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The Catholic Church has a gay priest problem


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2018 Jul 23, 7:48am   3,325 views  15 comments

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1   Tenpoundbass   2018 Jul 23, 8:02am  

The Catholic Church has a Commie Problem an illegitimate Pope problem and is hemorrhaging Conservative Devout Catholics world wide. All because of this Evil Pope.
He makes me proud to be Baptist, I always thought Baptists were a low grade religion to Catholicism. Now I realize they are the Remnants of the Roman Empire, and are perfectly willing to shit on 2000 years of culture and traditions down the toilet to tow the Establishment line. This Pope cares more about the Rothchilds, and the Middle Eastern politics than he does devout members of the Catholic Church.

Jesus was a Baptist, the Catholic church was a 400 A.D. Cult, a place for the remnants of the Roman Empire to hide.
2   NDrLoR   2018 Jul 23, 8:17am  

tovarichpeter says
The Catholic Church has a gay priest problem
And has had for 50 years:

http://www.tldm.org/news5/seminaries.htm



Tenpoundbass says
All because of this Evil Pope.
He was born in 1936 and is part of the Silent Generation, still has a bit of traditionalism in his teachings. The next pope is more than likely going to come from the Baby Boom generation and will probably lead the Catholic church over the cliff--gay marriage will be allowed, women priests, divorce and abortion will be sanctioned, lots of Marxist liberation theology, et al.
3   Strategist   2018 Jul 23, 8:23am  

P N Dr Lo R says
The next pope is more than likely going to come from the Baby Boom generation and will probably lead the Catholic church over the cliff--gay marriage will be allowed, women priests, divorce and abortion will be sanctioned


Probably a good thing. The greatest threat to the church is a sustained drop in followers. In the year 1900, 90% of Swedes regularly attended church. Today, it's 3%.
4   Tenpoundbass   2018 Jul 23, 8:24am  

P N Dr Lo R says
He was born in 1936 and is part of the Silent Generation, still has a bit of traditionalism in his teachings. The next pope is more than likely going to come from the Baby Boom generation and will probably lead the Catholic church over the cliff--gay marriage will be allowed, women priests, divorce and abortion will be sanctioned, lots of Marxist liberation theology, et al.


This Pope has already sanctioned all of that. He's getting push back from Bishops around the world
5   NDrLoR   2018 Jul 23, 9:00am  

Strategist says
In the year 1900, 90% of Swedes regularly attended church. Today, it's 3%.
Pretty much the way it is all over Europe. The Holland of Corrie ten Boom during World War II was a far different place than the Holland of today.
6   Strategist   2018 Jul 23, 9:19am  

P N Dr Lo R says
Strategist says
In the year 1900, 90% of Swedes regularly attended church. Today, it's 3%.
Pretty much the way it is all over Europe. The Holland of Corrie ten Boom during World War II was a far different place than the Holland of today.


Values, beliefs, and morals of a society change over time. The values, beliefs, and morals don't change for religion, as they are engraved in stone by the so-called word of God. This leads to a disconnect between man and religion, and thus the decline in church membership. The faster the world changes, the quicker will be the disconnect. Applies to all religions.
7   Patrick   2018 Jul 23, 9:36am  

I disagree. I think the Catholic Church would have no losses, and maybe gains, if it were utterly dogmatic and inflexible, and still used Latin for Mass without apology.

People are looking for the comfort of certainty, a set of beliefs that never change, not wishy-washy equivocation. And the faster the world changes, the greater the demand for stability and certainty.

But that said, the one thing about the Church that should change is celibacy for priests. It's just not natural for men to have no sexual outlet at all. In fact, I'd make it a requirement that every priest be married (to a woman, of course). The Eastern churches allow married priests and they do just fine like that, and have little or no incidence of gay or pedo priests as far as I can tell.
8   Strategist   2018 Jul 23, 9:52am  

Patrick says
I disagree. I think the Catholic Church would have no losses, and maybe gains, if it were utterly dogmatic and inflexible, and still used Latin for Mass without apology.

People are looking for the comfort of certainty, a set of beliefs that never change, not wishy-washy equivocation. And the faster the world changes, the greater the demand for stability and certainty.


The need for stability and certainty can come from other sources besides religion. The 97% of Swedes who don't attend church are perfectly happy without religion. It's the Scandinavian countries that have the highest rates of happiness, peace, and content. And they have the lowest rates of crime and violence.
9   mell   2018 Jul 23, 7:36pm  

Strategist says
Patrick says
I disagree. I think the Catholic Church would have no losses, and maybe gains, if it were utterly dogmatic and inflexible, and still used Latin for Mass without apology.

People are looking for the comfort of certainty, a set of beliefs that never change, not wishy-washy equivocation. And the faster the world changes, the greater the demand for stability and certainty.


The need for stability and certainty can come from other sources besides religion. The 97% of Swedes who don't attend church are perfectly happy without religion. It's the Scandinavian countries that have the highest rates of happiness, peace, and content. And they have the lowest rates of crime and violence.


That used to be, not anymore since they destroyed their country with rapefugee immigration. The church-going religious Swedes would have never allowed this destruction. Also lots of alcoholism and not a lot of sunlight, quite a bit of depression. I agree with Patrick that the Church would do better holding its ground but should let priests marry. What good is a church if it indistinguishable from the government or cultural-marxist organizations. It's whole schtick is about being different. If it continues appeasing SJWs it will become largely irrelevant. Actually the Danes - traditionally amongst the happiest - are getting happier again since they closed their borders entirely and have found their re-born patriotism.
10   Strategist   2018 Jul 23, 10:01pm  

mell says

That used to be, not anymore since they destroyed their country with rapefugee immigration. The church-going religious Swedes would have never allowed this destruction.

That I agree with.

mell says
What good is a church if it indistinguishable from the government or cultural-marxist organizations.

I don't see what good a church is to begin with? I have more morals and common sense than the Pope.
11   Patrick   2018 Jul 23, 10:18pm  

The principal utility of a church is that it gives a sense of community, something lacking in our diversitopias.

The morals are actually not as important as having a community, imho. Most people have decent morals anyway.
12   MisdemeanorRebel   2018 Jul 24, 12:15am  

Patrick says
But that said, the one thing about the Church that should change is celibacy for priests. It's just not natural for men to have no sexual outlet at all. In fact, I'd make it a requirement that every priest be married (to a woman, of course). The Eastern churches allow married priests and they do just fine like that, and have little or no incidence of gay or pedo priests as far as I can tell.


Yes, Orthodoxy handles this well. Most Priests are married, but to get higher up the hierarchy, celibacy is indicated.
13   Patrick   2018 Jul 24, 7:49am  

Didn't know that.
14   mell   2018 Jul 24, 8:23am  

Strategist says
I don't see what good a church is to begin with? I have more morals and common sense than the Pope.


It gives many people who aren't focused enough to live a good life the structure to do so with a simple framework. Plus community belief/strength can move mountains. Also it is still a decent place to find beautiful women in your community thst haven't been fully compromised yet. My neighboorhood church has quite a few. I would recommend it to singles.
15   NuttBoxer   2018 Jul 24, 11:09am  

Patrick says
But that said, the one thing about the Church that should change is celibacy for priests.


The Bible does advocate celibacy if you are called to it. But that's a separate calling from priesthood/pastoring. Obviously not everyone who wants to be a priest wants to be celibate.

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