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To: Bushwacker777
Freud is irrelevant to the topic at hand.

Once again what is your explanation for the deviancy of those protestants I linked to since you can't use the crutch that celibacy was the cause of their crimes?

58 posted on 05/24/2009 7:24:43 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

I’d be curious what percentage of the celibate .vs. not celibate clergy commit these crimes. Also I think it’s harder to become a priest than it is to become a Baptist minister, for instance. A Baptist friend of mine jokingly tells me they let lots of men become ministers, they just can’t find a job later. The Catholic vetting process might hold down the percentage of Catholic priest criminals below where it would be if those unfortunates were not weeded out to the extent they are.


59 posted on 05/24/2009 7:33:00 AM PDT by conejo99
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To: A.A. Cunningham

Please look up the concepts of reaction formation and displacement. I suspect many young men choose a celibat priesthood to try to smother inpulses they have in their sub conscious. That can happen in other religions too but at least other religions have men who are in touch with their sexuality (and desire families) going into official callings.


61 posted on 05/24/2009 8:30:55 AM PDT by Bushwacker777
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