today in church.

First, dentistry was painless
Then bicycles were chainless
And carriages were horseless
And many laws, enforceless.
Next cookery was fireless
Telegraphy was wireless
Cigars were nicotine-less
And coffee was caffeine-less.
Soon oranges were seedless
The putting green was weedless
The college boy was hatless
The proper diet, fatless.
New motor roads were busless
The latest theme is restless
Our tennis courts are sodless
Our marriage beds, godless.

- Adapted from a poem by Arthur Guiterman.


The theme was on the 7th commandment, one very simply put:

Picture taken from this site.

 Because it was so simply put, I suppose there is no excuse adequate to explain a breach of that commandment.

Some statistics the speaker provided about adultery in the USA:

Men - 55%
Women - 54%
Affair with co-worker - 30%
Affair with sister-in-law / brother-in-law - 17%
Affair on business trip - 36%
Duration of average affair - 2 years
Marriages after affair - 31%
Women who would commit adultery if they could - 68%
Men who would commit adultery if they could - 74%

Professions that form the highest portion of adulterers - professionals and counselors.

That was the most shocking one by far.

And guess what.

These results were from 1920.

I would love to believe mankind has improved since then, but cynical me says that is impossible.

No offence to Franklin, but there is no 'marriage without love' unless you decide not to  continue to love. In that case, it's really your fault. Adulterers always blame their affairs on their spouses ("he never made me feel like a woman", "she never encourages me") and that's being really unfair. And the lousiest defence a defendant could raise. A defence it is, but the lousiest one nonetheless.

On another note,

have been reading the book of John.

I conclude that it's a really good book for law students / lawyers. 

It systematically presents the greatest trial ever held. The book of John is all about evidence.

I like. Whee~