1. It finally strikes me that it’s pointless to have children or to get married. All the women in my social class earn more than me, or have been so hopelessly damaged by abortion & multiple relationships (usually both) that it’s a useless enterprise.
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Joyce was married and had two children. He makes no claim that perpetual bachelorhood is harder or more valuable than cohabitation, but was merely pointing out a blindspot
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Isn’t this an attack on Jesus? The implication is that the “son of God” couldn’t do this very difficult thing, and so is not impressive. It strikes me as the kind of superficially clever claim that the small-minded village atheist makes.
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Yes. Any man can have much of his worldviews altered by cohabitation. It's not about competence or skill, it's about trust. It's easier to put faith in a man who understands as many of your struggles as possible
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But the man who stands outside might be objective...
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The man who can stand inside and out is "more" "objective"
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Yes, but with relationships once you’re in there’s a sense in which you can’t get out.
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Ehhhhhh that's true in a lot of cases, I suppose. Especially marriage. Still think that makes Joyce's point all the more reasonable.
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I’m quite mystical about this. I think “bits” of people become completely entangled with you & you form a psychic connection with them. I have no rational evidence for this belief. Could you explain how you interpret this Joyce? Maybe I’m not getting it.
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