Let's hear from an Episcopalian, shall we.
Posted by: tony on 12/18/2008 07:22 PM
Updated by: tony on 12/18/2008 07:23 PM
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In The Tidings (The L.A. archdiosesan newspaper) an Episcopal priest has been heard from. He is bemoaning, as lots of liberal theologians are, about the focus on sexuality issues when there are more important things like "social justice" to take care of. He writes:
If a church wanted to walk the walk of Jesus as Savior, it wouldn't be debating sexuality. It would be helping people to deal with economic deprivation and to correct the values that led to this morass. It would promote community and sacrifice.
Wow, one would think this priest believes that economic depravation is not tied to the sexual teaching of a church.
The homosexual issue is just the latest iteration of a society heading to hell in a hand basket. The more important issue is the acceptance of divorce from all of the Christian denominations, save one. I'll let you guess which one that is. I'll give you a hint, the leader is German and it has over a billion members.
The purpose for sexuality is for the bonding of spouses and the generation of children in a marriage covenant between one man and one woman. Any other use is damaging to the person both spiritually and in many cases economically.
When a man leaves his father and mother and joins to his wife and the two become one flesh, they move into one house, they buy one of each appliance. They share their food and heat and generally live much more cheaply than were they single.
If they are single or divorced, they each have to pay for their own house, their own heat, buy a set of appliances for each of them at double the cost were they married. Those "living together" (shacking up), while sharing living quarters and such, still usually end up having to buy their own health insurance, and other benefits usually provided by employers to spouses either for free or at a reduced additional charge. If they are divorced, they will have to have duplicate clothes for the children at each house if their share custody or have visitation.
If they are a single parent with children, another big chunk of their income needs to go toward child care for their children in the early years.
A couple bonded in an unbreakable marriage covenant, who go into it with the proper mindset, put their selfish interests aside in favor of the interests of their spouse and children. They live for the family as a whole, rather than simply for themselves. This drastically affects the choices of what they buy, and what they are satisfied with.
If everyone had this attitude, the incidence of poverty in this country and around the world would be greatly reduced. Those who have a giving mindset are more likely to give a greater portion of what they have to others in need. Those who have the "me" mindset, and who expect their spouse to "make them happy" (and who leave if that doesn't happen) are less likely to share what they have with others.
The Catholic Church's teaching on sexuality, if followed in the spirit which God intended, would have a greater impact on poverty than all the soup kitchens in the world.
(H/T Some Have Hats via L.A. Catholic)
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