Lady Bug said:

Let's just say this one person is a very animated, gregarious person. They tend to lead the table by talking almost constantly. They seem civil if not cordial, but it also seems that everything that comes out of their mouth is talking about someone. They don't necessarily talk bad about someone (though I don't know them enough to say this), but they're ALWAYS mentioning someone's name in practically every other sentence. It makes me wonder, is this too similar to gossip, or is this more excusable?

ps this is not the same woman who I sensed was condescending on me being a convert.

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Is this someone in your formation classes? I would say it depends on the way they are referred to. It’s hard to make a call on something like that without being there.

durangodawood said:

In this case youre just guessing, unless you have some actual insight into his motives. But I think you would have said so.

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Is there an option C here?

It's either A) something that's a genuine interest that he wants to portray in his art form (as you stated), or B) something he's doing for shock value to get attention (as I stated)


Are there any other rationales that would make sense for that?

The Church has a lot to say about a subject that many of us may not want to think about. That’s the premise of the Register’s first-ever ‘Death Issue.’

For those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere, November is an especially fitting time to remember our departed loved ones and reflect on our own mortality.

Nature does its part. The leaves tumble, the shadows lengthen, the temperature dips, gradually moving from sweater weather to knit-cap cold. Yet there’s also a golden beauty to November. It clears the mind and tugs at the heart to ponder deeper things.

Things like death.

The Catholic Church does its part, too. In addition to the back-to-back Solemnities of All Saints and All Souls to begin the month, the Church’s Scripture readings in November, in preparation for Advent, direct our attention to the “four last things”: death, judgment, heaven and hell.

Suffice it to say, then, this seemed like the perfect time for the Register to launch its first-ever “Death Issue,” featuring an eclectic mix of content on that theme available both online and in our Nov. 16 print edition.

If a “Death Issue” sounds dreadfully morose to you, well, good, that means we were right in thinking that we probably all could use a refresher on the Catholic view of death — because it’s anything but dark.

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Stopped_lurking said:

What countries are we talking about here? Developing countries?

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North Africa and Spain, respectively, I know for certain. It may affect Nepal and New Zealand.

NxNW said:

Oh, there are other options

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Payoneer is owned by the Russians, so it’s not a feasible system for foreigners to deal with United States’ websites and/or merchants. The United States is at the center of the internet economy.

Key Trump ally jumps into New York governor's race days after shocking Mamdani mayoral victory

BNR32FAN said:

Even at the cost of misrepresenting the word of God? I mean what’s more important here, teaching sound theology or defending a theology that contradicts scripture?

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Yes, you are right. They shouldn't but they do.

BNR32FAN said:

I had to make that choice a long time ago and I ended up reevaluating my entire theology.

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I had a simmilar experience with legalism. It was a tough slog to overcome it, and the process shook me to the core, but God was faithful and led me through it. Looking back, I wouldn't trade it for anything.

More than 1,000 flights cancelled as airport chaos begins: ‘People are just fed up’​

Leslie Nash of Long Beach waited as long as she could before calling off her 60th-birthday trip to Hawaii with her sisters; she was forced to cancel Thursday or risk losing refunds for her hotel room and rental car.

“It’s a total first-world problem on my end,” she said. “I can always reschedule, but it just sucks.”

Faced with the government shutdown, the immigration raids in Southern California, the general polarization of American politics and now the travel setbacks, “people are just fed up,” Nash said. “Can we have any joy?”

Sorry, Elon Musk promised us all "temporary hardships".

Fervent said:

But you still expect them to comply. Otherwise you would live and let live.

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When I feel moral outrage, I feel a need to try to counteract it, additionally not acting on it feels bad itself. The morals of the perpetrator don't concern me.

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I'm asking where the wrongness rests, in you doesn't answer that question because that's what is supposed to be explained.

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Where do YOU feel feelings? I can't pinpoint a specific location, they come to me as parts of me.

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That doesn't explain the difference, just that there is one. What is it that is different? Why do you feel the need to act and intervene in the one case, and in the other you're fine with the diversity?

