On May 11, 8:57Â*am, (€* cal) wrote:
> How about the catholic church returning to what the bible says about
> marriage being okay for men to marry women instead of trying to obey
> "church" laws which obviously don't work.

And the Bible specifically addresses that very thing. In Chapter 7,
verses 8-9 of 1 Cor it says, ''I say therefore to the unmarried and
widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they
cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn
[with lust].''

In this chapter, Paul says that celibacy is good, if you can do it
without it messing with your mind, but otherwise it is fine to marry.
The Vatican could have rescinded the priestly celibacy thing, while
making it policy that the very highest ranks of church hierarchy would
be reserved for those who lived as Paul did.

It also says:

3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise
also the wife unto the husband.

4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and
likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the
wife.

5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time,
that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together
again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

Which specifically recommends (not commands*) that husbands and wives
dedicate themselves to sexually satisfying each other, which is nice.
It uses the word, ''defraud'' to describe denying sex to your spouse.

* 6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
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--Bryan, rfc's unofficial resident Biblical scholar