Every now and again I just can\u2019t help myself\u2014I respond to a clickbait headline and find myself reading an advice column. The question this time was from a woman who had become disillusioned with her husband and enamored with someone else. And as I read the columnist\u2019s response I thought, \u201cI\u2019m pretty sure that\u2019s exactly how Satan would counsel if he was asked.\u201d That got me thinking\u2026<\/p>\n
If Satan took up marriage counseling, he would want people to believe that marriage was invented by human beings, either for reasons related to humanity\u2019s evolutionary origins or related to men\u2019s need to control and dominate women. He would want people to believe that because marriage came from within this world rather, it in no way reflects any kind of divine design for human beings or human society. This makes it not only unnecessary but possibly harmful and oppressive.<\/p>\n
If Satan took up marriage counseling, he would want people to believe that marriage offers no great benefits that cannot be had with singleness, cohabitation, or serial monogamy. He would want people to believe, to the contrary, that marriage offers risks and drawbacks that are mitigated or avoided altogether when people<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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