Love, marriage & reforming the West

A lot of younger Christians are being scared out of getting married by weird takes from all sides.

For example, strongly desiring marriage isn’t idolatry. Go for it.

Whoever produces the most godly, happy, and productive marriages/households wins the culture war.

“But family court, but divorce laws, but but but…”

Yes, those are awful, present real risks, and need to change. But can they be solved in a single generation? No. They they are multigenerational problems, which means we have to “generate” people who carry our values into the future. That requires households. And households mean marriage.

Either make a community where marriage is esteemed and divorce is rare, or find one and move there. They exist. The statistics on marriage may look bleak, but remember that statics are one step down from damned lies.

Can you control every outcome and guarantee you won’t be divorced?

No.

Can you control the main variables so the chances of being divorced become extremely low, and the outcomes not as …