Conquis- why do you assume that the children's father are deadbeat dads? What a crock of shit. My parents weren't married when I was born, but they stayed together 20+ years later. There's men who spend time with their child/pay child support etc. A child born out of wedlock doesn't mean that the dad split.
Bingo.
I saw that too.
He did that as a cheap rhetorical debating trick.
Pure troll bait.
He sneeringly laid out a set of statistics as a trap while subtly dropping in his contemptuous underlying morality, which he finds to be superior to all others.
Especially, yours.
And everybody elses.
What he wanted was for people to argue with him over the numbers, pretty much like a cat chasing its tail, because as long as they were caught up doing that they'd never be able to get around to going after his real argument.
Which is,
in his mind, and in there alone, obviously, the Holy State of Marriage is Morally Superior to any other arrangements that people may choose for themselves in terms of who they choose to love and how they want to live their lives.
And anyone that disagrees with him is a Sinner, against Man and God.
Obviously.
Here's the thing.
It's patent and utter nonsense.
Who the fuck is he, or any one else that dictates from on high like that, to set rules like that about other people's personal lives?
Especially, since the fact of the matter truly is that over all 'Marriage' is a
proven Institution of Dysfunction that does
not work for most people.
Over half of ALL American marriages FAIL.
Since that is the case, then what exactly is so great about Marriage then, if it ends up being rejected by the majority of all couples?
How is it that a Minority Opinion, such as his is, is the superior one?
What, exactly, is that based one?
Where did he come up with these ideas of his, the ones that fly in the face of Basic Reality?
He's already more than established that he's not the brightest light on the tree, so it's clear he lacks the mental fire power to do something like that.
My guess is is that some authority in his life told him that it's in the bible, and being a good little obedient sort, he bought it.
Good for him.
Just go away leave the rest of the rational world alone with that crap.
I mean just look at the mindset.
If his ideas were to gain mass acceptance what would that mean?
Lets run some numbers, shall we?
On top of the fact that over 50% of all marriages end in divorce, in America almost half of all couples, 48% as of the 2000 Census, are livin together in Sin without them respecting the Sanctity of the Sacred Bonds of Holy Matrimony.
That's an awful lot of people to condemn broadside with one stroke of the brush, don't you think?
And then there are the children to think of.
Almost 4 out of 10 American children are currently born out of wedlock.
Take all those together, the failed Marriages, the living out of wedlock Sinners, and their Misbegotten, Illegitimate, Bastard, Son of Bitching Children, and, on the whole, that's probably most people in the US.
What about all those people?
Where do they fit in his Black & White, no middle ground world, world?
Short answer, one that's been provided through out history, is that they don't.
In a 'Convert Or Die' sort of way.
He's a total Hater, for one.
And for another, what am I doing spending so much time on this?
I don't think a single person on here can find one single instance where his opinion about
anything has any resemblance to the Reality Based world we all live in, so what's the point?
Oh, right, he's a Troll, and as such, he really doesn't care about anything but stirring up shit.
Which he just did.
Good for him.
