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Technically... yes.
Perhaps more importantly, so too was the Apostle Paul (*) -- who even generally advised men to live as "MGTOW"; he even noted it was superior to getting married... so long as they were able to "control" their hormonal-lustful urges (i.e. basically staying away from women altogether in the "sexual" sense; not only no marriage, but no cohabiting no "dating/courting," no plate spinning or flirting, etc.)
-- And despite the fact that the later church interpretations and "spin" on those verses and Paul's statements/recommendations -- reinterpreting them as some kind of a "call" for men to become priests (or monks in monasteries) living off some kind of charity from the congregation/community... that's obviously bullshit because: (A) there were no such things as paid priests, much less monasteries (not Christian ones anyway) at the time Paul wrote that; and (B) Paul noted himself and his own lifestyle as an example -- his statement that he refused to/would not "eat the bread of another man's labor" and instead (or at least when he wasn't imprisoned) he lived off of his own private business/profession/trade work (as a literal "tentmaker"). Ergo he most definitely WAS part of society -- the general public & private commercial community -- and explicitly was NOT walled off in some isolated "monastery."
As Paul specifically noted that "But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world" and he goes on further to note that the married guy will chiefly be worried about "how he can please his wife" (i.e. keep her haaaaaaaapy, or at least prevent her from becoming TOO much of a "nagging bitch," etc)... and moreover he had already basically said "good luck with THAT" when he previously noted: "those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this."
;-)
* And quite probably several of the other disciples/apostles and leaders in early church remained single/bachelors as well (including presumably Paul's own, well I suppose you could call them "apprentices" or "disciples" {which word really just means "students"} -- Timothy & Titus; AFAIK there is no record, or even assertion of either of them ever having a wife or family).
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There are people who don't like you that have tales to tell about you too. (You know that thing with the sheep, not to mention the one about you and the neighbor's dog.)
-- Should we believe all of them?
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You mean /u/Stratahoo is a fictional character in a book of fairytales?
Does he go by some different name? Because I'm familiar with a rather large array of "fairy tale" books and I don't recall any character named "Stratahoo."
But even more surprising is to find a fictional character typing away here on Reddit.
;-)
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Indeed you have. So much that you don't even realize or comprehend how.
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No you rather obviously don't.
Not surprising though in your case, you DO seem to have problems understanding even relatively basic things.
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