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I understand you fine, the point is none of it FACTUALLY means anything and im guessing by you not listing things that factually impact you agree or realize you cant.
and your statement further proves my point, you say you think my definition is different from yours, well you just hit the nail on the head. There is NO definition, its made up, its subjective and it is personal to each person. SO like you already admitted others marriages dont effect yours, so the integrity is factually in ZERO danger.
Yes divorce rate is high, so what, what does that factually do to the integrity of marriage? nothing
Yes children are born out of wedlock what does that factually do to the integrity of marriage? nothing
what if divorce was super low and people stayed together in BAD or ABUSIVE or FAILED marriages but kept it together legally?
what if most kids werent born out of wedlock but find themselves in the marriages described above?
again both meaningless to the integrity of marriage and both subjective.
The integrity is in ZERO jeopardy.
AGain though if you have things you think factually put it in danger please list them.
If you do not think that high divorce rates, high rates of bastardy, and high rates of marital and family abuse do not indicate a serious problem with the integrity of marriage as an institution, then it is difficult to imagine what evidence you would ever accept as indicative of this threat. Certainly, divorce itself is, by definition, a failure in the integrity of marriage, whether we are talking about an individual marriage ending in this way, or about marriage as an institution in a society where roughly half of marriages end this way.