Merle,
The concept of priests being celibate is surely not absurd.
I doubt the practice of it is, either.
It's true of priests and nuns in China, too.
Check the reasons for this history, and you'll understand the tradition(s)
better.
I accept your ignorance as just that, nothing more.
--Joe / sacred cat
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> edgar has no intentions of standing for pope... as if joe!
>
> let's not be totally silly
>
> the pope was in his counting house counting all his money and peeping from
> his watchtower who was making whoopee
>
> the concept of priests being celibate is absurd!
>
> Â against the grain of being human
>
> there are only a handful of human beings who have no sex drive..
>
> are they the lucky ones?
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