I believe that “encouraging people to get married (or Jesus)” was said sarcastically. There were a couple times he used sarcasm that didn’t really come through in the text, but could only be figured out be rereading and considering what message he was trying to convey.
Unfortunately his sarcasm made barely more sense than the literal interpretation… and he seemed to be using the literal meaning as part of his argument.
I believe that “encouraging people to get married (or Jesus)” was said sarcastically. There were a couple times he used sarcasm that didn’t really come through in the text, but could only be figured out be rereading and considering what message he was trying to convey.
I don’t think it was sarcasm—religion and marriage are both strongly correlated with health.
Unfortunately his sarcasm made barely more sense than the literal interpretation… and he seemed to be using the literal meaning as part of his argument.