Should Catholic Priests be allowed to marry?

yes they should be allowed marry

yes women should be allowed become priests. the priest is a dying breed in this country

BoozyBabe wrote:

& sorry for the bombardment, but my other thought?

Should Catholic priests be allowed to marry?

yes. I think they should. They are councillors to Catholics with familys, and they advise on family life. IMO, they would be better able to do this if they had families themselves.

I think the priesthood must be a very boring life, if they were allowed to marry, 1 I think there'd be a lot more people joining up for the priesthood, & 2, I think there would have been / would be less abuse of children etc.

Agree or disagree?

well, I disagree with the fact that there would be less abuse of children. People who like sex with kids like sex with kids, its not a case of "give them somewhere else to stick it and they'll forget about kids". pedophiles join the church because it gives them access to power, and to children, and it puts them in a position of trust. Similar, I guess, to the spate of sports coaches that were caught abusing kids recently. Most of them were married, and it doesn't stop them. The only way to discourage pedophiles from joining the church is to let them know that if they do it, they'll be caught, and if they are caught, they will be punished.

Binomate wrote:

What kind of a stupid rule is that? why on earth shouldn't they be able to marry? It's almost as stupid as the no drawing muhammed rule in Islam.

Do you actually know why that rule is there(the islamic one)?

As for priests, I think they should be allowed marry.

From the first letter of timothy chapter 3

This saying is trustworthy: 2 whoever aspires to the office of bishop desires a noble task.
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Therefore, a bishop must be irreproachable, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, decent, hospitable, able to teach,
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not a drunkard, not aggressive, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money.
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He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with perfect dignity;
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for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of the church of God?




Of course, in the previous chapter he does say this

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A woman must receive instruction silently and under complete control.
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I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. 4 She must be quiet.
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For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
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Further, Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed.
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But she will be saved through motherhood, provided women persevere in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.



Women, know your place :P

ferdi wrote:

as someone who no longer practices the faith, i feel i have no valid opinion to give on this subject. i presume everyone who answered this thread is a practicing catholic otherwise i dont understand why they feel its their place to comment on the pratices/teachings of other peoples religion.

its because we were asked ferdi. .

fair enough. I would say the majority of people who are commenting are either catholics, or lapsed catholics. IMO, lapsed catholics are exactly the type of of people who should be commenting (and the type of people the church should be asking) but I also understand the argument that the church needs to be unwavering. Its a shame, at the end of the day, the church should be a conduit to God, it seems to me all they do is turn people away.