What do you equate to "no ill effects?" Is that man who dies in his 40's as a single virgin not paying the price when he finally goes?
My dad is dead. Partly, well mostly or entirely - because he didn't have a companion for the last 20+/- years. It's also true it's not my mom's fault, in that she couldn't handle him and that's his father's fault. Without my mom he completely lost his mind and stayed that way. Without my mom he blew up like a whale, got various infections and such and died a lingering death, eventually unable to take care of himself. And he was so young. It's really sad but true. Men do die of loneliness. They really do. In fact, typing helps spare my emotions but when I think of this I really do bawl.
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If my dad taught me anything, it's that you are WRONG!!!
And it's not just the sex but the intimacy emotionally glues two people together. I feel it in my marriage. Both of us feel the sparks fly when we can be romantic. We are happier and more open about our feelings. It's an automatic outflow from a happy sex life. It seemed like when my mom and dad stayed intimate that my dad was more able to stay connected to reality. Stress tended to make him literally come unhinged. When she was out of his life, the thinking and laughing died away and was replaced by severe delusions. He literally went mad. Eventually he didn't even talk to his mom or sister. True, he was halfway there on his own, but I saw what happened to him with my own eyes. It's the saddest thing I ever saw.
Not everybody has the same level of need.
Maybe. Especially if she has Meshak's attitude about sex.
Think again.
All you need in bed is Matt 7:12.
In relationships, seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things that are blessings will be added unto it.
Has anyone ever measured and gotten averages for clerical gonad sizes? It could make all the difference. It is still better to marry than to be tortured by mating urges or lonliness.
Plus, how many of them look at smut or have sex with nuns or clergy and how could we possibly ensure clean controls?
Correlation is not causation for sure, in this case of "celibacy."
Will you accept that many priests may possibly have small gonads or a secret sex life?