“During my time on earth I’ve found the “youth” to be unwise, gullible and quite stupid.”
Even with “Three Score and fourteen years” on the ranch, I’m still at times unwise and gullible. Being half-smart on a good day, I have improved a bit.
All that said, it occurs to me that, contrary to our innate knowledge, some of us want an authority figure, whether parent-boss-priest, to say of any given behavior or habit “it’s all right, go ahead and do X-Y-Z.”
So at some unknown point in time, perhaps a presumably benevolent churchman said “it’s OK” and in so doing, cracked open a can of worms.
I agree.