Connotationally about “just made the inevitable happen faster”: Sometimes the timing makes a huge difference. For a man, being just a few years late may result in a marriage where “coming out” would mean losing all contact with their children. For a woman, being just a few years late may result in being married to an old polygamous guy and having no chance to get even high-school education.
All the religion needs to win is to keep you long enough so that it can keep your children, too.
Connotationally about “just made the inevitable happen faster”: Sometimes the timing makes a huge difference. For a man, being just a few years late may result in a marriage where “coming out” would mean losing all contact with their children. For a woman, being just a few years late may result in being married to an old polygamous guy and having no chance to get even high-school education.
All the religion needs to win is to keep you long enough so that it can keep your children, too.
Yeah, good point, agreed—I’m possibly in the former category there, it’s hard to say.