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The specific feeling, as I have said multiple times. Some feelings gives me an impetus to act (among them moral feelings), and others don't.

Hans Blaster said:

The what, prey tell, is "anti-communist bigotry" and how would it manifest?

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It would of course manifest as anyone calling Mamdani a communist, or a socialist for that matter, or even hinting at it. Anything that suggested he wasn’t as American as apple pie in his political stance. It would be almost as bad as deadnaming the person.

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No, in France.

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Thanks for the clarification. It turns out that the suspect, Jean Guillot, 35, a local fisherman who grew up in the Dordogne, has addiction and mental issues, and despite yelling "Allahu Akbar," neither his religion nor terrorism appears to have been a motive.


The man in his thirties claims to have recently become radicalized. These statements should be taken with a grain of salt, as his remarks to investigators are, to say the least, confused.

"He is known for his numerous transgressions, notably due to his regular drug and alcohol use,"

He had been "hearing strange noises in his head for some time" and expressed a "desire to be hospitalized." Earlier, Jean G. confessed to the acts and explained that he had "followed the orders of Allah," who had entrusted him with a mission and demanded a "sacrifice." These elements support the theory of mental health issues as the cause of the suspect's impaired judgment.

He doesn't, however, speak of killing infidels. Investigators are struggling to understand his logic. His statements are confused and at times bizarre.

Jean G., told investigators during his police custody that he had converted to Islam in recent weeks. This appears to be a case of self-radicalization, seemingly without any contact with the Iraqi-Syrian region or any radical imam.

He believes, according to the same source, that Islam gives meaning to his life, a life made up of alcohol consumption, cannabis and violence.

"Religious writings, of the Muslim faith, were found in his caravan," he continued, adding that there was nevertheless "no jihadist dimension" to his actions.

The subject wanted to be baptized.

Jean G. contacted the parish of Oléron this summer to begin the process of being baptized, TF1-LCI newsrooms learned from the parish, confirming information from Sud Ouest. The first meetings were scheduled to begin at the end of November.

Jean G. "has spiraled out of control in the last two years due to drugs and alcohol."

This witness does not understand why his former friend shouted "Allah Akbar" yesterday because according to him, Jean G. "often spoke about the church, and went to mass every Sunday for the past four months".

High Fidelity said:

Huntingdon is very close to me and I used to travel there for work, but no, we don't know the motive yet.

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The suspect in this case was Anthony Williams, a British national born in the UK. Both terrorism and religion have been ruled out as a motive.

Despite the severity of the incident, police have concluded there is no evidence that the train stabbings were motivated by ideology or politics.

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However last week there was an Afghan asylum seeker that murdered someone walking there dog, stabbed a 14-year-old and injured someone else, which is one of many recent instances of people from those backgrounds proving they shouldn't be allowed here.

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This appears to have been some sort of domestic dispute between the man and his landlord.

Safi Dawood is charged with murdering Wayne Broadhurst, as well as attempting to murder his landlord Shahzad Farrukh, 45, and a 14-year-old boy, in relation to the incident in Midhurst Gardens in Uxbridge on Monday 27 October, a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard.

Dawood allegedly contacted his landlord on WhatsApp and asked him to come to his room, where Mr Farrukh found the defendant with a large knife.

Mr Farrukh eventually managed to run out of the house and seek assistance from neighbours.

Dawood allegedly approached one of the witnesses with a knife in his hand and was standing in her garden while members of her family sought to help Mr Farrukh and the 14-year-old boy, who had suffered minor injuries to his hands.

One of the neighbours swung her walking stick at Dawoo,d which caused him to back off,


You said that this is "one of many recent instances of people from those backgrounds proving they shouldn't be allowed here," but there doesn't appear to be any evidence that refugees and asylum seekers are committing homicides at a higher rate in Europe than native-born citizens.

Abraham1st said:

Yes, you are missing something, the description is for people who are not doing the truth, so if anyone is of the truth they do it, not talk about them...

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No, that's not right. It doesn't say that nobody who walks in the Spirit ever indulges the lusts of the flesh.

Abraham1st said:

James 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Your name seems to suggest you like to show the name of CHRIST.

