[Conservative til I die]

I guess St Paul didn't say "It's better to marry than it is to burn (with sexual passion)."

Nice that you left off the rest of the verses. Bible Only'ism is great when you can simply lop off the parts that don't agree with you: Indeed, I wish everyone to be as I am, but each has a particular gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. Now to the unmarried and to widows, I say: it is a good thing for them to remain as they are, as I do, but if they cannot exercise self-control they should marry, for it is better to marry than to be on fire.

In other words, marriage is better than living in sin for those lacking self control, but it's not as good as living celibately.

[freebilly]

but it's not as good as living celibately.

First, I didn't supply all of the verse because it wasn't necessary to. Of course anyone familiar with the Bible knows that Paul believed it was better to be celibate, but even he knew he was different than most men. He was beaten, stoned, whipped, imprisoned, left for dead on more than one occasion, and ultimately martyred. Maybe all our priests should imitate Christ and Paul in this manner. If they can't put up with a little scourging, then they shouldn't be priests.< / sarc >

Besides St Paul, how many men do you know who are celibate?