Is it realistic to expect priests to remain celibate?
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keithold thanks all baggers
ANSWERS: 29
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Don't tell anyone, but Saint Peter was married.
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It is a sign of good faith and hope, but realistic - I am not sure.
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It is the reason I never considered Seminary training...
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No, they are still human.
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Yes, I think it's OK to ask priests to remain unmarried. This demonstrates their devotion to their calling. Now if you're asking if they should remain CHASTE, or without sex, I think that's unhealthy for any human. But that's a different question altogether.
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As an Episcopalian, I don't know that I have a valid opinion on Catholic priests, but I think that there are some sacrifices required of us in serving God.
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What we expect has nothing to do with what is, and never has.
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Why not call your local Catholic church and ask ?
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I don't think so, every human has human needs. It's just wrong, in my opinion.
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if they are toatally dedicate their life to God..it is realistic. but if they are to be hypocrite..its better to get married.
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Obviouly not considering how many catholic priests have resorted to abusing choir boys.
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no.
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It's realist in the sense that people do expect them to remain celibate, but it is unnatural and unhealthy to remain celibate. One thing I guarantee you is that the priests at least masturbate or have wet dreams because the testicles need to release semen buildup.
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No, it is against nature, common sense and it is certainly not prescribed in the bible.
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Augh! Wrong box. Never mind.
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yes because if they are allowed to be married, then they couldn't attend to their parish as much and as focused that they are right now. instead they would be caught up with family issues.
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No, I don't think so. It can be done, of course - but personally I'd leave it to choice - allowing a priest to choose celibacy if he/she wants. It doesn't seem to work anyway - history and present day is littered with accounts of priests going 'astray' - and that's only the more serious ones that we hear about.
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Priests don't need to marry as long as they have altar boys.
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no were all human
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Claiming "Priests don't need to marry as long as they have altar boys." is totally and absolutely blasphemy! Jesus the Christ forgive us!
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No. They can be celibate if they wish, but it is not realistic to make it obligatory.
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No, nor chaste for that matter.
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The only beings who would think it was not realistic are the ones who have no business entereing the priesthood. There are ministers for that if you want sex. A priest by his very nature is celibate, renouncing all physical desires and striving for communication with the nonphysical.
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No, and the requirement to remain celibate is ridiculous. The whole thing is just a ploy made up by the Catholic church so they won't have to pay the priests' families when the priests die, because the priests won't have families.
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It is realistic to expect a given priest to remain celibate but not realistic to expect all priests to remain celibate. . It's a case where the sinful 90% give the other 10% a bad name. . Kidding. The great majority of priests do in fact remain celibate. It's a lot to ask, and personally I don't see why it should be asked in the first place but every time I submit my application for the Papacy they send me back a nice letter saying that they are currently looking for non-atheists.
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I think all religious dogma is unrealistic much less the priesthood. Live your entire life with the expectation the sky is falling? Why not just worship chicken little?
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It is unrealistic to believe that suppressing a natural urge will not cause it to express itself in unhealthy ways in some people.
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Yes it is. They know that before they join the priesthood, if they dont like it the dont have to join, or they can leave the priesthood. The church is not going to change thousand year old traditions just because of "popular opinion" the church is not a democracy.
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In fact, for centuries priests were married, before the decision was made by the higher-ups in the church that all clergy remain celibate. I believe that the Catholic church would reduce its priest shortage if it allowed them to marry.
Ice man 
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