tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post112648770946688759..comments2024-01-07T09:34:44.086-05:00Comments on What Canst Thou Say?: The new monasticism, part 3Robin M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-1126815184447061972005-09-15T16:13:00.000-04:002005-09-15T16:13:00.000-04:00Beppe, I don't know what I think about celibacy fo...Beppe, I don't know what I think about celibacy for unmarried people. I just don't think that it's so strange for a religious body to uphold this traditional expectation. But then, I think that the traditional exclusion of same-sex couples from the rights and responsibilities of marriage is wrong, so is this my personal contradiction? Or is it just the current state of the evolution of social mores? Don't get me started on my opinions about cohabitation and divorce. Probably a whole mess of contradictions, but a long story in any case.<BR/><BR/>Lynn, thanks for commenting! You remind me of a point that was originally supposed to be an important part of this post, but somehow got lost in the process of typing and editing. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I think that monogamous, childless couples are probably the ideal missional unit in many fields: Able to support each other logistically and emotionally and bounce ideas off each other, not inviting or accepting sexual partners from the community they're serving, free from the day to day, mind-numbing and time-consuming occupations of raising your own children, able to take risks that I might want to take but wouldn't want to expose my children to, I could go on.<BR/><BR/>I see a lot of openings for people in childlessness.Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.com