Is being celibate bad?

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okwhyamidoingthis said:
I don't know how your religion cathegorizes these behaviours, but I'll talk about the teachings of my pastors (baptists and pentecostals in a LATAM country). Celibacy is God's calling to live a single life. Apostle Paul is the best example I can think about: he says that his kind of life is the best one to serve God - if two people really can't keep it, than ok, get married. (1 Cor. 7). In Matthew 22:30 and Mark 12:25, Jesus says that in heaven people don't get married. These hint that single life dedicated to God is "our default", therefore it must be lived in a state of wholeness, work and joy.

The Trinity person that likes and encourages marriage the most is God the Father: He talks a lot about family as a delight and marriage as the ritual to adulthood because both parties must love sacrificially, as does His Son. All of this to say that: it's important to check if you really want to be celibate or if you are in your waiting time.

If you dream of a family, if you feel like someone is missing from you, than probably you are on your waiting time to become a good spouse.

If you are a religious millennial or zoomer, maybe you are just getting anxious due to the difficulties we face to have a holy relationship in these times.

In any case:
Collosians 3:3 - if you are a believer, your life is hidden in Christ. Different from secular people or magic "religions" (new age, etc), we are not ourselves to make our own lives based on our ideas. We have a perfect plan on Christ's hands. Remember Jacob: to receive his promises, he fought the angel. Keeping faith on His plan, on this individual and perfect plan (Romans 12:1) is not easy. Circumstances and doubts and scandals contribute to erode our faith in Him and in our deserving. We have to decide to fight these difficulties, the obstacles inside and outside of us, while keeping our faith in His goodness. Read Psalms to help you with it if you need.

Both these paths will be difficult. Even indulging in your senses and seeking sex or emotional highs will. The difference is that - if you are walking on the path He chose - He Himself guarantees you joy.

If you are not happy right now being a believer, than read the Testamentos and know your INHERITANCE. None of us will deserve anything ever. He gives it out of His grace and He is willing to make you happy ASAP. Ask Him what is His will for your life and talk about what makes you anxious or doubtful. He is a good Father who wants to create happy healthy families and courageous teachers and heroes to light up the world.

I'm old and waiting. I've converted late in life and had two serious relationships before. It's weird, everybody is married or having sex and I'm not (I also have only my mother alive, so I'm in a situation most people look at and silently pity), but I guarantee you He fulfills His word: I feel full and at peace for REAL for the first time in my life. It's basically His presence clearer and clearer in my life that makes me sure that someway, somehow, everything will be fine as long as I obey His commands and seek Him.

No matter the religion of who is reading, I wish blessings and joy in your life - and love life, especially if you're a millennial or zoomer.
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The zeal of the convert.
 
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Being voluntarily celibate is very respectable and says a lot about a persons character and self-control.

Just don't make it your identity, because then you are legitimately no better than the faggots and tranny's.
 
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Yes, being celibate is bad. Sex is a powerful driving motivator for every human being that has ever lived, and unless you're literally a eunuch or you've got an undiagnosed mental illness that deludes you into thinking that you can 'channel that energy into loving God/Jesus/science/mathematics/etc', then you absolutely want to be releasing that pent-up tension on the reg. We have numerous examples of it fucking you up badly if you abstain (see: incels, loveshys, Catholic priests, high school gym teachers, OnlyFans simps, Lady Gaga, and so on).

Pickle Suited Vicar said:
FUCK abstinence!
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Too soon, man. We're all still hurting.
 
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Knight of the Rope said:
Yes, being celibate is bad. Sex is a powerful driving motivator for every human being that has ever lived, and unless you're literally a eunuch or you've got an undiagnosed mental illness that deludes you into thinking that you can 'channel that energy into loving God/Jesus/science/mathematics/etc', then you absolutely want to be releasing that pent-up tension on the reg. We have numerous examples of it fucking you up badly if you abstain (see: incels, loveshys, Catholic priests, high school gym teachers, OnlyFans simps, Lady Gaga, and so on).
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I agree, it does lead to weak willed men to excersise their pent up frustration to either hurt others or worship mediocre women who don’t give a fuck about them. But does this apply to women aswell?
 
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