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The Religious Obsession with Celibacy
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RE: The Religious Obsession with Celibacy
I don't think there's an overall, or even a majority, of religious 'obsession with celibacy'.  In a very few religions, the clergy are celibate, but the laity are not.  In the majority of ALL religions, neither the clergy nor the laity are celibate. 

This is not to say that most religions don't have loony ideas about sex - we know that they do.  But celibacy?  That seems to be an aberration rather than the norm.

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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The Religious Obsession with Celibacy - by Metis - June 21, 2015 at 11:48 am
RE: The Religious Obsession with Celibacy - by Nope - June 21, 2015 at 12:43 pm
RE: The Religious Obsession with Celibacy - by Pyrrho - June 21, 2015 at 12:43 pm
RE: The Religious Obsession with Celibacy - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 21, 2015 at 12:49 pm
RE: The Religious Obsession with Celibacy - by vorlon13 - June 21, 2015 at 1:14 pm

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