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It's sad, puzzling, and for lack of a better word, well it's bizarre. How can one write about marriage the way MacFarlane does and then do the very thing he was warning against a short time later?

http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=17344

Check out the above link for a truly unbelivable irony. Written just one year ago and all about 'fasting' to 'love your wife even more than before'. I think you HAVE to come to the conclusion that this guy had weaknesses like the rest of us and wore a kind of spiritual make-up to cover up his blemishes. Maybe that is why he talked and wrote about marriage as much as he did, BECAUSE he had deep seated problems and the writing was a kind of therapy for him.

The devil can win one or two souls by attacking the likes of you and me, but by attacking someone like Macfarlane who has made himself a very public figure and dragging him into a scandalous situation he can affect the faith of thousands that saw Bud as a standard bearer for the faith. The devil is highly-intelligent and he is clearly going to direct his resources where they do the most damage.

If he doesn't pull himself together (and soon) not only does Bud lose his lovely wife and four lovely kids, he is going to lose his reputation, many of his friends, his extended family and presumeably a large part of his income. You have to wonder whether he might not be mentally ill. Could a sane person knowing all he knows about the TRUTH be willing to throw all that away?

=== How can one write about marriage the way MacFarlane does and then do the very thing he was warning against a short time later?

I don't know about Mr. McFarlane, but I can tell you from my own posting history that my strongest arguments and most meticulous study generally is centered on those issues with which I myself tend to struggle most or which most hit home with me for whatever reason.

"I need to hear it," in other words.