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Re:Parents of daughters are more likely to divorce than thos... by softwaredoug on Saturday February 06, 2021 @11:55AM (#26047764)
I agree. Also not to get too autobiographical, but life was much easier for me and my siblings after divorce than having to deal with constant fights. Divorce can be a positive outcome, especially if it can be done amicably.
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Re:Parents of daughters are more likely to divorce than thos... by foogazi on Saturday February 06, 2021 @12:33PM (#26048166)
> Divorce can be a positive outcome

This doesn’t pass the universality test - would it be positive if all marriages ended in divorce?

Lots of “bad” outcomes become good given circumstances, but they are still not universally good:

“Amputation can be a positive outcome, especially if gangrene has started”

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Re:Parents of daughters are more likely to divorce than thos... by nostrademons on Saturday February 06, 2021 @02:55PM (#26049361)
The universality test itself doesn't pass the universality test. Would it be positive if everything good needed to be good all the time?

Sunlight makes you feel good, gives you vitamin D, and warms you up. Too much sunlight gives you skin cancer.

Sugar is necessary for life. Too much sugar gives you diabetes and obesity.

Water is the basic building block of life. Too much water causes electrolyte imbalances that can lead to dangerous cardiac arrythmias.

Very few good things actually do pass the universality test, which suggests that the test itself may be flawed.

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Re:Parents of daughters are more likely to divorce than thos... by nwienert on Saturday February 06, 2021 @01:57PM (#26048886)
You’re emotionally tying yourself to Christian theology and claiming it as universal.

If most people married just to have children and raise them, then divorced, that doesn’t seem bad in the slightest, especially given that’s the likely the original motivating force behind marriage anyway.

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