@Magenta
True.....
In college I remember having discussions with the campus pastor about the pastoral requirements, for instance in the pastoral epistles.
One view was that the husband of one wife only applies to polygamy, multiple wives.
Another view of the passage was one wife at a time; meaning you could legitimately marry and divorce 5 times, as long as you were married at the time of the office.
Another was that you had to be married and at least have a child on the way, as in wife must be pregnant .
That was a discussion that I had with a previous pastor who hired an assistant and ordained him.
Then there's the view that a single guy can pastor as long as he's not a novice.
There's probably more, but those are what I surprisingly remember.
I was serious about the thread and my initial post. Tonight I'm not taking anything too awful seriously because I need sleep to function well tomorrow.
Besides, I've been down the debate road a time or two on this one with a former pastor.