; they like the way he talks the talk.

I'm really not sure when he ever had authority, at least not in the sense of the word I understand it. He is an advocate, but I don't buy his words as Gospel immediately just because he says it.

Expanding on my last point---it's rather important to me that I don't take him as an authority, because, well, as much as he respects Christianity and its moral teaching, he is not a Christian, and as such his moral code differs in some important aspects from mine.

But that's me.