If we treat "living together", multiple divorces, infidelity as normal, then why not gay marriages, polyamory etc.?
...it gets devalued.
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i was the same. (probably much worse than you.)
but i gradually see the wisdom of the Church teachings,
i never understood before. (like contraception).
Liberals often have lofty ideas, like higher minimum wage,
to help the poor. but those ideas never work.
and almost always, the unintended consequences,
are worse than the original problem !
The ONE Universal church, is the opposite.
it has some archaic ideas, incomprehensible to me.
yet, a society that follows them, benefits.
and even the unintended consequences are good.
(like the African study, NOT done by the church but by NGO,
that shows abstinence lowered A.I.D.S. rates,
while giving free condoms, actually increases it...)
now, i don’t need to understand.
if a “progressive” has an idea, i know it’s bad,
no matter how good it sounds.
and, if the church has a rule, even if it sounds silly,
i trust and obey.
Jesus himself said, if you love him,
you will obey the commands of his Father.
Logically consistent, but it exposes too much of the agenda.