The title of this post is what someone said to me today, as a pointed accusation that I am secretly intolerant.
I changed the subject and felt hurt that they wanted to do this, and now I feel guilty I didn’t respond properly, so I’m going to try and make myself feel better by writing here what I should have said.
Presumably you think it’s wrong to cheat on your wife? Why is it such a stretch then to want to avoid “pre-emptively” cheating on her?
Should I bring it up tomorrow?
How can you pre-emptively cheat on your wife if you never get married?
Did you bring it up?
Marriage is only a word for what should already exist as a bond. Again, if you have to ask “do I need to do X to show my commitment?” you are asking to be let off the hook while at the same time admitting that X is exactly what you are trying to avoid.
This is precisely the struggle with God.
Perfecting our wills unto grace, purifying our faith through action