not sure what you’re getting at? The article is laying a guilt trip on people when it says things like “God wants me to be happy” is not a legitimate moral principle. It bespeaks a narcissism”
so the woman or man living alone, unable to get out among people, speak to others, etc, is ‘narcissistic’ when they experience personal joy that God might allow them to experience? That person can only be ‘religiously happy’ when they think of others and wish others were receiving the blessing instead? No- God brings us joy, happiness, etc without us being required to ‘think of others first’ before we’re ‘worthy enough to receive blessings from God’
If I’ve misunderstood your comment, I apologize- just seemed a bit snarky-
It was meant to be snarky because I’ve experienced how Christian morality can sometimes feel like Christian Islam where “honor” and “reverence” have cut itself off from God’s joy and wild goodness. In fact, I grew up in it.
“Thus, in pondering divorce, a spouse might point to his or her misery and conclude that God would approve of the split because God wants me to be happy, doesn’t He? Many seek to justify so-called same-sex marriage, and other illicit sexual notions in the same way.”
** “God wants me to be happy”**
In Heaven!