Pardon me, but why in the world would priests who find the ill informed laity,who want Truths, which they know are not true, stay in the priesthood? Obviously they are oppurtunistic,hypocritical,lying dirt-bags.Perhaps they do not believe what the Church teaches,all they have to do is leave,like Martin Luther did. At least he had integrity,although at the end,in his lucid moments he did see the error of a lot of his ways.
Anyway the next time you talk to one of your many priest friends ask them if they don't find it hard to live and be sustained by lies. I really think they would enhance their self esteem if they left,and lived an "authentic" life.
You completely misunderstood my posting. What concerns them are members of the laity, who, not knowing or understanding the complete history of some ideas, so insist on their implementation
in an extreme form, that it becomes an embarassment. An extreme example would be the Italian peasantry who began an armed revolt when, during the Counter-reformation, restrictions were placed on the excessive veneration of saints.
Every religious group, bar none, has some teachings that go down better with grains of salt. In the Catholic church, people without such discernment are said to be trying to be "more Catholic than the Pope."
For the record, I have yet to meet any priest, who in his own way, however flawed, is not trying to do the best he can for the Church. Disgusted as I am, I think that the recent problems are the result of bishops being overwhelmed, and not having the guts to make unpleasant decisions. Enron's auditors are among the many who could sing a similar tune.
see # 68.