NewLifeInChristJesus​

Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

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I do not promote myself as Christ Jesus but rather points to Him as the giver and sustainer of life. From another thread:

Abraham1st said:

Do you mean in your brain, that the doctrine of godliness cannot be allowed.

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It is obvious that these remarks do not come from walking in the Spirit since they are the results of indulging of the flesh.

Fine. Walsh and Shapiro have extensively discussed this. Given the size of their audiences, they certainly have a larger youth audience than Fuentes. (EDIT: lack of prior specificity is because the entire daily caller/daily wire/etc extended universe has much further reach and is socially conservative in that way, so just pick your favorite)

As for becoming moderate, just yesterday's stream (Nov 6th), he said, and hopefully this quote to illustrate the sort of nonsense he's still up to but is not inflammatory enough to get banned (I will gladly remove if asked): "The Jews are destroying this country because the country doesn’t want to support Israel anymore." Not exactly straying far from his roots.

I was speaking a little loosely there and equivocating on "platform" -- it's not a problem for youtube to ban people like Fuentes, and somebody like Fr Josiah doesn't need to invite them on, either.

Vambram said:

None of them are Christian Nationalists and they don't wish to destroy our country.

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Hesgeth belongs to a church associated with the CREC, Johnson is connected with the NAR and has public-ally denounced the idea of the separation of church and state. They are Dominionists without a doubt

Pope Leo XIV received in a Nov. 6 audience the members of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE, by its Spanish acronym), the Ecumenical Council of Churches (CEC), and the representatives of the Christian Churches of Europe, who met in Rome to sign the updated “Charta Œcumenica.”

Signed in 2001 by the presidents of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the CCEE, the Ecumenical Charter has been the cornerstone of European ecumenical cooperation for more than two decades. The revised version seeks to address contemporary challenges and reflect the changing realities of European society and Christianity.

The revision process, initiated in 2022, was led by a joint working group of the CEC and the CCEE. To this end, input from churches and ecumenical organizations throughout Europe was considered for the purpose of ensuring that the updated text responds to current ecumenical needs.

The updated version was signed on Nov. 5 by Archbishop Gintaras Grušas of Vilnius, Lithuania, the president of the CCEE, and by Greek Orthodox Archbishop Nikitas Loulias of Thyateira and Great Britain.

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Prayer for the faithful departed is one of the most misunderstood and neglected practices in the Church today by many people. I was also told that it explains one of the most misunderstood of Our Lords parables. That of the unrighteous steward.

1 And he said also to his disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a steward: and the same was accused unto him, that he had wasted his goods. 2 And he called him, and said to him: How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship: for now thou canst be steward no longer. 3 And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, because my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; to beg I am ashamed. 4 I know what I will do, that when I shall be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 5 Therefore calling together every one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord?

6 But he said: An hundred barrels of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 7 Then he said to another: And how much dost thou owe? Who said: An hundred quarters of wheat. He said to him: Take thy bill, and write eighty. 8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light. 9 And I say to you: Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity; that when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings. 10 He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in that which is greater: and he that is unjust in that which is little, is unjust also in that which is greater.

11 If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon; who will trust you with that which is the true? 12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's; who will give you that which is your own?


I was taught that we are the unrighteous steward, and we see the end of our stewardship in that we will die, and it is only here on Earth where we get to be stewards. The steward is generous with his master’s money so that people will receive him when he loses his job. It is called unrighteous mammon because it does not belong to the steward, rather his master
We can see a parallel if we see the way the steward used the money and how we use the grace of God.
We are stewards of God’s grace, not possessors. It does not belong to us, it comes from God. If we take it and share it with others for their benefit, we will be well received when we enter eternity.
Whether we give alms here, forgive others their sin, offer mass, perform penance or indulgences for the dead, we are asking our fellow souls, how much do you owe my master? Quickly cancel that and write down this instead.
God has given us the stewardship of His grace, how we use it determines how we will be received.
Those in purgatory cannot pray for themselves, so any prayer or penance offered by us is greatly appreciated and spiritually powerful
The reason there is wailing and gnashing of teeth in eternity is that it is so simple to be well received. You mean all I had to do was say a prayer or let go of some material things that I really have no use for? O woe is me how dumb and greedy I was

