Matthew, thanks for sharing that. I don't have a well thought out response right now, but I wanted to let you know that I've read what you wrote and I'm thinking about it. Off the cuff I would say that while we do have 'animalistic' tendancies, I would hope our human capacity for reason would prevent such a fate. However, human reason has failed us in the past
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If you don't mind me asking (and if you do, please let me know, I don't mean to overstep): Do you think your view on monogomy/marriage is defined more by the factors you listed or by the values of your religion? This is a sincere question as I was brought up Christian (although not Catholic) and still consider myself one, though probably much more liberal than most.