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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I think a big part of it is that some men with pedophilic tendencies don't realize they are sick, so instead of getting therapy, they think that God can cure them if they dedicate their lives to the church. Eventually, they give in to their sickness because they are not properly treated.
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A lot of the men joining the clergy do so in their teens. I don't think its a case of pedophiles joining the clergy to gain access, its a culture of apologetics and an organization that has for many centuries hid, deflected and ignored a real serious problem.
Celibacy is a real concern, for any normal healthy sexual human we can all attest to what lack of sex does for us, and if you imagine a life without it I can't imagine what that does psychologically.
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In Europe, joining the clergy is viewed as more of an honour than a place to try and hide. Priests are often active in the community and are more visible than here. They (priests) seem to be a lot more social in Europe in general.
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I don't see where this is the case, I know in Europe there is a lot more what you'd call 'traditional catholics' as opposed to 'religious catholics.'
Europe is very much about traditions, even though in much of Europe secularism is common place.
Its just beyond offensive and ignorant what calgaryborn tries to suggest, its the same things his Christian right has done for 100's of years in response to gay people, suggesting that its the result of all kinds of things, and its nothing new.
I'm sure CB has a real hard time with the soon to be fact that people are born with gay tendancies, I mean 'God' made everyone in his image right?
So he like most of his backwards brethren have to pretend the science, the truth of what we know is true. Deny Evolution, deny science, its all part and parcel of his backwards evangelical nonsense.
What a pretty bubble it must be to live in this world of denial.
