Celibacy in Priesthood

I would agree with you. If they really want to serve a god then having a family would interfere with that. They would end up putting their family over god which might explain why priest must be celibate.

Firstly some Catholic Priests are married, surprised? Catholic priests in Lebanon are allowed to be married. There is no scriptural basis for such celibacy in fact Jesus leaves it open to the individual. The Roman Church, apparently, thinks it knows better, no change there then all the best urban

I;d say yes. They must allow their priests to get married if ever the latter wants to.It isn't unknown to us that there are priest who have physical affairs with women, even got offspring...What is worse, the woman and child suffer because of this. There's already a stigma that seems embed in their foreheads, that the mother being immoral and the child as the fruit of such immorality. They are considered as unrighteous... The priest violates this law more because , though, they want to serve the Lord, they are just humans who have needs. They are still men and they aren't saints or made of stones or robots. they feel, they yearn and they have longings.Prohibiting priests to marry triggers the need to violate such because of those needs. Why is marriage being prohibited by church is something I don't understand. Priest can still serve with all their hearts even if they are a family man. Matter of fact, they can serve better if they are happy with their family. It is said that if your wife prohibits you from serving the Lord, better to live her or not marry at all.But if a wife encourages or inspires you more to serve the Lord, then why not. It is the priest sole decision to marry or not to marry , but, it s never the right of the church to decide for them...

Personally, I don't think that a priest cannot fully serve his God if he is married. Of course, it is quite advantageous for an unmarried individual to serve in any religious order because all they have to do is focus on their vocation. But then that doesn't mean that married individuals, or priests for that matter, cannot fully serve God because they have families to raised. If you go through the pages of the Bible, you can see a litany of married people serving God faithfully. Celibacy is just a Catholic doctrine that the church can do away with if they choose to. Single or married, a priest can always serve his God fully if he choose to. It's just a matter of choice, of faith and commitment. To prove my point, if being married is a hindrance for someone to fully serve his God, then, why is it that there are still many cases of celibate and single priests violating boys and girls, or getting caught up in many other "sinful" acts?