@georgia I think the companionship of a romantic and/or marital relationship is more important than the sex.
Most people almost literally will whither and die if they do not have both, but having one or the other staves that off a bit.
Of course, having both is best for us, due to how #God designed us.
@sathariel @georgia @snacks @rowb1t tbh “catholic priests rape children bc theyre celibate” is a terrible example. the southern baptist convention also has a lot of pastors raping children and their pastors are highly encouraged to be (and almost always are) in sexually active marriages. it has more to deal with the kind of authority they wield over their communities than “repression”
@georgia @sathariel @snacks @rowb1t i was literally living at a southern baptist church when the news broke that the executives were actively protecting the pastors who did that from the law
@georgia @rowb1t @sathariel @snacks the convention still playing games abt it and trying to cover it up btw