This article is by the same woman who wrote last weeks ‘Our Father, to thine own pathological self be true.’ This time she’s on about marriage and how it is “an anachronistic system (which still reeks of misogyny and bigotry), established so men could own women to ensure their estates and titles were passed on to their kids.”
But she has no idea what marriage is or what it’s for. She says that marriage doesn’t work stating rising divorce rates to prove her point. She says that waving a magic wedding wand doesn’t guarantee a good marriage. Well duh! Marriage doesn’t always work in this world because people are sinful and selfish. And yes, the promises are hard to keep – almost impossible if we are trying to keep them alone without God’s help.
She’s missed the bigger point. The true nature of marriage is only understood through the Christ event as marriage is patterned on the love of God as truly seen in Christ on the cross. It’s not an ‘ownership ceremony’ or ‘just a piece of paper’. It’s a union that is patterned on the relationship between God and His people and points us forward to the union between Christ and His bride. So whether we're married or not, we need to uphold marriage as a good thing created by God!
PS - note that singleness is also a good thing that points us to the heavenly reality of relationship with God...
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