Sex runs rampant in the Catholic Church

Capitol Hill Blue ^ | January 9, 2003 | DOUG THOMPSON

[IvanT]

It'd be cool to shag a nun.....

[babylonian]

All this business about sex in the Catholic church reminds me of the brouhaha over cigarettes. That they cause health problems is nothing new, but people winning big lawsuits because "they didn't know"? We were calling them coffin nails fifty years ago!

Fifty years ago my dad was a cop in Nashville. He went on many a call to the Bishops private residence (owned by the church!) where loud, wild orgies were routine. His descriptions of what he saw made my hair stand on end!

Why is everybody suddenly pretending to be shocked over all this?

[Antoninus]

Skew biblical teaching, in this case about sex and relationships, and you will see a skewing of lives. the Roman Catholic Church has not done anyone a favor by insisting on an unnatural state for its clergy!

So... I suppose Christ himself, who was unmarried and celibate, was living in an unnatural state? If He asks you about this statement on the Day of Reckoning, how would you answer Him?

[Bluntpoint]

That is not a "habit" you would want to get into (or under).

[Bluntpoint]

My neighbor, in the 1980s, was a practicing homosexual when he joined the seminary. After joining, he would have cookouts and parties at his house with fellow seminary students, brothers and an occasional priest.

It looked like a seen from Caligula. Oiled backrubs and all.

Gave me the ebbies.

[Petronski]

If you would truly like to learn about these things, please, consult our Catholic Cathechism. If this is some kind of exercise to teach me the errors of Catholic teaching, well, consult the same source.

[stuartcr]

So you actually know that Christ was unmarried and celibate? It was a pretty long time ago.

[Petronski]

There's a lot of that going on in the American Catholic Church. It saddens me deeply and has made me something of a dissident.

[Aliska]

If you believe in a sexual free-for-all, Christianity isn't the religion for you.

There are people other than clergy who find themselves in a position of restraining their sexuality so as not to commit sin. Widows, widowers, single people.

The other reason is that in the Christian next life, there is no sex, so you can get a head start here. Regular enjoyment of sex, while normal if one is doing it with one's lawful spouse, *can* alter your spiritual priorities.

In an orderly society, sexual discipline really works for the good of all, whereas we now see in our society the downside of sexual laxity.

If sexuality weren't regulated to some extent, society as we know it would completely collapse. In other words, you can't just always do it because it feels good without severe consequences. Better to get a handle on it while you can and if you can.

[sinkspur]

Who's surprised at any of this? Human beings are going to do human things. The sex drive is very powerful. Sins against the sixth and ninth commandments are sins of weakness, which, in the overall scheme of things, is at the bottom of the stack, if one ranked sins according to malice.

[stuartcr]

I would never attempt to teach anyone anything, I just wanted to know why you thought this way, not the church.

[Antoninus]

So you actually know that Christ was unmarried and celibate? It was a pretty long time ago.

Well, that tells me all I need to know about where you're coming from.... the Martin Scorsese sect of "Christianity".

[hunter112]

Remember, in the Catholic church, masturbation is considered sexual sin. If honesty was ensured through complete anonymity in the course of conducting the survey, some may have admitted, from their guilt, self-gratification that may have been engaged in only once. The Catholic church has an unhealty attitude about this practice, and if they had been more accepting of it, they probably wouldn't have as many lawsuits pending as they do.

[Bluntpoint]

It is not just sex. It is the natural longing for family and commitment.

To crave such a life is not akin to a sexual free-for-all.

To deny your church leaders this, is unnatural and leads to the delusional thinking of many of today's adherents that what is happening in the church today and 100 years ago, is and wasn't happening.

You can claim the moral highground by demanding such. But look what you have as a result.

[Antoninus]

This disgusting article brought to you by AmChurch, soon to be an unaffiliated subsidiary of the Roman Catholic Church.

[stuartcr]

I don't believe in a sexual free-for-all, and I'm not a Christian. I believe that society regulates itself without taking oaths. As you said yourself, there are many individuals that do the same, without taking an oath. You know what is in the next life?

[sinkspur]

This disgusting article brought to you by AmChurch, soon to be an unaffiliated subsidiary of the Roman Catholic Church.

Ha! It's not just "AmChurch." It's very common for priests in South America to live in open concubinage.

[Bluntpoint]

How about my first hand reporting about members of the Cincinnati Seminary? Is that disgusting (read untrue or biased) also?

[Chancellor Palpatine]

It is a much older problem than that - you've been deluded.

[stuartcr]

I take that as a yes....Martin Scorsese Christianity???