Surah 57 · Verse 27

[57:27] According to a law attributed to Moses, eunuchs were not respected. "No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the Lord" (Deuteronomy 23:1). However, Christians who later fabricated hadith attributing them to Jesus, turned castration or hermitic life into a righteous act: "Jesus replied, 'Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery.' The disciples said to him, 'If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.' Jesus replied, 'Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. For some are eunuchs because they were born that way; others were made that way by men; and others have renounced marriage--because of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it'" (Matthew 19:8-12). "These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins…" (Revelation 14:4). St. Paul, the voice behind the Gospels of the Nicene Conference, praised hermitic life: "Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry" (1 Corinthians 7:1). Today, only the Catholic Church and some small sects are struggling to keep this innovation alive. However, as the Quran states, they do not follow their own fabricated practice of celibacy. Worse, their churches have become notorious for pedophilia and child abuse, and many rich churches have recently declared bankruptcy because of a series of litigations by abused children. The unnatural religious innovation in the name of God, led many priests to engage in child abuse and sodomy, perhaps attracting homosexuals to the ranks of priesthood for various reasons. Some religious men with homosexual tendencies who thought celibacy to be a cure for their desires ended up getting more opportunity to spend time with altar boys in their churches. Perhaps some homosexuals picked the profession just to indulge in their perverted act behind holy curtains. In 2004, the Conference of Catholic Bishops found 11,000 cases of sexual abuse by about 4,000 priests and deacons since 1950. The real numbers are most likely much higher. The sex-abuse lawsuits cost the Church billions of dollars in compansation, leading some dioceses to financial bankruptcy. The moral bankruptcy and perversion, however, was going on for centuries and was kept a "holy secret" by the powerful and secretive Church. It is only in the last decades that children have more of a voice, and the Church's financial and social power to keep the evil deeds of its priests as secrets behind the confession session is weakening. The Catholic Church, which is also having problems in recruiting priests, is in a dilemma. If they adhere to their centuries-old celebrated rule, then they will continue suffering from the perverted behavior of priests and a shortage of new recruits. If they amend their rules and abandon the practice, then their credibility and claim of infallibility will get hurt, again. If history is a guide, the Church will resist until reality will force them to abandon it. They will always find a way to justify their blunder to their faithful, who consider reason and religion to be like ice and fire, with their eternally "infallible" teachings of their Popes! Those charlatans did not only steal the power of forgiveness, infallibility, the keys of heaven from God, but also stole the Biblical title of God, "holy father." According to the Quran, the Pope is no different than Pharaoh, since he is claiming divine powers. According to the Quran, Catholics are mentally and spiritually enslaved by their Popes. Isn’t it time to accept the truth so that truth will set us all free? The Quran encourages man and woman to marry. Sexual intercourse, as long as it is done within the limit of God's law, is considered one of God's great blessings. See 30:21. Also see 3:71; 4:161; 9:24; 2:42; 2:188.