Joe Rogan Experience #2562 - Dan McClellan · Aired Oct 7, 2026
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Paul suggests even married people should avoid sex except occasional relief of urges.
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Dan's summary omits the conditions in 1 Corinthians 7:3-5: mutual marital duties, mutually agreed abstinence for a limited period of prayer, and then reunion. Paul also favors remaining unmarried in 7:7-9 and gives an end-times qualification in 7:29. Those are different statements from recommending routine celibacy to married couples.
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Is it true that Paul suggests even married people should avoid sex except occasional relief of urges?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Dan's summary omits the conditions in 1 Corinthians 7:3-5: mutual marital duties, mutually agreed abstinence for a limited period of prayer, and then reunion. Paul also favors remaining unmarried in 7:7-9 and gives an end-times qualification in 7:29. Dan McClellan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2562 - Dan McClellan, aired Oct 7, 2026, at 30:59. The supporting source is biblegateway.com, linked below.
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