Random thought

[unixronin]

So ... what is it with Christian sects and the public pretense of celibacy, anyway?  I mean, wasn't there some divine command, like, way back near the beginning of the Old Testament, to go forth, be fruitful and multiply?  Pretty hard to keep adding new worshippers for the greater glory of God when it's a sin for them to boink each other, or even to think about it.

I've always considered it one of the weirder foibles of the Catholic church that it requires its clergy to be celibate, but won't allow its lay followers to use birth control.  WTF?  Hello?  Marriage is a sacrament in which the clergy are forbidden to participate?

Comments

[genuine-snark.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure that I'd say "the Christian sects" there. I'm not super-knowledgable outside Catholicism and the Episcopal Church, but I think that quirk is more or less limited to the Catholic Church. Now, true, that's a huge number of Christians out there, but not all of them. :)

http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/charts/denominations_practices.htm