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Offline shin

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In Praise of Patriarchy
« on: July 11, 2013, 07:46:38 PM »
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  • God is a patriarch, the priesthood is a patriarchy, and His natural design for human society and the family, is patriarchy. Therefore we can immediately come to the conclusion that patriarchy is fundamentally good.

    As a Catholic, and also a simple human being defending natural law, it then becomes necessary to promote, respect, embrace and love this patriarchal design. Any lack of realization, respect, and promotion of this is therefore is a fundamental and serious problem that is quite destructive to the family and society.

    For example the virtue and design of family obedience requires obedience to the husband and father, under pain of sin. If this is forgotten the family does not and cannot function fully as it is meant to. And it is an act of virtue, this obedience, and so a good, which sanctifies the father, the wife, and the children, so not simply a negative. The father exercises virtue in his authority, and the wife and the children gain their holiness by the virtue of obedience.

    When people ask, why not ordain women, and the answer is given 'We don't know, we just don't because Christ didn't.' This is given alone a poor answer that likely shows lack of knowledge, I am thinking, no?

    The most fundamental answers cannot be neglected and not put forth for their positive virtue without harm, no?

    The answer is the good of patriarchy, yes? The forgotten good because people do not defend it, no? Even though the natural and divine law is written in everything?
    Sincerely,

    Shin

    'Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra. . . Fulcite me floribus.' (The flowers appear on the earth. . . stay me up with flowers. Sg 2:12,5)'-