Marriage is death. It is massive misunderstanding that so many people joyfully celebrate it. Only those that find death great should celebrate marriage.
Marriage is living to maximize the fulfillment of another person. Living like this is not at all natural. Everything natural screams out against this. Marriage is a total loss of control: in comes someone else. It is entirely losing yourself into another person. Love works this way. Love exists when maximum joy comes from maximizing the joy of another. It is not enough to just die and sacrifice, but to do so with joy. To love you must die and love it.
Christians are just that sort of masochistic people. They glory in death. They love execution. They celebrate the death of their happily dying god1. They love mortification. They should love marriage.
Recently, I have witnessed several of these willing executions. They were amazing! They were not incredible because of the gore, or even display of sacrifice, but rather the incredible joy. They were totally enthralled with losing themselves in each other. It is one of the most beautiful, glorious forms of execution I have ever witnessed. 2
