Clergy Sexuality

Should religious denominations adopt a "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding the sexual preferences of their clergy?
Posted by Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham on August 27, 2007 5:38 AM

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i think the same of what little there is to know of the bible. it is a blue print for life the do and don't to stay alive and well and in good company. it is also a study of all the things wrong right and natural considered scientific or not society's included. the difference between religeons are opinion families and business all of which amounts to life. as far as sexuality is concerned and the christian faith it only accounts for heterosexual relationships and that other same sex relationships are not considered acceptable. i know from many experiences that a persons sexuality can be dictated by abuses of rapes upon indivduals with and without drugs and slavery. unmarried clergy is asking for trouble. sex is natural and should not be denied nor the sexuality of peoples be altered.

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Anonymous :

Mandatory celibacy comes with enormous problems. The Catholic Church did it for materialistic reasons. The priests who belonged to rich European families would leave all their wealth to the Church if they remained celibate, at least with no legal heirs.

When priests have sexual relationships in spite of a vow of celibacy, they make a mockery of their vow, make the Catholic Church a butt of non-Catholic jokes, make Catholics lose faith in their Church and the clergy. It would be much better for the Catholic priests to be allowed to marry, leaving celibacy an option for those who feel truly called to it.

As for sexual promiscuity and sexual abuse among the clergy, the rate is about the same among the lay, and among non-Catholic clergy. Married people abuse children sexually as much as celibate/non-celibate clergy do. Just because only a few cases get reported in the media about sexual abuse of children by total strangers or celibate Catholic priests, one should not conclude that all is well in families. With increasing divorce rates and children being exposed to "stranger" revolving door step-fathers, the rate of child sexual abuse is on the rise.

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Barbaric Manice and Israel-USA:

HIPPOCRATIC BARBARIC CAPITALIST SECULAR ZIONIST WEST:

Look what they are doing to Palestinians?
Look at the news of Palestinians trying to flee at Egypt border. The whole nation is crushed by the Zionist Occupiers in every way, food, energy, medicine for the old, child and seriously ill. There army destroying there fields and homes, killing the infants, women and children EVERY DAY.

And then there is news of SHAMLESS ZIONIST ISRAELI wOmen with two small children giving an interview that they are terrorized by the Hamas rocket fires. There car was destroyed, house windows were shackled. There Media telling every day 200 to 300 rockets are fired in Israeli border areas and there businesses are badly effected…B.S.!!!!

Why don’t the ZIONEST SHAME OF THE HUMAN FACE show on media those 200 to 300 rocket attacked places?? INSTEAD showing there shameless alone wOmen and media jugglery as a counter news???

And when the WESTERN SECULAR ZIONEST CAPITALIST SHAME OF THE HUMAN FACE condemns AND STOP SUPPORTING such BARBARIC AND CRUEL actions????


And when does HIPPOCRATIC BARBARIC CAPALISTIST SECULAR ZIONIST WEST stop acting like Hippocratic Maniacs???

Does Washington Post DARE to make a link On Faith with heading “CAPALIST SECULAR ZIONIST WEST CRIME AND VIOLENCE”????

YOUR GOVERNMENTS SHAMELESS SUPPORT SHOWS THAT THEY ARE EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE… IN EVERY BARBARIC ACTIONS GOING ON ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!

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Dave, Deb, BPC,CCNL,Kafir and all non believers you keep your commentary on all the time criticizing Islam BUT never answer a single direct question raised by any Muslim OR reply DIRECTLY on there comments to your posts.

IF YOU GUYS ARE REALLY HONEST, NOT WITH MUSLIMS BUT ATLEAST WITH YOUR OWN SELVES,

THEN DARE TO ANSWER BELOW:


You can close your eyes or do not accept for what ever reasons you have….twist or lie
BUT YOU CAN'T DENY THE TRUTH:
THAT EVERY RATIONAL INTELLIGENT LOGICAL KNOWLEDGE & SICENCE IS TESTIFYING FOR QURAN....AFTER EVERY NEXT DISCOVERY AND AWARENESS!

MODREN SCIENCE AND QURAN (ISLAMIC DIVINE BOOK)

Quran is not a book of science BUT a book of signs. It has more than 6000 verses out of which more than 1000 verses giving CLEAR signs about the modern scientific proven facts in recent couple of hundred years. (THIS BY ANY POSSIBLE MEANS CANNOT BE SAID BY US HUMANS 1400 YEARS BACK. THE ONLY LOGIC IS THAT IT’S FROM SOMEONE WHO IS COMMUNICATING TO A HUMAN AND KNOWS BETTER THAN HUMANS)

- For some people ONE sign is enough to believe.
- For some people 10 signs are enough.
- But some people don't come to believe even after more than 1000 miraculous signs.


