83:8.2 The likening of [[human]] [[associations]] to [[divine]] associations is most unfortunate. The [[union]] of [[husband]] and [[wife]] in the marriage-[[home]] [[relationship]] is a [[material]] [[function]] of the [[mortals]] of the [[evolutionary worlds]]. True, indeed, much [[spiritual]] [[progress]] may accrue consequent upon the [[sincere]] [[human]] [[efforts]] of [[husband]] and [[wife]] to [[progress]], but this does not mean that marriage is necessarily [[sacred]]. [[Spiritual]] [[progress]] is attendant upon [[sincere]] [[application]] to other avenues of [[human]] endeavor. | 83:8.2 The likening of [[human]] [[associations]] to [[divine]] associations is most unfortunate. The [[union]] of [[husband]] and [[wife]] in the marriage-[[home]] [[relationship]] is a [[material]] [[function]] of the [[mortals]] of the [[evolutionary worlds]]. True, indeed, much [[spiritual]] [[progress]] may accrue consequent upon the [[sincere]] [[human]] [[efforts]] of [[husband]] and [[wife]] to [[progress]], but this does not mean that marriage is necessarily [[sacred]]. [[Spiritual]] [[progress]] is attendant upon [[sincere]] [[application]] to other avenues of [[human]] endeavor. |