Lol, on the subject of Paul, I remember years ago when I felt I wanted to be a bachelor for life, my mother kept telling me that God means for people to get married, and spend the rest of their lives with their special someone, but I would try to tell her that it actually says in the Bible that not everyone is meant for marriage, to which, she would respond with, "Oh, Paul said that, and you really can't go by what Paul said, nobody wanted to marry him anyway."
Actually, Paul was married, as were most of the disciples. To be in the position that Paul was in in the church at that time, it was necessary for him to be married. When Paul was telling Christians not to marry, he was referring to the fact that many believed that when Jesus returned it would be a week from next Tuesday, not years and year and even centuries later. So Paul was really saying, "Don't run out and do anything in haste because the end times are coming."
(I've heard many interpretations of this particular passage (and I'm married to a man who studies Greek) and my version here is a generalization, NOT to be confused with the words of Paul OR Jesus.)
***And I would just like to point out how easily several people JUST NOW took wide, unfounded pot-shots at EVERY SOUTHERN BAPTIST on the planet. Gosh, imagine what would happen if someone had said, "Well, you know all ___________s are hypocrites." So, just to be sure I'm understanding the rules, it is
not okay to be intolerant, unless of course you don't like
some of the members of a particular group. THEN it's okay to impugn the entire groups as being hateful, evil and hypocritical. Right. Got it now. Thanks for the clarification. Oh...and could you look up the word hypocrite for me and see what it says....
Grumble, grumble.