ive always thought it was sort counter productive to Christianity for the most devout to not marry and procreate.
“ive always thought it was sort counter productive to Christianity for the most devout to not marry and procreate.”
Just because a man is a priest does not mean he is the most devout compared to all laymen. Also, Jesus and Paul were celibate. Was anyone more devout than they were?
“ive always thought it was sort counter productive to Christianity for the most devout to not marry and procreate.”
As a married man and a grandfather, my perspective is that a celibate person can raise the bar dramatically, in terms of how much he or she can give.
If a man like me wanted to enter the priesthood, he would have to abandon his responsibilities to his family—cut ties entirely—if he were to have any hope of being half as good a priest as Abp. Fulton Sheen.
Any given person only has 100%. That particular thing *is* a zero-sum game. No matter how you add it up, only the celibate can give 100% to their vocations.
Aren’t priests and nuns are already married - to God? isn’t that part of their contract? (for some reason I’m thinking of an Audry Hepburn movie but can’t for the life of me recall the name?)
yes..artifice of the church...stupid!