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To: gogogodzilla
I call bull. Rabbis are encouraged to marry and have a large family. Celibacy is unnatural, causing natural human desires to be bottled up, which then sometimes spill out in unnatural ways.

I feel sorry for you that you've apparently formed this opinion without ever getting to know any Catholic Priests or nuns. I have two in my family, and have known hundreds in my lifetime. You'll have to take my word for it that these people do have human desires, but they've willingly given their lives to God, and accept that their reward will be after this life. They also take vows of obedience and sometimes poverty, which are also unnatural the average human psychology. For that matter, so is complete selflessness, but that's also the appeal of Christianity.

In this country, there are 40,000 Catholic priests, a handful of whom are actual pedophiles (and I do mean single digits). There are also a few dozen who have been accused of improper relationships with gay teen-aged boys. You probably think the number is higher, because (A)Some of the cases you are familiar with are decades old, (B)A large percentage of the accusations have turned out to be false, (C)Catholicism is a ripe target for lawsuits due to the perception that oversight of parish priests goes all the way to the Vatican, and (D)most importantly, the liberal media has a axe for the most pro-life, pro-family, pro-private charity, pro private education, and anti homosexual organization on the planet.

Catholic priests have little to do with small children today. I suspect that rabbis also have little to do with children, and they have less than their share of pedophiles, but they are still higher than Catholic priests. There are just far, far fewer rabbis, so you don't hear about it as much, but they definitely exist. Google "pedophile rabbi," like you just made me do and see what I mean.

Thanks for letting me educate you. Next time you pass a priest on the street, introduce yourself. I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised.

67 posted on 05/10/2011 8:52:10 PM PDT by presidio9 ("Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask rather what you can do for your country." -Cicero)
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To: presidio9
I feel sorry for you that you've apparently formed this opinion without ever getting to know any rabbis.

Next time you pass a rabbi on the street, introduce yourself. I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised.

69 posted on 05/11/2011 2:24:17 AM PDT by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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