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**mudozvonf** · 10-05-2010, 07:19 PM

Women should be allowed to be ordained, no doubt. I don't think priests should be allowed to marry for very practical reasons, particularly given the church's stance on birth control. If every priest is raising 5+ kids, that's a hell of a lot more money needed to keep a parish afloat. Or you can make priests provide for their families independently meaning they have to find a full time job. That's terrible for the strength of the church. Right now, the parish is a priest's family. He will show up to a hospital at 2AM to sit by a dying patient if alerted. He'll act as essentially a free psycologist to anyone who stops in just to clear their mind. I know these are not the reasons why priests were originally forbidden from marriage, but they are the reality in today's world.

I've heard that argument before, when it comes to Catholic priest getting married. The Catholic's position on birth control can be amended, I don't recall any verse in the bible that states that the representatives of God have to be unmarried. It does say though, that you should be fruitful and multiply, so if a priest did have a high number of children, the parish would just have to do what it can. Not to mention the fact that the Catholic Church is rich and I'm sure that if some of the higher members of the Church could do without so much finery, that they could do alot more with what they have. Baptist preachers usually have jobs and they're still expected to show up, whenever a member of their church has some type of crisis. Also, like another poster mentioned, I find it kind of odd that someone is going to counsel someone else about marriage, when they've never had the pleasure. It's like a virgin, trying to give a couple tips on sex.

10-05-2010, 07:19 PM	#20
mudozvonf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 426 Senior Member	Women should be allowed to be ordained, no doubt. I don't think priests should be allowed to marry for very practical reasons, particularly given the church's stance on birth control. If every priest is raising 5+ kids, that's a hell of a lot more money needed to keep a parish afloat. Or you can make priests provide for their families independently meaning they have to find a full time job. That's terrible for the strength of the church. Right now, the parish is a priest's family. He will show up to a hospital at 2AM to sit by a dying patient if alerted. He'll act as essentially a free psycologist to anyone who stops in just to clear their mind. I know these are not the reasons why priests were originally forbidden from marriage, but they are the reality in today's world. I've heard that argument before, when it comes to Catholic priest getting married. The Catholic's position on birth control can be amended, I don't recall any verse in the bible that states that the representatives of God have to be unmarried. It does say though, that you should be fruitful and multiply, so if a priest did have a high number of children, the parish would just have to do what it can. Not to mention the fact that the Catholic Church is rich and I'm sure that if some of the higher members of the Church could do without so much finery, that they could do alot more with what they have. Baptist preachers usually have jobs and they're still expected to show up, whenever a member of their church has some type of crisis. Also, like another poster mentioned, I find it kind of odd that someone is going to counsel someone else about marriage, when they've never had the pleasure. It's like a virgin, trying to give a couple tips on sex.
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