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Why would you even expect them to behave like normal human beings under a man made set of draconian standards?

Have you failed to realize that a double standard would naturally arise when the psychologically unbalanced or utter liars were elevated to the clergy and placed in charge of the theology and treasure of the Church?

"would you even expect them to behave like normal human beings"

The valuation of celibacy, if not the formal requirement, goes back to the early church; it is not a medieval invention. And the idea that Christians are expected to have a different attitude towards sex from "pagans" is right there in the New Testament, and can be found in the words of Jesus. As far as this survey of nuns is concerned, you could do a survey of people coming out of "Bible-based" churchs and ask how many have ever looked at pornography, or been drunk, or fornicated, and you could have headlines saying, "90% of born-again Christians have viewed pornography" or "70% of born-again Christians have had sex outside of marriage."

Why would you even expect them to behave like normal human beings under a man made set of draconian standards?

Christ himself abided by this "man-made" set of "draconian standards." You are a child of the world and are incapable of understanding why anyone would put aside worldly desires to dedicate themselves to otherworldly work. Admitedly, I had trouble understanding this too when I was a child. But not anymore.

Have you failed to realize that a double standard would naturally arise when the psychologically unbalanced or utter liars were elevated to the clergy and placed in charge of the theology and treasure of the Church?

Certainly not. All men are sinners. But the doctrine of the Church is tended by the Holy Spirit. I don't worry about that. As for the treasure, it could all be stripped away, and the True Church would still stand just as it did in front of the jeering crowds in the arena.