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[Catholic_Lady]

I'm not here to argue with someone about the Church. I know how ya'll feel about it, and you know how I feel about it.

My objection was to Irrational accusing the guy of wanting everyone to suffer when what he actually said was "I wish everyone had a life as beautiful as mine."  

Regardless of whether you personally think his life sounds good or not, HE does think it's good. So his statement obviously doesn't mean he wants people to suffer.

Actually, it was a question at the start ... so perhaps your accusation about me is a straw?

Yes, it was a question at first, so when I asked you to clarify, you pointed me to where he said he wishes everyone's life was as beautiful as his, telling me that's where he said he wants everyone to suffer. 

But that said, you didn't really answer about what he meant by hard if it did not involve suffering? And you can't change the fact that, in the article, he did wish such life on others. Doesn't matter if he has some cognitive dissonance going on that makes him call it beautiful even though he acknowledges it's hard and that there's restrictions on how he lives.

He meant hard as in, it's hard to resist temptation to do something that he believes is the wrong thing. But in the end it's rewarding enough to make it worth it. I don't think it's that hard of a concept to understand. 

It's like me and my husband dating for 4 1/2 years but not having sex. It was super difficult, but very rewarding to know that we were following God's plan for us, and I wouldn't have had it any other way.