Why don't you tell me. How many times may someone marry and divorce? The Bible does talk about contraception ... but where is that pesky in vitro fertilization?
“it is not good that man should be alone.” Evidently a command ignored by the RCC in their establishment of a celibate Priesthood.
It may surprise you to learn that the Catholic Church allows for married priests. Celibacy is a discipline chosen by others, like Paul.
Obviously a plan that backfired, considering all the molester Priests working in all those charitable organizations setup by the RCC.
You need to update your dossier. Report: Protestant Church Insurers Handle 260 Sex Abuse Cases a Year
Worse still, is the sex abuse of children in the education system.
WHEN BOYS ARE MOLESTED BY TEACHERS AND OTHERS IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY
And then there are the camp counselors, Big Brothers of America, Boy Scouts of America and the list goes on and on. There is plenty of guilt to go around.
“Why don’t you tell me. How many times may someone marry and divorce?”
Figure it out for yourself, it’s not like it isn’t in there for you to read:
Mat 19:4-9 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, (5) And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? (6) Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. (7) They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? (8) He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. (9) And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Mat 5:31-32 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: (32) But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
1Co 7:10-15 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: (11) But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. (12) But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. (13) And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. (14) For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. (15) But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
“It may surprise you to learn that the Catholic Church allows for married priests. Celibacy is a discipline chosen by others, like Paul.”
This is only allowed as exceptions, particularly with converts. It is not the rule. The RCC does not allow for married men to become Priests, or for a Priest to marry. The exception in minor cases does not void the fact that it is generally forbidden. The scripture considers the Marriage bed Holy, and no “discipline” of celibacy was ever commanded for any evangelist. It was merely suggested by Paul during a time when they were always on the move, and under the threat of persecution. Paul stated himself:
1Co 7:6-7 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. (7) For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
Then again, the scripture does not teach anything about any special office of the Priesthood, since all Christians are regarded as Priests already.
“You need to update your dossier. Report: Protestant Church Insurers Handle 260 Sex Abuse Cases a Year”
There is no centralized “Protestant Church,” where its members claim to be THE voices of God on Earth, who hold the body of Christ and insert it into the mouths of the faithful, and are able to forgive sin, or are shuffled about from one diocese to another whenever they get in trouble. My church has never had a single sex abuse case in its history.
Your guilt is institutional, for us, there is no general institution.