[donmeaker]

I think you confuse chastity and celibacy.

Is Chastity refusal to have sex outside of marriage, and celibacy is refusal to be married. We have seen that celibate priests can be horrible child molesters (though the overwhelming majority are not) and married people can use chastity and go beyond that to abstinance within marriage to attain greater spiritual growth.

[First Amendment]

Thank you for clarifying your position. I apologize for my insulting words. From your comment about chimpanzees I thought you admired their lack of sense control and were holding them up as a good example of a happy life!

I agree with your point about celibacy and chastity, chastity being waiting for marriage, and celibacy usually involving a vow to remain unmarried or sexually continent. And many religions or spiritual traditions have chastity (or would it be celibacy) as a goal for marriage, often after children are grown. This is because human life is seen as having a higher purpose than immediate (or even postponed) satisfaction of the demands of the senses. If one sees the purpose of life to connect - or more accurately, re-connect with God, this is actually more deeply satisfying than any acts of the body or even mind.

So it looks as though we pretty much agree!