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Vowing to be single is vowing to not embrace what god has created for you... I for one am ready for a woman that I can trust and rely on and let me just be me around... I dont get that often and knowing that god has someone for me just makes me eager to go talk to new women cause its just an awesome thought!
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People are not required to get married. To imply that people are required to find a spouse and marry is to imply that any person who remains single (whether by choice, or by default) is faulty and incomplete. The apostle Paul never married. Jesus never married.
Personally, I would not want to remain single my whole life, because I want to have a family of my own some day, but I applaud anyone who has the strength of will to choose such a life for him/herself.
Personally, I would not want to remain single my whole life, because I want to have a family of my own some day, but I applaud anyone who has the strength of will to choose such a life for him/herself.
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There is nothing wrong with being single and celibate, but you have to realize that not everyone can be that way. If the whole world was celibate, then the human race would die out.
Also, if, for instance, all CHRISTIANS were celibate, then Christianity would die out as well. There is nothing wrong with what you are doing, but I just am not one who is willing to do it
I plan on spreading Christianity through procreation! Ohhhh yeahhhhh giggidy giggidy alright
Also, if, for instance, all CHRISTIANS were celibate, then Christianity would die out as well. There is nothing wrong with what you are doing, but I just am not one who is willing to do it
I plan on spreading Christianity through procreation! Ohhhh yeahhhhh giggidy giggidy alright
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Not true. Paul obviously spoke about being celibate if you are given that gift. That's what the whole Franciscan thing the original poster based his decision on was about anyway. Paul stated to remain single if possible, but if not, then find a wife/husband ASAP. Either way, I don't think God has someone for everyone. If that was that case, then God would take a woman from every man's rib and say "here's your wife".
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I think I would prefer God just hand-picking a wife from my rib and saying "here". Things would be SO much easier... and then I couldn't complain or second-guess if she was the girl I really wanted to be with. I would just have to be content with what God gave me, which I'm not always so good at normally! Either way, I think I envy Adam! He didn't have to deal with any of this dating/relationship game stuff, and he got his wife pure, uncorrupted, non jaded by other men, etc... ahhh if life was that easy, hmm? haha
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Ahh my fellow un-tethered... by the words of Christ ..."...All men cannot receive this saying, except them to whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, who were so born from their mothers womb; and there are some eunuchs, who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it." Matthew 19:11-12
Though the term "eunuch" is typically synonomous with castration, i submit that the act of complete chastity would be an acceptable alternative, and render the same benefits, spiritually speaking. Though, with the male endowments intact, the temptation will be more of a burden to overcome, as the hormones and chemicals will remain.
Either way, being single and chaste does allow the person a greater freedom of devotion to serving the Lord. But of course, NOONE knows the mind, or purposes of the Lord. Rest assured, that if the Lord wanted you to be castrated, you would become so, by your will or not. So leave the temple that the Lord gave you, as He gave it to you. Dont paint it, write on it, poke holes in it or otherwise de-face it.
But never think that a person married or obligated to this world is any less capable of being used to further Christ's kingdom. The Lord uses all those who are willing to be used; we make that bargin when we accept Christ as our Savior.
So let me conclude by saying i, i think your poll needs a 4th option : As the Lord willeth.
Though the term "eunuch" is typically synonomous with castration, i submit that the act of complete chastity would be an acceptable alternative, and render the same benefits, spiritually speaking. Though, with the male endowments intact, the temptation will be more of a burden to overcome, as the hormones and chemicals will remain.
Either way, being single and chaste does allow the person a greater freedom of devotion to serving the Lord. But of course, NOONE knows the mind, or purposes of the Lord. Rest assured, that if the Lord wanted you to be castrated, you would become so, by your will or not. So leave the temple that the Lord gave you, as He gave it to you. Dont paint it, write on it, poke holes in it or otherwise de-face it.
But never think that a person married or obligated to this world is any less capable of being used to further Christ's kingdom. The Lord uses all those who are willing to be used; we make that bargin when we accept Christ as our Savior.
So let me conclude by saying i, i think your poll needs a 4th option : As the Lord willeth.
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Wouldn't that go against his beliefs for Paul to have been married? Unless Paul experienced a Pon Farr, I don't see why he would suddenly experience the urge to get married. 1 Corinthians 7:1-9
Sure, one can say Paul may have possibly taken a wife after writing the first letter to Corinth, but it is highly improbable that he did.
Sure, one can say Paul may have possibly taken a wife after writing the first letter to Corinth, but it is highly improbable that he did.
I've heard this as well, Crypto.
It's also always been interesting to me that even though Paul apparently lost his wife, God still gave him a son in Timothy.
I know a great guy at my old church who is a few years older than me--he's always wanted to marry and have a family, but it never worked out. He's dedicated his entire life to working with orphans (something he does full-time), and became a father "for the first time" to an 18-year-old he took in last year.
We all have our ideas about what we want in life... but so often, God sidetracks what we think we want or how we'll get it.