Be generous while you have your stewardship, share the grace of God with anyone you can. It may not pay off here, but in the life to come, God will praise your cleverness as the worldly master praised the unrighteous steward

Pepperdoodle said:

Government isn't the savior. Society and churches have been pushed out of the way in general in helping, just as gov't wants. Society, we the people are bigger than the government, but it's been twisted around so it seems gov't is bigger than society. God has limits on gov't, but it seems per usual, gov't has overstepped those limits, thus pushing society to the side. Gov't is suppose to work for the people, not against them. For decades it's been messed up. People need to be self dependent and help each other, not look to gov't as the helper.

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No one said it was, but the laws that were over ancient Israel seem to me to lean heavily on the side of the government being responsible for ensuring the care of its citizenry. God's justice that governments are instituted to support goes far beyond law and order.

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It's always been that way. Us regular folk and there are those at the top. Again, the gov't is too big making too many "at the top". But it's been that way for too long. Even in Bible times it was that way. The Bible even mentions the poor will always be. Rich or poor, either way, if they are saved than they are on equal footing before God. Are you into cashiers should get paid the same as brain surgeons?

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The size of the government doesn't seem to me to be the biggest cause of graft and exploitation by governmental officials. And just because the poor will always be with us, doesn't mean we should just ignore poverty and let them live in squalor.

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Most people have the same opp to employment opps. Some just aren't gifted, interested, etc in what it takes to be a lawyer over a school teacher. There are already those things in general. Manpower is one example. Sadly now days, some don't actually want to work, but still give me money, is their attitude. That's not how God wants it to be. I'm not referring to those who may have a physical condition that limits their ability, that's for another post. The majority of those who don't want to work though they physically can, if they struggle, that is their problem. I don't feel bad for them really since they are capable, but just lazy.

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No, most people don't have the same opportunities. Connections vary, access to education and job training varies, transportation is often a barrier. To claim that most people have the same opportunities is naive at best.

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By history. Schools since the 90's it seems have went down hill. Depending on how old you are, there has been a dumbing down in public schools that wasn't there before. Research it sometime. A dumber people are a people easier to control. There is good info out there about how it's changed. And it's a deliberate change. Never forget, public schools are a government run system. The way God expects gov't to be run, isn't the gov't we live under today. Today's gov't is out of control and has been for decades. It's that way in many countries.

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What metric? are you just eyeball testing it, or do you have hard data?

Pepperdoodle said:

What specifically do you mean by "pro-social attitudes"?

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Love thy neighbor.

Pepperdoodle said:

What "environmental exposure" are you referring to?

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I mean exposure to violence in their schools, neighborhoods, and general environment.

mark46 said:

Doesn't a no-confidence vote require 50% of the legislature?

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A vote of no confidence against "The Government" (the PM and their ministers) does.

However, the dissolution of parliament comes from the executive branch.

Sort of a metaphorical "mutually assured destruction" of sorts...

Both branches have a big red button they can push if things are going off of the rails in the other branch.

I believe parliament can trigger a dissolution against themselves (causing a general election) as well.

I would imagine that would be strategically leveraged in a cases where one party is being pretty terrible, and they'd be somewhat confident that their own seats would be easily "re-winnable" and they could pick up more seats from the other party/parties.


But again, one of the Canadian/Brit/Aussie posters could perhaps elaborate on that better than I could.

'The pastor’s corpse has been found, alongside two other corpses of two other Christians'

ABUJA, Nigeria — Fulani herdsmen on Monday killed at least 10 Christians, including a Pentecostal pastor, in Benue state, Nigeria, residents said.

The Rev. Simon Nbach of Flaming Fire Ministry and the other Christians were massacred in the attack on Anwule Oglewu village of Ohimini County as farmers were working in their fields, residents said. The assailants also burned down a Catholic Church building and destroyed dozens of homes.

