[Sloth]

Put more precisely, it is the experience of participating in the act of creation through which we are drawn closer to Godliness, for if we participate in that act with our hearts open to understanding God through it, we can experience a reflection of the sacrifice, joy, love, and compassion that the Father has for his children. Thus, we "grow up" spiritually.

Ah! So, for example, the apostle Paul was an immature adolescent, spiritually speaking.

[AmericanDave]

Paul was not married, children out of marriage IS a sin. Not that there aren't a score of sins we are all guilty of, that's the reason for the Christ!

[dangus]

No, a celibate who sacrifices his own sexuality (and, in Paul's case, his life) for the good of his flock experiences the sacrifice, joy, love, and compassion that the father has for his children, also.

The danger of the celibate priesthood is that many have chosen that vocation when they lacked any level of maturity at all, and thus are not capable of offering their lives un alter Christi, as the sacrifice of the mass requires them to do.