[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

It’s easy. Did you ever hear of Adam and Eve? Did you ever hear of Abraham and Moses? Did you ever hear of God’s plan to be fruitful and multiply? Did you ever read what Jesus said about marriage in the Bible? Celibacy does have its value, for single people, for the unmarried, you should refrain from sin. That was all Paul was basically saying in the passages you cite. My point is REAL simple: Celibacy is NOT a requirement for service in the priesthood in the Bible. The Church came up with this requirement and not for many centuries after it was founded. That is my only basic point.

[DarkSavant]

It’s easy. Did you ever hear of Adam and Eve? Did you ever hear of Abraham and Moses? Did you ever hear of God’s plan to be fruitful and multiply? Did you ever read what Jesus said about marriage in the Bible? Celibacy does have its value, for single people, for the unmarried, you should refrain from sin.

Paul said, very clearly, it was better not to marry.

38 So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not marry her does better.