dsulpizio,
I take very serious offense to your calling me a good protestant. Is it your intention to alienate people with your snarky comments? Either way, it comes off as judgmental at best.
4- We DO marry for love. Out of love comes a commitment and most of the time, that includes children. To imply otherwise would have you assume that we are breeding people. How can we commit ourselves to someone (thing) that we do not love?
You may wish to argue this one as a “chicken-egg” debate with respect to love and children, but the truth is that we build marriages (and vocational callings to the church) out of love and commitment.
When we marry out of true love, we accept the responsibilities that come with that love. (Remember the priests ask us about our willingness to accept these responsibilities …like sickness, bad times and yes, of course, children.) When we accept all of the things that go with married life, (children, infertility, financial responsibility, sacrificing time, careers, facing unemployment, illness, dirty socks on the floor, vomiting children, etc…, I believe we do so out of love. Emotional attachment and trendiness would dissolve quickly when faced with some of the bad cards that life deals to us.
This is not about empathy, It is about the truth. A truth that is inline with the catechism, a truth that is inline with our catholic teachings and a truth that is not borne out of any secular ideals, without a single ounce of trendiness.
P.S. Empathy does not say that there are no guarantees in life. That was intended to be a dose of realism. It is certainly not an attempt to mislead. On the contrary, I believe it to be quite clear.
All posters: This tread should be able supporting fellow Catholics, not a departure from the Catholic teachings or a catechism slug-fest.
