Marra 2

Question

What is marriage for?

In the last paper, the topic was skimmed over by thought.
Here the subject is somewhat more clarified.

Reason

To say marriage is to produce a proper child or children is the correct answer. Nonetheless, that may be half the answer, there's an equal answer, or there is a truer answer.

A child can be born outside of marriage. Hence, marriage is not a requirement to have a child. Plenty of kids have been born outside wedlock.

A proper birth is within a marriage.
Properness is not in the unborn child.
The effect of the child being proper depends on the conditions of the Mom and Dad being proper.
Hence, the Mom and Dad are the conditions, and the child is the effect.

A person is given to weigh which is more important, whether it's the easiest part and the effect of marriage,
OR the hardest part and the conditions of marriage.
Usually the choice is the former.
In the last paper, renamed "Marra A", I was thinking of the latter.

Grams

First, think of the smallest weight of 1 gram.
Secondly, it is agreed, that to be a success with one child is to be a success with many children. Consequently, herein we will discuss only 1 child.
Thirdly, 3 people compose a marriage: Mom, Dad, Child.

Next, imagine a person's soul weighs 30 grams.
Each weighs 30 grams:
Mom = 30 grams,
Dad = 30 grams,
Child = 30 grams.

Finally, if you combine any of these 2 -- Mom and Child, or Dad and Child -- they equal 60 grams.
At the point of marriage 2 people, male and female, become 1 person. Then:
Parents = 60 grams,
Child = 30 grams.

The conclusion is, to say the marriage is about the 30 grams of the baby, and to miss the 60 grams of the combined parents, (I will restate) is about half the answer.

Condition and Effect

Additionally, the parents are the conditions of marriage, and the child is the effect of marriage.
For example, if you had rotten terrible parents, a natural effect is the child will be rotten and terrible.
Vice versa for good parents who create a good child.

Which proves, the Mom and Dad are as important, or more important than the child when we consider the reason of marriage, or what a marriage is for.

If you believe a Christian marriage is exclusively to have a child (or children), then the marriage may neglect the 2 parents that are wholly responsible and at least equally important in a marriage, and the marriage could likely not survive a lifetime.

Furthermore, the parents contribute in effort 100% to keep a marriage, and the child contributes in effort 0% to keep a marriage.

In Christian terms I was commenting. In a different religion I wasn't commenting to any degree.

Lastly

In paper Marra A, my aim was not to criticize anyone for divorcing and marrying twice. I brought up the subject of divorce to merely defend my behavior which seems immoral, by unveiling it has a moral goal that greatly regards the concerns of divorce.
Your life is your business. I'm constant in disinterest, and don't dig into another's private details in these matters. To marry multiple times instead could preferably prove you have success with the opposite gender, as when a final unwanted fate was not your fault.
Any person who travels a different road than mine, I would not suggest is a wrong road.
Besides, I implied we might better educate ourselves about marriage before we marry.

The man who finds the best love of his life and marries is the lucky one.

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Posted: May 13, 2026, 3am pdt

Update: 5:30am - Added sentence to C&E.