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To: rwfromkansas
I care a lot about other people. I just don't want to end up divorced and broke.
505 posted on 09/27/2003 4:36:15 PM PDT by Mr. Morals (Bush is a Liberal)
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To: Mr. Morals
What a clown!
508 posted on 09/27/2003 5:13:24 PM PDT by ValerieUSA
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To: Mr. Morals
I care a lot about other people. I just don't want to end up divorced and broke.

Lots of people are indeed called to celibacy by God. Paul even implies that celibacy is a spiritually preferable state to marriage.

However, you are celibate for the wrong reason. You are celibate out of a fear of rejection, and also because you want to keep your money. What if Paul and the other apostles took a "they might behead me, so I won't even preach at all" attitude? All of the apostles except one were put to death, and the other one was imprisoned for life when boiling him in oil didn't work. And you're scared because someone might take half the house?

God may indeed be calling you to celibacy, but I strongly suggest that you spend time in prayer over the reasons why. It's obvious that your current reasons did not come from either God or the Bible.
515 posted on 09/27/2003 6:42:19 PM PDT by Nataku X
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