The pastor’s corpse has been found, alongside two other corpses of two other Christians, Adoya Ejigai, and Ejeh Loko,” area resident Casmir Eigege told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “So far, 10 Christians have been confirmed dead, and one other Christian was abducted by the herdsmen.”

Eigege identified the attackers as Fulani herdsmen.

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Tropical Wilds said:

“even if I was a pedophile, I wouldn’t be able to do do anything with all the adults around”

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I have to admit that this sent a bit of a shiver down my spine.

The 39-year-old is accused of helping a Hamas-linked cell plan attacks on Jewish and Israeli targets

A man has been arrested in the UK and faces extradition to Germany, where he is accused of playing a “key role” in a Hamas-linked terror cell planning attacks on Israeli and Jewish institutions. Three other men thought to be part of this group were arrested in Germany in September and are accused of procuring firearms and ammunition.

Britain’s ITV makes note of the rather important fact that the newly-arrested 39-year-old man “is the son of a senior Hamas official” in its fifthparagraph, describing him four times before this as “British.”

‘Global Britain’ campaigner Aman Bhogal lamented that “for far too long, the world’s assorted extremists and terrorists have had a red-carpet route into Britain.”

The liberal establishment elite has handed over passports like toffees, anointing them ‘British.’ When the same imported problem engages in terror, the establishment elite MSM calls it ‘British.’

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Writer Sean Durns added that “when you invite people who are sympathetic to terrorism into your country, you tend to get terrorism.”

The suspect first came to the attention of German counter-terror police in June this year. He is suspected of having overseen the transportation of firearms into the country. British police arrested him on Monday after the National Crime Agency received an extradition request from German prosecutors.

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Ever worried that skipping breakfast might leave you foggy at work? Or that intermittent fasting would make you irritable, distracted and less productive?

Snack food ads warn us that “you’re not you when you’re hungry”, reinforcing a common belief that eating is essential to keep our brains sharp.

This message is deeply woven into our culture. We’re told constant fuelling is the secret to staying alert and efficient.

Yet time-restricted eating and intermittent fasting have become hugely popular wellness practices over the past decade. Millions do it for long-term benefits, from weight management to improved metabolic health.

This raises a pressing question: can we reap the health rewards of fasting without sacrificing our mental edge? To find out, we conducted the most comprehensive review to date of how fasting affects cognitive performance.

Why fast in the first place?​

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Honestly, I have seen both.

I've seen churches that were too "inward focused". The members were taken care of. It felt like one big family. The downside was there was little to no outreach. Visitors didn't really feel welcome. Etc. So, the church didn't grow very much (if at all), in fact it started decreasing in membership as people moved or passed away.

I've seen churches that were too "outward focused". It leads to what has been described in the OP and other posts here..

I think to be healthy, a church as to do both.. It has to take care of its members, but it also has to do outreach. There is a balance there..

The Overton Window is shifting among Catholics. Because evil is so widespread in the world, and sin hits close to home more and more, we have started, and are able, to settle for less. I am not here referring to the debate that comes every election about choosing a candidate that is the lesser of two evils – meaning, bad, but still not as evil as the other option. While that, too, concerns “settling,” it is not so much the secular world I am concerned with as that which has to do with the Catholic Faith and the lives of the faithful; namely, morality.

The term “Overton Window” is a term derived from political science, and which I was not familiar with until sometime last year when I first heard it on a Catholic podcast. The theory was first developed by political analyst Joseph P. Overton, and originally known as “The Window of Political Possibilities.” It was renamed after Mr. Overton following his death. According to Britannica, the term means, “...the range of policies considered acceptable by the majority of a population at a particular time.” While the concept was invented specifically as a study of politics, it can also be applied when measuring how moral standards are viewed by society over the years.

The generation of my parents, although living in a post-1960s world and far from a society where morality still reigned supreme, for the most part still had a goal in mind: to find someone they could love, and marry. Marriage was still viewed as the proper endgame of a romantic relationship; cohabitation was taboo. As the children of that generation have become adults and started their own lives, the place marriage has in society has changed, as most of the people in my generation (the generation known as Gen Z, or Zoomers) skip marriage altogether.

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