Wyatt earp
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Nowhere in the Bible says to be celibate as a church requirement to teach the word of God.
You never read Paul's 13 letters?
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Nowhere in the Bible says to be celibate as a church requirement to teach the word of God.
The issue with every single group/organization are those in authority, those who have wealth and power. Watch them. Then there are the many who try to live by the principles of that group/organization. Observe them.Understand I've not seen any positivity coming out of most churches today but its the Catholic church is is one of the main instigators in changing my nation.
Of course they couldn't do this without the help of complacent Americans who are allowing it,then again all empires fail sooner than later.
I have Catholics in my family and know some good Catholics like everything else its not so much the people who do this in ignorance but the leaders of these churches we have plenty in Protestant churches also.
Otherwise, I say live and let live long as it doesn't hurt or negatively affect anyone.
You never read Paul's 13 letters?
You may want to have a more in depth look for what seeds violence. It is the pursuit of wealth and power. We are all familiar with "Wolves in sheep's clothing." Those pursuing wealth and power clothe themselves with religion. Society is becoming more astute to these disguises. The trick is to unclothe the wolves, revealing who they truly are--without condemning and reviling sheep.
Then you forgot what you askedI'm sure I did at one time or the other. I think I can say I forgot more about scripture than most Christians ever knew, including some clergy, but now I'm old and living in stress filled times plus maybe a little senile, 
Then you forgot what you asked
Of course you are right on that point.Nowhere in the Bible says to be celibate as a church requirement to teach the word of God.
Of course you are right on that point.
The early Catholic Church did not have a requirement to be celibate. The Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church still allows married priests.
When did Catholic priests stop getting married?
The Church was a thousand years old before it definitively took a stand in favor of celibacy in the twelfth century at the Second Lateran Council held in...religionandcivilsociety.com
The Church was a thousand years old before it definitively took a stand in favor of celibacy in the twelfth century at the Second Lateran Council held in 1139, when a rule was approved forbidding priests to marry. In 1563, the Council of Trent reaffirmed the tradition of celibacy.
In what year were priests forbidden to marry?
It was not until ecumenical meetings of the Catholic Church at the First and Second Lateran councils in 1123 and 1139 that priests were explicitly forbidden from marrying.
When was celibacy imposed on Catholic priests?
The tradition of clerical continence developed into a practice of clerical celibacy (ordaining only unmarried men) from the 11th century onward among Latin Church Catholics and became a formal part of canon law in 1917.
Are Catholic priests still required to be celibate?
Within Protestant congregations and the Eastern Orthodox church, the ordination of married men has long been accepted. But for the best part of a millennium, celibacy has been required of priests in the Roman Catholic tradition.
Homosexuals do not equate to pedophiles. Sure, some can be--but not as a rule.