Verses about:

1- Big bang theory (in a nut shell).
2- Geo spherical Ostrich egg shaped earth (spherical which is the exact shape)
3- Cosmic dust (referred more perfectly as smoke).
4- How water seep into the earth and rain cycle through AIR.
5- Sweet and salt water of oceans and barrier between them.
6-Expanding sun, solar system and universe for given period of time
7- Earth, sun and stars revolving on their axis and path (orbits).
8- Sun and moon have different paths (orbits).
9- Sun and stars consuming there energy.
10- Reflected sun light of moon. In Arabic mooneer (moon) it self means reflected light.
11- Upper thin layer of earth, which is hold by mountains as nails (bigger in size deep in earth) from shacking.
12- Perfect shape and stages of human embryo.
13- All living being made out of water.
14- All plants and even fruits have male and female attributes.
15- The exact way of plants and animal’s behavior and how they communicate.

AND MANY MORE............

THESE ARE ALL RECENT DISCOVERIES AND SIGN FOR THOSE SINCERELY SEEKING TRUTH!!!!!! AND REMEMBER THAT IS NOT WHAT QURAN IS ALL ABOUT... THESE ARE JUST TESTIFYING SIGNS WITHOUT ANY FLAW OR FAULT.

Companion :

"Clergy" Does this word mean the religious educators of those that come for spiritual guidance? If so, then the clergy needs to be as godlike as possible.

A hermit wrote "in my Bible-believing days.."

So, what did you do and say during these times? Now, this isn't an ad hominum attack. It is a genuine qestion for information. What did you exactly say to non-Christians? What did your heart believe? Did you ostracize? Did you despise? Did you hate? Did you pity?

Do not brush these past intellectual acts under the carpet. You injured and insulted many civilized people. Reflect seriously about these past acts.

In the East you would not be trusted by the theologians nor the civilians. Your thoughts are therefore unimportant now.

I doubt if you could be trusted to differentiate between the smell of your own fart and the holiest of incense.


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William D. Tallman :

The only "denomination" to which this question is relevant is the Roman Catholic Church. Marriage was forbidden to the RC priesthood when church property began to disappear into the possession of priestly dynasties. The RC could then insure that the RC hierarchy had sole control of assets; priests could not pass on that control to their progeny, as said progeny was then made illegitimate.

Gain control of a man's deepest instinctual behavior, and you gain control of the entire man; but that was only an incidental consideration to the RC: It was the Protestants that formed that proscription into the psychological weapon of mass destruction it has now become.

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Larry Carter Center :

Various churches already have the decency not to invade the bedrooms of their clergy. Far too many of them do intervene when a "single" cleric is dating or begins to "live with" someone. Religionists need to stop using their alleged holy books as fetish objects & acutally read the King James Bible for example which is ripe with pornographic sadistic violence against women.
When religion is simply scrutinized for content by religionists themselves, Atheism will finally be free to be.
Instead, gays & Atheists & children will be threatened with hell, bribed with heaven & villified for non-conformity by too many clerics & parishoners alike. Alleged deities/angels impregnated a "virgin" & this alleged event is now being "celebrated" as a fact.
My own neighborhood firestation is establishing the dominace of this lunacy with a bunch of plastic icons arrayed in some sort of "re-enactment" which of course never happened.
Accordingly sex is subjected to the religious test of bizarre messages instead of family time for the truth be told.
NO, a don't ask don't tell policy may be an improvement, but is still enabling this phantasmagoria & outright lies which harm, not help children & parents & lovers across the globe,
American Atheists want a clean fair fight with Apollo, Buddah, Krishna, Jeebus, Jehovah, Mohammed, Satan & Zeus, amongst all the alleged deities proponents. Our species is naturally nurturant, not irrational & delusional.
Now is the time to celebrate the solstice & confront the thieves who stole natural events of stars, planets & seasons.
Put your faith, if you have such, to the love test. Are your gods love?
A violent alleged deity is the problem, not the answer. Where ever two or more people love, there is the answer.
In peace, Larry Carter Center
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Moody :

Mostly Christian believe Jesus(A.S) didn't say any thing about sexuality. I suggest read what Jesus(A.S) said carefully and DON'T LISTEN TO THE LAIRS.

Jesus(PBUH) said,"I came to verify the book/the law (which is Jewish Tora) and not came to change it." He didn't bring any new law with him BUT VERIFIED ALL THE LAWS AND DIDN'T CHANGED THEM!!!

BUT THE PROBLEM IS: DOES THE TORA EXISTS IN ITS ORIGNAL FORM AND DOES EVERY HUMAN BEING HAVE ACCESS TO IT ( ACCESS TO ITS UNDERSTANDING? THE ONLY ANSWER IS NO......).

Moody :

WITH CORRECTION........

Deb & Dave,

Since you forget history and prefer not to discuss your religion (???) let me enlighten you:

- When Prophet (PBUH) finally entered Mecca with his army, not a single person was killed. And he gave amnesty to every one INCLUDING HIS WORST ENEMIES, people who for 13 years keep on killing his family, his disciples, newly reverted Muslims, tried to kill him so many time, who tortured and butchered Muslims through out his life, with the trail of all previous wars raged by them upon Muslims.

