[Gabz]

Put it this way I might as well be talking to the wall regarding discussing this with you..that is how far we don't understand each others emotions and desires due to biology.

You're right, it is like talking to a wall because I would not want a man with so little self control anywhere near me, let alone as a friend.

[Durus]

I used to think like you do until my now ex-wife left me for one of her "just friends". Fortunately they don't go to my Church anymore, that would be very uncomfortable.

Bottom line is that you are fooling yourself if you think that prolonged unsupervised contact between attractive heterosexuals of the opposite sex, regardless of religious beliefs, will result in a platonic relationship. We aren't built that way.