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Started by Teufelsdrockh, March 31, 2009, 02:22:02 AM

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Teufelsdrockh

March 31, 2009, 02:22:02 AM
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid76813.asp

So the Vatican suggested would-be priests should be tested for their sexual orientation and anyone who appears to be gay is removed from consideration of the church. They won't say how specifically one does a test for homosexuals but ... what exactly could the test even entail? A questionnaire? A naked man in the room? :raised:

Thoughts? Cares?
How many gay men are actually applying to be a priest in the catholic church anyway?

Twiddler

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March 31, 2009, 02:33:49 AM
That's classic.  I can't believe I read that.   roflol

Hitsumei

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March 31, 2009, 02:52:23 AM
I wish I knew, it would have made my life a lot easier when I was single. If they have similar ideas of what warning signs for homosexuality are as they do at those straight camps, then I would doubt the accuracy of their tests.

Perhaps they pray to god, and she reveals it to them in encyclopedic-detail.  :secret:

Of course women are excluded by default, so at least it is equal discrimination for the lot of us.
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Teufelsdrockh

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March 31, 2009, 03:13:23 AM
Quote from: "Hitsumei"Perhaps they pray to god, and she reveals it to them in encyclopedic-detail.  :secret:

Perhaps they received a holy checklist.
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Hitsumei

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March 31, 2009, 05:14:26 AM
Nah, the truth is far more likely to be mere lip service. The Catholic church has a reputation for having gay priests. This is more than likely just an attempt to at least give the impression that they are trying to do something about it, and hopefully weaken the stereotype.

What do they expect though? I was under the impression that one of the catholic positions on homosexuality was that if you are gay, that means that god called you to be celibate. I know if I cared what the bible, or most Christian sects had to say, I think that celibacy would be my only option, so I would have probably considered becoming a Nun.  

For this reason I don't think that it is unreasonable to assume that there is probably a higher percentage of homosexual Nuns and Priests than there are in the general population.

Saddens me really...
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Will

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March 31, 2009, 06:06:10 AM
As if heterosexuals don't have issues with pedophilia, too.
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Hitsumei

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March 31, 2009, 06:54:16 AM
Quote from: "Will"As if heterosexuals don't have issues with pedophilia, too.

Well, I didn't mean to imply pedophilia. Of course the percentage of heterosexual pedophiles is the same as in the general population. Sexuality doesn't appear to hold relevance at all. Pedophilia is a paraphilia, not a sexual orientation.

For some reason I still have never been able to figure out, and has -- to be honest -- always pissed me off, was the fact that people always talk about pedophilia as if it only happens to boys, and only talk about the little boys that get molested, and seem to not give a shit about the far far greater numbers of little girls that are molested.  

For some reason it seems to only be talked about as a horrible horrible crime if it happens to a male. Little girls only seem to even make the news if they're killed.

Forgive my digression.
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curiosityandthecat

#7
March 31, 2009, 02:35:36 PM
Guys, it's way easier to tell if the priest is gay. Just start humming a couple bars from any tune from Cabaret and see if they sing along.  :|

This is stupid.
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Ihateyoumike

#8
March 31, 2009, 05:25:30 PM
This is just stupid. It's not gay priests that become pedophiles. It's power-hungry pedophile priests who do. They need to "test" for that.
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April 02, 2009, 03:45:29 AM
How about a test to see if they are pedophiles instead?

karadan

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April 02, 2009, 10:40:27 AM
They make a would-be priest watch another priest molest an altar boy. They then use the holy erect-o-meter to gauge the 'reaction'...
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April 02, 2009, 06:06:45 PM
Quote from: "karadan"They make a would-be priest watch another priest molest an altar boy. They then use the holy erect-o-meter to gauge the 'reaction'...


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April 03, 2009, 05:57:22 AM Last Edit: February 18, 2019, 06:00:55 PM by maestroanth
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Steve Reason

#13
April 28, 2009, 12:39:46 AM
Jesus, they just get crazier and crazier! People actually take that shit seriously. Only the credulous and the weak care about what a group of crazy old geezers say about something. How the fuck does the RCC stay in business??  :confused:
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April 28, 2009, 02:29:16 AM
The RCC must be using Perez Hilton in some way or another, he's pretty damn good at that sort of thing from what I hear :]
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