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Then you are not loving but merely permissive. Love requires instruction, the inculcation of self control, the setting of standards, and punishment. If you love someone you don’t just let them do whatever they want, you want them to help themselves the best they can. Wantonly supporting any hedonistic impulse is not being loving, it is being aloof to the point of negligence because that is easier than an emotionally challenging conversation. If you are a christian you should know that. Love is not easy, it is a daily grind and commitment to others that often involves brutal honesty and the sacrifice of the friendly equilibrium of least resistance. Search your feelings, you know it to be true! A society of lust is not loving, it is not invested in people being the best they can be