Just as someone who has drunk a lot of wine and, weakened by it, utters indecent words and sees one thing instead of another; so one who is seized by impure lust, as if by some kind of wine, does not utter a single sound word, but (speaks) only shameful, depraved, vile and laughable (words) and sees one thing instead of another; "He is blind to everything before his eyes, and everywhere he sees only the one for whom he cherishes passion, and, like a madman and a madman, at gatherings and feasts, at any time and in any place, no matter what anyone says to him, he seems to hear nothing, but thinks only of her, dreams only of sin; he suspects everything, fears everything, and is no better than some animal struck by an arrow. A person possessed by anger is also intoxicated: his face swells, his voice becomes hoarse, his eyes fill with blood, his mind is clouded, his senses are lost, his tongue trembles, his gaze wanders, and his ears hear one thing instead of another, because anger, stronger than any wine, strikes the brain and produces a storm and uncontrollable agitation in it. If everyone overcome by lust and anger is intoxicated, how much more intoxicated and insane is the wicked man who insults God, resists His laws, and refuses to abandon this unreasonable obstinacy? He is worse than the frantic and the insane, though he himself seems unaware of it.
—St. John Chrysostom, Against the Jews, Word Eight
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@TorquemadaInqu@theheavenlyones They are clueless in this context today. They wouldn't be clueless if we did what we did in the past.
And yes, marriages with notable mental gaps last all the time.
Otherwise don't be a hypocrite and thus please condemn the marriage of a 20 yo and a 40 yo.
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@TorquemadaInqu@theheavenlyones Again, you are projecting your delusional views about me onto my intentions. No, I'm not saying that because of that. I'm saying that because it's immoral, uncanonical and unchristian.
2. The Orthodox Church already has an age gap limit:
@TorquemadaInqu@theheavenlyones I don't either. Which is why premarital sex should be illegal.
The whole idea of the age of consent should be abolished and replace with the age of marriage.
And it should be set at 15.
@theheavenlyones@TorquemadaInqu no matter the age of the individual. It is immoral. And thus I would outlaw age gaps too big even between two adults.
So for example: even 31 and 55 would be illegal. And both of them would go to prison.
@theheavenlyones@TorquemadaInqu I just want young people to be allowed to make their own decisions. That's it. That's all. And stop infantilizing young people and excusing their crimes and not punishing them.
As an additional note: I am against any age gap bigger than 15 years apart no matter the age of the ind