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To: joathome
Don't read more into that than is written, either.

OK, but don't you either. There are plenty of married men who find ways to get into trouble. How often does marriage cure a bad man?

Those who call for a married clergy seem not to realise that they're calling not so much for the elimination of a source for trouble as the replacement of the old by an entirely new source of problems, which we have neither the experience nor the understanding to address. I'm sure you've known selfish, irresponsible people who thought marriage would fix their lives and make them happy. Did it?

As neocon points out elsewhere in this thread, a contributing factor to clerical abuses is laxness over the discipline of daily prayer, especially the Daily Office. Quite apart from its spiritual benefits, frequent prayer is time-consuming, not necessarily a bad thing. Why don't you ask your clerical friends about it?

70 posted on 03/29/2002 7:25:53 AM PST by Romulus
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To: Romulus
I'm quite familiar with the divine office and the daily missal, for what it's worth. Have a good day.
75 posted on 03/29/2002 9:03:03 AM PST by joathome
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