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Originally posted by Shardsofxapril
on the topic of sex and sin, weren't priests forbidden to marry or to have sex, nuns too...you know the deal life with chastity. so if this is a practice please tell me why it is so, if sex is not a sin.
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Ok...here's the historical aspect. First of all, only priests, to my knowledge, are forbidden to marry/fornicate. Most ministers and pastors are allowed to get married. have kids, etc. But in early catholicism priests COULD get married and all that jazz. With only services on Sundays the rule was that you were not allowed to "lay with a woman" 24 hours before you gave a sermon. Then they started holding masses more and more often...to the point where one was held everyday. At this point it was sort of useless to have a wife since you couldn't nail her because you gave mass everyday. There were also, in the background, arguements over who got land and property when a priest died...the church or his wife. This was a product of the greed and power-hunger that was extremely present in early christianity and is still alive and well to some extent today (for proof, look up the Albigensian Inquisitions against the Cathars in 12th century southern France...a blatant grab for money and land, who cares how many people die?). Basically it's all a play on how the catholic church views women as filthy and second class. Way to go, Captain Pope-tastic.
And Az...do whatever you want. But (for once) we're not argueing. I'm just stating my opinions in what I hope are constructive ways and I'm eager to get a perspective from the other side of the table. But hey...your decisions are your own as to whether or not you want to read what I've got say.