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What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?

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Re: What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?

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> Whether it be at me or at someone else, rationality does not follow. Nah, I'm angry with you, as a rational reaction to your narcissism. You should do something about that.

Rationality does not follow.

You seem to think you're an emotionless robot. And I think I have found that the people who think they are emotionless rational robots, are the must subject to the whims of emotions.

Something to consider working on...

Re: What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?

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post #398

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You are too young to know any better. And too angry to understand what everyone is saying to you. You make your own world of explanations to feel like everything is ok.

> And too angry to understand what everyone is saying to you. Just gonna jump in here and say, I was not angry in this post. So that's just a wrong assessment... > You are too young to know any better. I don't know how old you are, but if your argument depends on me being in a specific age range, I'm going to guess you're too conceited to have an actual conversation with. In practice, I think the signs of this were t…

I too have felt “not angry” even when I was. It was cloaked in something else far more damaging to personal growth. I feel you suffer from the same.

Re: What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?

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post #401

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Rationality does not follow.

You seem to think you're an emotionless robot. And I think I have found that the people who think they are emotionless rational robots, are the must subject to the whims of emotions. Something to consider working on...

At minimum, a person should be capable of keeping their emotions separate when drafting text.

If you can’t, that’s something to work on.

Re: What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?

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post #401

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You seem to think you're an emotionless robot. And I think I have found that the people who think they are emotionless rational robots, are the must subject to the whims of emotions. Something to consider working on...

At minimum, a person should be capable of keeping their emotions separate when drafting text. If you can’t, that’s something to work on.

I mean, I'm not taking advice on this from you. You have done nothing to convince me you're worth listening to.

Re: What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?

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post #398

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> And too angry to understand what everyone is saying to you. Just gonna jump in here and say, I was not angry in this post. So that's just a wrong assessment... > You are too young to know any better. I don't know how old you are, but if your argument depends on me being in a specific age range, I'm going to guess you're too conceited to have an actual conversation with. In practice, I think the signs of this were t…

I too have felt “not angry” even when I was. It was cloaked in something else far more damaging to personal growth. I feel you suffer from the same.

Careful you don't hurt yourself getting down from that high horse of yours. I guess alternatively you could just keep living up there, but it sounds lonely.

OOC, what in the initial message makes you think I was angry when I'm telling you I was not? (Oh all-knowing-being who can tell me what's inside my head that I cannot even see)

Re: What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?

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> The holy trinity wasn't known to Jesus at the time of his life or death. … If this was beaten into you the school you went to was not Catholic or even Chalcedonian, which is a low, low bar. This appears to be some form of the heresy of kenoticism and your parents deserve a refund.

A monseigneur was in charge of the school and it was registered with the diocese as a parochial school with a church attached. I assure you that it was Roman Catholic. You can stop questioning that now. Catholic history, canon, etc were all part of our education. Beatings (corporal punishment) were part of Catholic education going back decades in the states. If you don't recognize this as part of Catholic history you…

I’m sorry, it never occurred to me that you’d think I was questioning the beating part. I was entirely addressing the teaching. If they were teaching you heresy, they were outside the Catholic Church by definition.

Re: What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?

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post #405

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I too have felt “not angry” even when I was. It was cloaked in something else far more damaging to personal growth. I feel you suffer from the same.

Careful you don't hurt yourself getting down from that high horse of yours. I guess alternatively you could just keep living up there, but it sounds lonely. OOC, what in the initial message makes you think I was angry when I'm telling you I was not? (Oh all-knowing-being who can tell me what's inside my head that I cannot even see)

the other person also thought you were angry.

Re: What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?

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post #404

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At minimum, a person should be capable of keeping their emotions separate when drafting text. If you can’t, that’s something to work on.

I mean, I'm not taking advice on this from you. You have done nothing to convince me you're worth listening to.

same can be said vice versa.

Re: What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?

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As advanced countries' systems for marriage and child-rearing continue to fail, there is a constant demand for cope. What if we learned to love being single? What if we substitute friendship for marriage? 64 ways to enjoy retirement on your own! This is the collective version of listening to an alcoholic explain why he doesn't have a problem.

Someday, maybe we'll figure out that maybe age-old institutions -- marriages, families, churches, communities, nations -- have irreplaceable roles for the well-being of humanity.

We'll probably collapse first.
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