[muawiyah]

That verse, cited and quoted on this thread, simply says marriage is good ~ so do it.

The argument was against people who said no one should get married.

For half its history priests married in the RCC.

Technically speaking the Orthodox have married priests ~ but in reality young men are married off to all the really hot chicks before they become priests ~ usually at the last minute.

Personally I believe pair-bonding among humans was built into our very being.

[annalex]

The verse has nothing to do with who can and who cannot marry.

For half its history priests married

No, priests never married. Some married men are admitted into priesthood and some into monastic life. Once one becomes a priest, a monk or a nun, he or she is not free to marry.

[RnMomof7]

That verse, cited and quoted on this thread, simply says marriage is good ~ so do it. The argument was against people who said no one should get married. For half its history priests married in the RCC. Technically speaking the Orthodox have married priests ~ but in reality young men are married off to all the really hot chicks before they become priests ~ usually at the last minute. Personally I believe pair-bonding among humans was built into our very being.

No it does not READ IT

It says this is a DOCTRINE OF FALSE TEACHERS AND DEMONS

4:1 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.

3 They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth.

4 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

5 because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.

That my friend ARE THE DOCTRINES OF ROME