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When a priest turns to a child for his sexual relief or an uncle does the same thing with his niece because she can't get pregnant, which one is more holy?
the reason catholic priests do not marry has to do with the time of octavian, where merova was gaining power through marriage and divorce and her line was also trying to get sons to join the church and gain power, not only secularly, but religiously as well. Pope Octavian was installed in this method, and he was killed, dragged across the streets of rome, and then burned and thrown into the river... Afterwards, women started having less rights, and men in the church couldn't marry.
Ridiculous. The reason is documented history - priests were stopped from getting married to keep the popes from continuing to pass the wealth & power down to their son, and so on. It was kept within families. It's stupid and damaging to deny normal human biological behavior. It causes such damage. To call it a gift is just twisted.
@CounterCultureLives you are judging a group by few of the sick in it. they are also human. They can sin. I am not defending them. Those who did it are wrong. But there are many dedicated people are there..
I think it's ridiculous. For God to want His closest people (the priests) to not pass on their genes and love with a family of their own seems like a man-made idea and definitely not something God would want.
When a priest turns to a child for his sexual relief or an uncle does the same thing with his niece because she can't get pregnant, which one is more holy?
courag1 1 week ago
@Trillidotia correct because of merova, who was a famous woman who could marry and divorce to gain lands. After that time, women couldnt gain lands.
eddieisfiction 1 week ago
@eddieisfiction sorry it was emperor octavian, and his brother was pope...
eddieisfiction 1 week ago
actual history right there.
eddieisfiction 1 week ago
the reason catholic priests do not marry has to do with the time of octavian, where merova was gaining power through marriage and divorce and her line was also trying to get sons to join the church and gain power, not only secularly, but religiously as well. Pope Octavian was installed in this method, and he was killed, dragged across the streets of rome, and then burned and thrown into the river... Afterwards, women started having less rights, and men in the church couldn't marry.
eddieisfiction 1 week ago
Ridiculous. The reason is documented history - priests were stopped from getting married to keep the popes from continuing to pass the wealth & power down to their son, and so on. It was kept within families. It's stupid and damaging to deny normal human biological behavior. It causes such damage. To call it a gift is just twisted.
Trillidotia 2 weeks ago
@CounterCultureLives you are judging a group by few of the sick in it. they are also human. They can sin. I am not defending them. Those who did it are wrong. But there are many dedicated people are there..
sagkavin 2 weeks ago
@theblob34 Y are you sick in mind. Go to a good psychiatrist, you are judging a group by few of the sick in it.
sagkavin 2 weeks ago
@CounterCultureLives You are a sick man.
sagkavin 2 weeks ago
I think it's ridiculous. For God to want His closest people (the priests) to not pass on their genes and love with a family of their own seems like a man-made idea and definitely not something God would want.
SanguineBullet667 3 weeks ago