Posted on 05/01/2019 12:53:55 PM PDT by Jyotishi
Priests having sex with women? Don’t buy it.
Bishop in India Charged With Raping Nun Over a 2-Year Period
April 9, 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/world/asia/india-bishop-nun-rape.html
Waiting for ANY documentaries that speak the unvarnished truth about islam.
Sounds like the plot of a porn movie.
The French will never miss an opportunity to tell a story about innocent French women being brutalized by the German Hun.
get thee to a nunnery
I’ve always thought asking a priest to stay celibate for his lifetime as completely unnatural and a set up for disaster. To not take a wife, not raise a family, to see nearly everyone around you doing so. It would make you feel set apart.
I’m shocked!
Well, not really.
They are probably listed at Jihad Watch: https://www.jihadwatch.org
Matthew 19:10 "His disciples say unto him, If this be the case of a man with his wife, it would be better not to marry."
Why, because it is centuries-old news?
Despite the hype, I’ve seen the most abused children by priests are girls.
French Catholics. Yikes.
The pope has acknowledged its validity.
What’s the lawsuit over? Truth?
Another verse taken out of context.
Jesus was talking about divorce there, not monogamy.
I have yet to see another religion that is so opposed to marriage as Catholicism.
Unnatural, yes, but nothing wrong with it. Certainly no one gets hurt if someone is celibate.
And OTOH we have rampant problems because some are unconcerned about morals BECAUSE it’s “natural”. People have become used to having sex any old time and that is definitely not good either....it becomes a habit that must be maintained.
And frankly, I think the idea of celibacy/no marriage is good for religious leaders. Sorry, but how can he really care about all his flock if he has personal concerns like young children and a wife? Major distractions.
Monogamy is relevant here, since no-divorce marriage is the same as monogamous marriage.
You can see how shocked the Apostles were by this teaching. Especially since He said this was the unchangeable nature of marriage, because --- nevermind Moses --- it is GOD who joined the man and the woman together. GOD is the basis of this unbreakable bond.
This is what Christ said, which is reflected in the teachings of the Church.
If you find this "anti-marriage," you'll have to take it up with the Author of Marriage.
"Another verse taken out of context..." Jesus was talking about divorce there, not homosexuality."
Again, I reply that He was not talking ONLY about one disputed question or another. He was making a fundamental, all-encompassing point about the nature of marriage itself. He does this by citing how it was "in the beginning": Man, woman, exclusive, faithful, lifelong.
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