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I appreciate your response. They may be analogous in terms of who can serve in leadership roles, but I don’t think one sees the same treatment of women in Christianity (Catholicism in particular), that one sees with the way Muslims treat women. True women can’t be Mullahs/Imams/Ayatollahs, but that doesn’t result in their poor treatment under Sharia. Rather the whole of Sharia results in their poor treatment.

I agree that women are treated better under Christianity, (Jeez, did I just type that?) but why is this being discussed at all?

If a Female Catholic Priest helps bring another soul to GOD, how is that wrong?

The GOD I believe in would be pleased with his humble servant, and joyous about the soul that was rescued.

“If a Female Catholic Priest helps bring another soul to GOD, how is that wrong?”

Since you posit a faulty premise (a female Catholic priest) your question is moot.

Fundamental here is the idea that God wants men and women to bring people to God in different ways. This is bound up in the mystery of life, our bodies, all of that.

What is a priest? A priest is someone who walks the earth as "another Christ." As such, he is a prime target for Satan. He is expected to do mortal combat, far more often than other human beings. He must be willing to be brutalized, butchered, mistreated, crucified body and soul.

God decided that women should not be "risked" this way. This is not an insult, or an implication that women are weaklings who "can't take it." Women are high value targets. Souls of new people are actually infused within their bodies.

Remember Eden and the apple? If women fall, mankind falls. Woman is a precious creature to be protected and defended by ... man.

I am searching for an appropriate metaphor for what I'm talking about. Lets say the Louvre is under siege. You're short on armor, and you have to use some artwork to keep the mob at bay. Would you use the Mona Lisa as a shield? All the paintings in the Louvre are priceless, but would you pick the Mona Lisa? Or would you rather risk sacrificing all of the other paintings in the whole museum, than put the Mona Lisa on the front lines?