tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post4449223977913486669..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Deciding to marryAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-39736813439237805692014-08-22T11:05:36.831-05:002014-08-22T11:05:36.831-05:00Not all are called to celibacy. Plus, celibacy in...Not all are called to celibacy. Plus, celibacy involves giving up a natural good, just as fasting does.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-11442175295917343252014-08-21T19:12:09.817-05:002014-08-21T19:12:09.817-05:00Then why were we created male and female with all ...Then why were we created male and female with all these hormones and body parts? We could have been created asexual and able to reproduce by cell division as some organisms do. And in the original condition in Eden, Adam had God there for a constant companion. Then God said that it is not good for man to be alone . . .Dagmara Lizlovshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744785407281199347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-14417340055525297022014-08-20T14:01:40.696-05:002014-08-20T14:01:40.696-05:00Dagmara:
That's a very interesting answer! I...Dagmara:<br /><br />That's a very interesting answer! It could well be that it is simpler, as you indicate.<br /><br />But this answer leaves unanswered the question: Why marry at all, given that celibacy for the sake of the kingdom is better?Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-9228780619779587762014-08-19T20:38:42.836-05:002014-08-19T20:38:42.836-05:00I'm finally getting around to posting. I'...I'm finally getting around to posting. I've been busy, tending my garden and working in the office too much. So here is my take on the original post:<br /><br />Why do we have to make things this complicated? If it's this complicated, then it's no wonder why so many of us stay single. I think previous generations had more practical expectations of marriage. Such as can he support a family? Does he drink? Can she cook? Will she be a good mother? Long, long ago, when I first began working as an engineer, I had a supervisor who had this piece of advice for anyone considering marriage - you must be able to say of the person that you are going to marry is that he/she is your best friend. If you can't do that then you shouldn't marry that person.Dagmara Lizlovshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744785407281199347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-52468417077946458872014-08-19T09:45:30.607-05:002014-08-19T09:45:30.607-05:00Love isn't just a willing of the good. Love h...Love isn't just a willing of the good. Love has at least three aspects: good will, appreciation and a drive to union.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-10112823017529331462014-08-18T07:24:22.271-05:002014-08-18T07:24:22.271-05:00@Alexander Pruss:
"Love, I guess. Love direc...@Alexander Pruss:<br /><br />"Love, I guess. Love directly justifies the pursuit of a union appropriate to the love, and marriage is the union appropriate to certain forms of love."<br /><br />That was my first answer. But would not this fall prey to 3? For if Love is the willing of the good of the other, is it not arrogance to suppose that the good of the other, the prospective spouse, is accomplished by union, marriage, with her? grodrigueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366931909873380710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-36886515802458372782014-08-15T13:20:28.194-05:002014-08-15T13:20:28.194-05:00I guess I find 1-5 to be, if not true, close to th...I guess I find 1-5 to be, if not true, close to the truth. And in light of 1-5, the question of what appropriate reasons a person could have for marrying seems tough. But maybe love's unitive component solves this.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-27308955356609856112014-08-15T13:03:04.971-05:002014-08-15T13:03:04.971-05:00To be honest, I don´t see the point of this post ....To be honest, I don´t see the point of this post ... maybe I don´t understand itJakub Moravčíkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543628674375672591noreply@blogger.com