Celebacy is a "recruitment" problem
I believe the only issue effected by celebacy is the recruitment of persons to become members of the clergy. Recruitment has and continues to be a serious problem for the church, thus clouding...
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Great analysis of the situation, it seems to me.It really irks me to hear these TV pundits attempt to debate whether eliminating celibacy might not just solve the problem. It overlooks a few simple...
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I suspect one can see the relevance of "celibacy" to the entire sexual abuse issue better, if you ask and answer a few practical questions -- ones that simply don't get asked for lord knows what...
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I think you've created a good analysis. In fairness to the defenders of celibacy I would add that if priests were actually celibate, I don't think you would see the tolerance for pedophiles.As I...
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Some broad thoughts on the impact celibacy has on those who choose to become clergy.I will preface this by saying that I know that there are many good, healthy, spiritual men (and women, in some...
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The church can't help itself. The whole demand for it's followers to deny the body comes from its age-old philosophy of the body being 'bad' while the spiritual, airy-fairy 'world' is somehow 'better'...
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