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To: elkfersupper

“The whole idea of nuns and priests being celibate is nonsense to me.”

It wasn’t nonsense to Christ, however. That pretty much settles the matter then.


40 posted on 01/19/2014 11:51:49 AM PST by vladimir998
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To: vladimir998
It wasn’t nonsense to Christ, however. That pretty much settles the matter then.

Not exactly. There is supposed documentation that Christ consorted with known prostitutes. It is "biblical", by the way.

43 posted on 01/19/2014 11:57:27 AM PST by elkfersupper
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To: vladimir998; svcw

I know people who believe Christ was married (and a polygamist). However, Christ not being married (which would have been a sin - selfishness) does not mean that we should not be married.

Also, while there were celibate marriages as early as the 4th century, priestly celibacy did not become a rule until later.


99 posted on 01/19/2014 1:25:53 PM PST by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian. I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see.)
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To: vladimir998
What?
There is no probation against marriage just the opposite
120 posted on 01/19/2014 1:54:34 PM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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