Never date/marry?

[MrsJoy]

I know a priest who got kicked out for having sex with a nun. He made a very crass statement which I won't repeat, but will paraphrase as, 'you're human, so you have to have sex, that's you're nature'.

if that's how he felt, he should never have entered the priesthood.

it's also our nature to sin in every manner of way.
but, that's still a lame excuse if you ask me. *cop out*

 

[Vincere]

I think a lot of this talk about not wanting to be in a relationship or ever get married is rooted in a past hurt or some type of insecurity. Dont look to avoid the blessings God has given to us. Marriage as well as what goes with that a family. I personally don't believe in casual dating. I think when the right person comes into your life look to God, pray and He will let you know.

 

[moerunamida]

I think a lot of this talk about not wanting to be in a relationship or ever get married is rooted in a past hurt or some type of insecurity.

Rightly so for me.

 

[MidnightCandel777]

There are certian people that God calls never to marry.

I'm not one of them!

 

[Bunnymedic]

Hi,

Just wondering: Has anyone had the thought cross their minds that it might just be easier to not even consider getting married or dating or anything of the sort?

let me think...ummmmmmm.....no

wait ,wait,.......still no

yeah,I think that is a definite 'no'

 

[koban4max]

It seems like lot of people don't want to get married. That's fine. Everyone can die alone. It doesn't hurt God's feeling.

 

[Vincere]

There are certian people that God calls never to marry.

I'm not one of them!

Maybe but not if makes you un happy or leads you to sin then it wasnt God calling you to not marry.

 

[Kol]

It seems like lot of people don't want to get married. That's fine. Everyone can die alone. It doesn't hurt God's feeling.

LOL

 

[JesseRaymondBassett]

The thought has crossed my mind occasionally, but then life would be very lonely. God made us to have a partner. HE didn't make man to be alone....

 

[koban4max]

It seems like lot of people don't want to get married. That's fine. Everyone can die alone. It doesn't hurt God's feeling.

LOL

 

[moerunamida]

It seems like lot of people don't want to get married. That's fine. Everyone can die alone. It doesn't hurt God's feeling.

X_x <-----

Yup, didn't hurt His feelings

 

[MrsJoy]

I think a lot of this talk about not wanting to be in a relationship or ever get married is rooted in a past hurt or some type of insecurity. Dont look to avoid the blessings God has given to us. Marriage as well as what goes with that a family. I personally don't believe in casual dating. I think when the right person comes into your life look to God, pray and He will let you know.

I couldn't agree with you more.

 

[Kol]

I think that celibacy is great for priests/holy men on a spiritual journey during which they will transcend reality and meet an angel of God at least once, and afterwards return to their area of influence with a greater understanding of heavens and the reality of God's nature. As for the rest of us, I think that short gasps of breath, a lover you can always hold near you, and a little girl that looks up to you with joy in her eyes and says, 'daddy, let's play' are a God-given blessing.

 

[Sketcher]

I think that celibacy is great for priests/holy men on a spiritual journey during which they will transcend reality and meet an angel of God at least once, and afterwards return to their area of influence with a greater understanding of heavens and the reality of God's nature. As for the rest of us, I think that short gasps of breath, a lover you can always hold near you, and a little girl that looks up to you with joy in her eyes and says, 'daddy, let's play' are a God-given blessing.

But in the Bible, this happened to priests who were married. I'm not saying it can't happen to a single person, but what I am saying is that being married and having sex won't keep you from this sort of thing.

 

[Kol]

Absolutely. So why not just enjoy life with another person?

 

[DoubleK]

I think I would like to get married someday. However, the thought of never being married has crossed my mind before and I do think it is a possibility. I've never had a girlfriend and don't see that changing anytime in the near future. However, if God really does have plans for me to marry, I'm sure I will meet someone eventually.

As for someone never marrying there is nothing wrong with that. In his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul writes, "To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is well for them to remain unmarried as I am. But if they are not practicing self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion." (1 Corinthians 7:8-9)

 

[moerunamida]

Just takes so much time to get to know someone. Even after you've known someone for many years, they can surprise you.

 

[Kol]

I think that a romantic relationship is the next stage of growing up: as children, we have parents who loved and protected us and siblings we played alongside, but as adults we take a wife/husband for these things. We grow up, and the same relationships are there, they're just made known in a different way, through a different person.

I was convinced for the longest time that *I myself* never wanted to marry. When I became Christian though, Christ healed my heart in a way, and I realized that I'd just killed all those feelings in me. So I guess it's kind of tough. On one hand, you want to make life what *you* want it to be, but on the other hand, life is hard to enjoy if you can't share it with someone else.

 

[CroCop]

Paul was not a priest.
for some this is simply not God's plan.
it is not something to be done lightly, and I know that there are always seasons when we all feel (or have felt) that we will never marry, or have a desire towards such.

but, there in deff some who are called to live in this way, and that's fine.

i'de take care before making such swift statements.

Paul was like a priest though, he was dedicated...determined, his entire focus was on ministry.

Unless you are completley dedicated, I can understand. But if your not I see no reason why you wouldn't want to get married. For A LOT of people finding that partner takes a while and it is frustrating but to say you never want to get married is going over the edge. I don't believe anybody wants to be alone their entire life.

 

[koban4max]

It seems easier, but down the road I don't want to be one of those guys that is 40, single, and not happy with it. I definitely don't want to get the the point where I commit some sort of sexual deviancy out of desperation.