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<blockquote data-quote="DanielH" data-source="post: 1507149" data-attributes="member: 18034">Right, we've got single people spending copious amounts of time on social media who think they're totally like what Paul was describing. I'm guilty of this as well, but I have my pregnant wife to drive me harder than I ever would have worked as a single man. I can't have tantrums or be visibly stressed or skip prayers, I have other people to worry about as a &quot;domestic pastor&quot; as Fr. Josiah likes to say. Also every single Christian in Paul's time under persecution was a monastic in essence.It's surprising to see single men so boastful about their single status when you never see married men claim they were better Christians as single men. Even if a man gets married, has children, and ends up getting divorced, there is a humility that is gained there, and perspective in caring for your children and making it work.Every married man has been single at some point.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DanielH, post: 1507149, member: 18034"] Right, we've got single people spending copious amounts of time on social media who think they're totally like what Paul was describing. I'm guilty of this as well, but I have my pregnant wife to drive me harder than I ever would have worked as a single man. I can't have tantrums or be visibly stressed or skip prayers, I have other people to worry about as a "domestic pastor" as Fr. Josiah likes to say. Also every single Christian in Paul's time under persecution was a monastic in essence. It's surprising to see single men so boastful about their single status when you [I]never [/I]see married men claim they were better Christians as single men. Even if a man gets married, has children, and ends up getting divorced, there is a humility that is gained there, and perspective in caring for your children and making it work. Every married man has been single at some point. [/QUOTE]

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