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To: Dr. Thorne

It is high time the Church re-evaluate its totally insane policy of mandatory priestly celibacy which has produced horrendous travesty. There is NOTHING in the Bible which mandates such a counterproductive and destructive policy. To the contrary, priests in the Bible were in fact married men. So were the early popes, bishops, and priests in the first ten centuries of the Catholic Church. We need normal heterosexual married men in the priesthood. The Lord commands us to be fruitful and multiply. The Lord put Eve on this earth because He did not want Adam to be alone. This is God’s plan. He wants us to celebrate, not celibate life. Physical intimacy between a husband and a wife is a precious gift from God which should be denied to no man, especially our priests.


2 posted on 02/12/2014 11:24:13 AM PST by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

Agree wholeheartedly. However, this defrocked priest abused boys. He’s a perv.


3 posted on 02/12/2014 11:41:09 AM PST by Dr. Thorne ("How long, O Lord, holy and true?" - Rev. 6:10)
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

Incoming.......

I agree wholeheartedly but since I’m the enemy, I’m sure I’ll just get roundly castigated for it.


13 posted on 02/12/2014 3:16:22 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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