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So, okay, so people will feel alone.
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Does the aloneness grow over time, or do you think that within like a month of the marriage, a lot of people already have it?
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I think it's there all the time.
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You can get distracted, you can be excited about the marriage, but in every quiet moment, you realize you're alone in the world.
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And the only cure is marriage, by the way.
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I mean, God said, therefore should a man leave his mother and father and cleave to his wife.
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Why can't you be close with your mother and father and be one with them?
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Good, go on.
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Because to them you're number three.
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Hopefully they have each other.
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That's right.
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So the only relationship in which you are really one is a marriage.
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Where you truly become one.
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Right, not with children either.
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Not with parents, not with children.
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I subscribe to that 100%.
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I know that.
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There's very little we disagree on on this subject.
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There may be little we disagree on on a lot of subjects.
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Other subjects may be.
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But anyway, whatever it is, I'm glad that you know that.
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I told you I don't talk about the topic with guests during the breaks because I want to always reserve it for the listeners.
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But I did mention one of my favorite lines in the Bible where God said, it's not good for man to be alone.
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You said you had thoughts on that subject, on that verse.
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Yeah.
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And I'd only realized this recently, even though I've read it so many times.
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God is creating the world.
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On the first day, he created light.
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And on the second day, he created the heaven.
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On the third day, he created grass and trees.
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And then all of a sudden, God says, I created man, but it's not good with man alone, so I'm going to create a woman.
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Why the statement?
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You're doing great.
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You're creating.
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You know, you're on a roll.
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Just create what you need to create.
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What's with the statement?
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It's almost like he's justifying himself or something.
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Not good with man alone, I'll create a woman.
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Just go ahead and do it.
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Right, like everything else.
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Like everything else.
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He didn't say it's not good for there not to be light.
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Right.
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Or only a sun without a moon.
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Yeah, right.
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Exactly.
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Okay, so go on.
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It is an absolutely divine instinct to not want to be alone.
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It's not human.
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Because as far as humans are concerned...
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All you ever hear is, leave me alone.
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So is it good to be alone or is it not good to be alone?
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If a human being were perfectly capable, totally self-sufficient, anything wrong with that?
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Be alone.
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Don't depend on anybody.
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Don't need anybody.
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Well, that's the goal in modern life.
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But go on.
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I don't want to distract you.
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Go on.
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So when God said it is not good, he actually created that.
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He created loneliness.
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He created the fact that being just you is not good.
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Wow.
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Even when you're perfect.
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Like him.
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Well, that's great.
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That is a great line.
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If I could, for my second edition of my Genesis commentary, I will cite you.
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The Mishnator.
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That's right.
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The second one.
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Right, exactly.
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You will love this then.
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I wrote in my commentary something I had heard from a Protestant minister.
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I never heard it from him.
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Someone told me.
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So I couldn't cite who it is.
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And I never found out the source.
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But this I would love your reaction to.
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This minister, this pastor said God was saying something else as well.
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Adam, after all, related to God.
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So even God and you.
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In a sense, God is saying, I'm creating you in my image.
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For no particular reason, I don't want to be alone.
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And I'm giving you that same instinct.
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So that even on a human level, besides your relationship with God, which is mystical...
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