Maybe being married is a way to prepare oneself to become a nun? As a wife and mother, one practices self-denial and living for others, and the outward rewards can be great: a living partner and the fun and challenges of children.
But the ultimate purpose of our lives is to love and serve God. Some are called to love and serve God in a way other than marriage and parenthood.
I can see the interconnection between that.
I think anything you do to improve society and make it better serves God, but not the liberal kind of improving society where it is mandated or you will be punished.
Yes. True.
There is another ultimate and higher purpose, though. As the very first book of the Bible says, " Be fruitful and multiply." God put us here and gave us all unique talents and equipped us with the ability to multiply. In the end, "be fruitful and multiply" is a core purpose to be added to "love and serve God" in our own unique way.
If we don't become "fruitful and multiply" it more or less means in the long run we will not be able to be here to "love and serve God."
By the way, most of our modern Western culture has clearly abandoned the "multiply" concept.
Right?