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butterfly blog
why i'm not the phd candidate...
This is some seriously good stuff... but it's a lot to read, so I'll leave you some links and then quote the stuff I like bestest.
Start here with Theomorph, then read Funky Dung's response here. After that, you can read Theo's response to Funky's response here and FINALLY you can read Funky's response to that response here.
Yes, it's a lot to read, and I will honestly say that I haven't studied it all very closely myself, but oh was it worth it to get the general idea and to see Funky say the following:
How is marrying an atheist good for a Christian? Not being able to share your faith with your spouse is a painful experience. What about raising Christian children? That's not likely to go over well. How about when they learn that Mommy or Daddy doesn't love God? How about the anxiety of worrying about the eternal state of your spouse's soul? Furthermore, the Church sees marriage as a sacrament. It is a means of obtaining grace and each spouse is supposed to be helping the other become holier. Mixed marriages make that sense of marital union extremely difficult, if not impossible. These and other issues are at the heart of being "unevenly yoked". It is for our own good that we are to avoid marrying nonbelievers. Marrying nonChristian theists is often little better.
one slight typo corrected by me
Truly, Funky's writing shows why he is the PhD candidate and I'm not. Someday if I'm lucky I'll be able to get my point across that well. I also liked his little rant about W in bold, but you'll have to go read that yourself...
Edited to add: For what it's worth, my husband is a non-Christian theist. The thoughts, feelings and ideas expressed in the above quote are the things that drive me to pray for his conversion and for the conversion of others I know who are in similar situations. There are a few good examples of Saints we can look to for help on this task. St. Cecilia, whose feast day is tomorrow, married a non-Christian who converted after their marriage. Also, St. Monica prayed for a long time for the conversion of her son St. Augustine of Hippo.
posted by Amy : 10:46:23 PM
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