Anybody out there have an answer? I don't, but of course, I agree with him.If a transcendent God doesn’t exist and death is the absolute end then what difference does it make if a man spends his money on a wife and kids or on toys and escorts?
As a Christian, I believe fathering my seven children is the most eternally significant thing I could possibly do, and I can't do it anywhere near as effectively without my wife, Aimee, as I can with her. The eternal significance of raising children gives our marriage purpose, which motivates us to try harder to fix the inevitable problems that arise in married life.
But even if we had no children, our marriage would still have eternal significance, because the Bible describes marriage as an earthly picture of Christ's love for the Church. Our attempt - even if fallen, imperfect and ultimately inadequate - to model that love makes our marriage eternally significant.
If there is no eternity, then there is no eternal significance. And without eternal significance, there is no temporal significance either.
So, why get married?
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