During the “great commission”—when Jesus commands his apostles to spread his word—he stressed the destruction of the family: I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s foes will be members of one’s own household. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.18 Luke confirms the message.19 This alone casts suspicion on Christianity’s value to healthy families. Jesus
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