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Topic: If you're a Catholic you must answer this!
funkyfranky Joined Tue 05/01/12 Posts: 5966	Fri 02/13/15 03:53 PM
Bruce lee has a message for you ... Be like water making its way through cracks grasshopper .... stay rigid in your endeavour and love will come to all .. Even monks .. Laughing :-) Isn't he that Chinese guy. Does he own a restaurant or something

funkyfranky Joined Tue 05/01/12 Posts: 5966	Fri 02/13/15 04:09 PM
Bruce lee has a message for you ... Be like water making its way through cracks grasshopper .... stay rigid in your endeavour and love will come to all .. Even monks .. Laughing :-) Isn't he that Chinese guy. Does he own a restaurant or something I thought he was a Buddhist monk .. Laughing I'm glad you knew I was joking, to be honest all's I know is that he was some karate guy.

DavidCommaGeek Joined Thu 01/08/15 Posts: 537	Fri 02/13/15 04:11 PM Edited by DavidCommaGeek on Fri 02/13/15 04:11 PM
You are forgetting the immaculate conception .. Laughing .. God works in mysterious ways :-) If God got a monk pregnant... that monk would be a martyr in nine months.

SheikOfLaBroquerie Joined Thu 01/31/13 Posts: 1973	Fri 02/13/15 04:15 PM Edited by SheikOfLaBroquerie on Fri 02/13/15 04:38 PM
I need to pick my nose right now.

esebulldog Joined Wed 08/05/09 Posts: 22342	Fri 02/13/15 04:22 PM
I'm not Catholic, but there is no Biblical basis for the celibacy requirements of the Church. Those are man made, not God made rules. really, what are you supposed to do if no woman will marry you...??? I should have been more clear. There is no Biblical basis for priests, nuns, etc. to remain celibate. To answer your specific question, there is someone for everyone. It's a matter of finding that person. sex outside the sanctity of the marriage vows is taboo, it's fornication, an abomination to the Lord....that goes for everyone...preachers, pastors reverends, priests, nuns, monks and layman alike......no marriage...no sex..period... You are correct, but there is no Biblical basis in those individuals not being allowed to marry. i'm not sure but in 1 Corinthians chapter 7 around verse 8 paul seems to imply that he is not married and does not give in to sexual desire

SheikOfLaBroquerie Joined Thu 01/31/13 Posts: 1973	Fri 02/13/15 04:34 PM
Yes, Paul remained single, but that was voluntary. He didn't oblige himself to be celibate.

esebulldog Joined Wed 08/05/09 Posts: 22342	Fri 02/13/15 05:01 PM
well don't some people choose to be celibate? don't some even take a vow of celibacy? if a religion requires you to take a vow of celibacy, and you do not want to take that vow, are you not free to choose another religion?

SheikOfLaBroquerie Joined Thu 01/31/13 Posts: 1973	Fri 02/13/15 05:07 PM Edited by SheikOfLaBroquerie on Fri 02/13/15 05:11 PM
It's the duress of being obliged to take the vow in the first place that is the source of contention. Nothing more! (1st Timothy 4: 1-5)

no1phD Joined Tue 01/07/14 Posts: 27442	Fri 02/13/15 05:09 PM
no you can nail me up on a cross.. . but I still won't answer you.. .

SheikOfLaBroquerie Joined Thu 01/31/13 Posts: 1973	Fri 02/13/15 05:16 PM
See...? I was picking my nose for nothing!

DavidCommaGeek Joined Thu 01/08/15 Posts: 537	Fri 02/13/15 05:17 PM
I think on this site, you're more in danger of just being plain nailed.

MadDog1974 Joined Mon 01/26/15 Posts: 5942	Fri 02/13/15 05:22 PM
well don't some people choose to be celibate? don't some even take a vow of celibacy? if a religion requires you to take a vow of celibacy, and you do not want to take that vow, are you not free to choose another religion? Some people choose celibacy, but there is no requirement in the Bible. The Catholic Church, however, does require celibacy for priests and nuns because of widespread debauchery in the early days of Catholicism. That is a man made rule.

SheikOfLaBroquerie Joined Thu 01/31/13 Posts: 1973	Fri 02/13/15 05:26 PM
And any Pope in succession can revoke it.

esebulldog Joined Wed 08/05/09 Posts: 22342	Fri 02/13/15 05:29 PM
It's the duress of being obliged to take the vow in the first place that is the source of contention. Nothing more! (1st Timothy 4: 1-5) ah, well, in most groups that a person wants to join they have certain rules one should abide by to be part of said group. some groups even require an oath be taken. seems to me that some people want to join certain groups without having to follow said groups rules i guarantee i guarantee that those people could go through all the trouble it takes to make their own group with their own rules. i guess it's just easier to force the existing group to accept anyone despite the existing rules (bulldog double guarantee - patent pending)

esebulldog Joined Wed 08/05/09 Posts: 22342	Fri 02/13/15 05:40 PM
well don't some people choose to be celibate? don't some even take a vow of celibacy? if a religion requires you to take a vow of celibacy, and you do not want to take that vow, are you not free to choose another religion? Some people choose celibacy, but there is no requirement in the Bible. The Catholic Church, however, does require celibacy for priests and nuns because of widespread debauchery in the early days of Catholicism. That is a man made rule. thanks for the info, knowing the history of something really helps me to appreciate (or not) it more

SheikOfLaBroquerie Joined Thu 01/31/13 Posts: 1973	Fri 02/13/15 05:41 PM Edited by SheikOfLaBroquerie on Fri 02/13/15 05:45 PM
Regarding comment before last... This 'does' happen too! (Fair Enough)

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Fri 02/13/15 05:43 PM
Bruce lee has a message for you ... Be like water making its way through cracks grasshopper .... stay rigid in your endeavour and love will come to all .. Even monks .. Laughing :-) Isn't he that Chinese guy. Does he own a restaurant or something \ haha, or something...

bluegraz Joined Fri 02/13/15 Posts: 3	Sun 02/15/15 08:41 AM
If that were to happen be time to run to the hills

TBRich Joined Fri 11/07/08 Posts: 8232	Sun 02/15/15 09:19 AM
If Pop Francis walk up today and decided for the church that all Catholic "monks" should start having children, what would be your reaction? Depends on if he says it ex cathedra

no1phD Joined Tue 01/07/14 Posts: 27442	Sun 02/15/15 10:05 AM
If Pop Francis walk up today and decided for the church that all Catholic "monks" should start having children, what would be your reaction? .. what are they going to do with all those poor" choir boys.." WHAT YOU WERE THINKING IT..LOL ... those naughty naughty monks..