(This article is a contributed article.)
If I were Infidelity in Marriage …
If I were the embodiment of Infidelity in Marriage, I would rain down with unrestrained malice and destruction on Marriage and Family. I’d engulf the whole world in darkness and despair.
I’d engulf all the world’s real estate and population, but I wouldn’t be content. I would seize every heart and mind and corrupt them with ‘self-deception and self-betrayal’.
I’d set about however necessary to first take over the United States. I’d subvert the churches — I’d begin with a campaign of whispers and propaganda to torment and deceive those who believed in and honored God, marriage, family, and fidelity.
To the young and hopeful, I would whisper that ‘committed marriage is a myth.’ I would convince them that ‘Man created Marriage’ and that it was nothing more than a social construct in direct conflict with natural desires and biology. I’d then whisper, ‘Infidelity is your right and damn everyone and everything suggesting otherwise!’
And the old and experienced generation…well, what else could I do? No one respects or listens to the elderly as they should. I’d mock and laugh while the world descended into oblivion believing, ‘Marital fidelity and commitment is unnatural and archaic.’
I would confide that what’s bad is good, and what’s good is only a ‘social construct’ and should rightfully be left to personal interpretation. And then I’d get organized. I’d educate Hollywood and the popular media on how to make infidelity exciting and normal so that committed marriage would appear dull and uninteresting. Even prison-like for the weak and uncommitted.
If I were Infidelity in Marriage, I’d soon have families at war with themselves, churches at war with themselves, and nations at war with themselves; until each in its turn was consumed to nothing more than mere ashes. And with promises of ‘self-actualization’, ‘self-realization’, and ‘self-gratification’, I would tear down every individual, family, and marriage I could while ensuring the children of those marriages were left betrayed, scarred, abandoned, and hopeless.
I’d have mesmerizing movies, shows, music, literature, commercials, and pornography fanning the flames of infidelity in every home, office, and school. I’d ensure that everyone was placated, sedated, distracted, disoriented, and deceived by infidelity and self-fulfillment.
Within decades I’d have the masses proclaiming, ‘Marriage is dead!’ and by extension prisons would be overflowing with the byproducts of infidelity-damaged homes and children. I’d have judges and laws protecting the guilty and punishing the innocent and betrayed. I’d evict God from the courthouse, then from school, and then from Congress.
And in churches, I would substitute psychology and biology for religion, and deify science. I’d twist and distort reality and mingle the philosophies of men with scripture. If I were ‘Infidelity in Marriage’, I’d mock and scorn the symbols of marriage and fidelity. I’d consummate myself with Divorce and unite our unholy union for the destructon of family and society.
If I were ‘Infidelity in Marriage’, I’d steal away good marriages. I’d despise, laugh at, scorn, revile, and undermine those who desire strong, faithful, and honorable marriages. I’d do all of this and more until I had destroyed all the faithful and committed souls in marriage. I’d even spread incurable STDs and STIs to the betrayer and betrayed spouses.
And what do you bet I could get whole states to promote Infidelity and Divorce to their citizens? I would caution against extremes and hard work in marriage, in moral conduct. I would convince the young that ‘marriage is old-fashioned’, but ‘cohabiting’ and ‘open marriage’ is the only path to self-fulfillment. Thus, I could undress and openly violate Marriage in public, and I could lure all into bed exposing them to illnesses and diseases for which there is no cure. In other words, if I were ‘Infidelity in Marriage’ today, I’d see my work as almost done. I’d simply keep doing what is already being done.
(NOTE: This article is based on a ‘loose adaptation’ approach of an article titled, ‘If I Were the Devil’, by Paul Harvey. Some excerpts from his article were included. Paul Harvey was an American radio broadcaster for ABC News Radio. He broadcast News and Comment in the mornings and mid-days on weekdays and at noon on Saturdays as well as his famous The Rest of the Story segments. From 1951 to 2008, his programs reached as many as 24 million people per week. Paul Harvey News was carried on 1,200 radio stations, on 400 American Forces Network stations, and in 300 newspapers.)
Recovering from Infidelity
If you have experienced infidelity-induced trauma caused by the emotional and sexual betrayal of your spouse, there is hope! If you are a child affected by parental infidelity, there is hope! If you are a spouse who has betrayed the trust, love, and fidelity of your marriage, there is hope! We recommend that you seek support through professional counseling and therapy as well as through groups dedicated to supporting you through this traumatic journey. You are not alone and recovery and healing are possible!
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