tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1563209164464516029.post3189317866888389939..comments2023-11-03T04:15:39.736-07:00Comments on Open Source Theology: "Suffer the little children" Part IUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1563209164464516029.post-9345816251860677132015-05-15T11:16:04.540-07:002015-05-15T11:16:04.540-07:00The main problem I have with this first section is...The main problem I have with this first section is the logical fallacy of a "zero-sum" game as you frame it. Marriage Equality (however you superscript it) does not necessarily "level" or "diminish" the importance of children in those marriages where children exist.<br /><br />On the contrary, it appears that you are devaluing or diminishing the importance of marriages that do not produce children. I'm sure that is not your intent.<br /><br />Or is it? Do you feel that marriages without children are somehow less or deficient?<br /><br />Far from rejecting the "common good" the Theological essay (page 20) makes a great deal of its importance.<br /><br />This is not a zero sum game -- all couples can be honored, in carrying out what they can -- a childless couple ought not be dismissed as doing "less" for the community.<br /><br />After all -- where would this leave celibates? I would say that you should be familiar with the important role that celibate religious communities played in the upbuilding of society in the middle ages -- and more recently.Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.com