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Coca-Cola on 26 August 2010
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sapphi_snake said:
richardhutnik said:

My understanding on this is the teaching connects to Paul's writings where he tells people to be content in their station in life.  If you are single, stay single.  If you are married, stay married.  I believe that this is a measure of a maturity, the ability to find contentment in any situation.  I believe also priests are not to remarry once their wife passes on either.  I did have a priest tell me it was akward socially to remarry due to nature of how congregational life works.  

Paul says it is not a sin to marry, so maybe there is some changes there based on where the priest is out of.

Maturity? Really? Seems more like being a pushover to me.

when Paul advises people to stay single, it's only when men were about to go out to war.  so then the woman wouldn't have to a widow.  (That's what I was taught anyways). 

It's sad thought that churches make stupid rules that's not in the bible just so that they could look "holy".  Stupid.