This article was very refreshing to read, since I had always thought that the reason Paul was against marriage was because he was against sexual pleasure. It makes complete sense, on the other hand, that the reason a lot of people think this way is that they fail to understand that all of Paul’s views are based on his belief that the world is coming to an end very soon. Obviously if Paul would believe that the world would be around for generations to come, he would not have such a radical view. Even though I agree with most of what the author says, I still think that Paul was not such a great advocate of sexual pleasure even in marriage as the author claims. Paul stated that the wife and husband should not deny each other of sex, except for when to pray, because Satan preys on lack of self-control. But Paul does not promote getting married to have sex, only to quench desire properly if one needs to. This leads me to believe that Paul put his OK on marriage more to appease the masses, than to take a pro sexual pleasure stance, as the author implies.

id not marry. Paul also apparently does not recommend marriage for the reason of procreation. This is because he sees the purpose of obtaining heirs irrelevant on the grounds that the

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