- In 13-14 century, Christian crusaders took Jerusalem by force and ruled over it with IRON FIST for 100 years, not allowing Muslims to practice there religion and extreme oppression. But when Sultan Salahudin Ayubi took it back, he gave unconditional pardon to all the Christians and Jews, following his Prophets (PBUH) foot steps. And since then all religions were practiced there with out any oppression until ISRAEL came into being.

-Israelis (Jews) forgot that when the European Crusaders thrown them out of ALL Europe. The only place they got amnesty, peace and lived freely for more than 800 years in Spain with Muslims under there rule. Finally, after that they were thrown out once again into Palestine.

-And you Hindus forgot that you are ruled by your own race converted Muslims for more than 1000 years. And as per your Indian records, audio / visual documentaries and movies, which until now tells and applaud about the justice of Muslim rules and rulers. IF we would have to convert you Hindus by sword, there was no Hindu left after 1000 year of Muslim rule. Look around the comparative world history of Crusaders, colonists and other nations, filled with forceful conversions and slavery, about which Christian Pop publicly apologized about 4 years back.

- I don't want to go into details why Indian Muslims ruled instead of Hindus there. All the reason hidden deep with in your religious discrimination to the very extend of killing each other, burning women alive, as per sacred religion still eating cow dung and pee and so many other ridiculous hate mongering practices...so and so...even today India is the only country where women are less in number, every day more than 3000 female fetuses are aborted there. And continuous genocides of different religious races including there own are still going on under Hindu rule.

Note: Muslims in reality never wanted to divide India. You can read my post in this regard in “Islam and Violence" dated Nov 04, 2007 with the topics.
- India / Pakistan History before Partition
- Pakistan history Politics after Partition.

And why Muslims killing Muslims. The answer is in very recent example:
Before American Invasion, Sunni Iraqi Tyrant leadership to please its master USA was in war with Shia Iran for more than 8 years. But there was no sign of civil war between Sunni and Shia Iraqi's, further more any kind of security forces killing and public bomb blasts on such every day mass scale level. It is USA who plotted TWIN TOWERS and by every means fueling the Muslim riots among the Muslims AND KEEPING THE FUEL!!!!!! EXACTLY THE WAY COLONIST DID IN THERE 300 YEAR ERA. IT IS NOT SOME THING NEW……..BLOODY DIVID AND RULE CRUELITY WITH RUTHLESNESS.
AND SAME IS THE BRITISH AND FRENCH LAST 300 YEAR COLONIAL HISTORY ON THE MUSLIM LANDS. WHERE ONLY MUSLIMS WERE CRUSHED AND OPPRESSED BARBARICLY. IT IS ALL VERY OPEN ON RECORD AVAILABLE EVERY WHERE. ALL YOU NEED TO JUST SEARCH GOOGLE.

And though suicide is forbidden in Islam. But after almost 60 years long BARBARISM OF ISRAEL AND SILENCE OF HYPOCRATE WEST, the hopeless tormented Muslims (now in many different regions starting from Palestine) are committing that forbidden sin, giving up hope in extreme frustration from there present state of destroyed life by every means. THANKS TO THE BEASTS BECOME MONSTORS………..

Moody :

I always wondered why every passing day west is going shamelessly promiscuous, vulgar, obscene, abhorrent to morality or virtue and repulsive by reason of crass disregard of moral or ethical principles. OTHER THEN RUTHLESSLY VIOLENT AND BARBARIC TO OTHER RELIGIONS AND RACES!!

-Why kids are molested in there dark churches and convents by there priests. TURNED INTO MILLIONS OF GAYS OR ETHEIST, I GUESS BETTER CHOICE FOR THEM!
- Why children are molested by there parents (mostly adopted not blood related) in your society?
- Why every second women is raped in your society? Alone in USA more than 2730 women raped every single day.
-Why teenage girl’s pregnancy is out of control in your society?
-Why kids are not properly raised by there parents and why old parents are not been taken care by there kids in your society?
-Why your society is so violent and crime rate is so high in its civic fabric?

FIRST I WAS SHOCKED, IMMEDIATELY AFTER READING BIBLE REALIZING THAT ALL MY EYES GET WET, I PRAYED AND THANKED GOD AND ASKED FOR HIS MERCY AND FORGIVENESS, THAT HE SAVED ME FROM THE CURSE OF TWISTED LIES…….AS ALL THE ACTUAL VIRTUOUS VERSIONS, ALL THAT WE MUSLIMS KNOW ARE MOSTLY NOT AWARE OF THE WAY…VULGORLY THOSE HISTORY STORIES ARE TWISTED IN THE BIBLE.

I READ YOUR BIBLE AND CAME TO REALIZE WHAT KIND OF TWISTED VOLGUR ATRIBUTES YOU HAVE ATTACHED TO YOUR PROPHETS AND TO YOUR LORD GOD. YOU HAVEN’T LEFT ANYONE, FATHER TO DAUGHER, SON TO MOTHER, GOD TO SARAH, THERE BASTERED OFF SPRINGS. HAVE YOU LEFT ANYBODY THERE?????
AND THAT IS THE CURSE IN REALITY WHICH IS REFLECTING UPON YOUR WHOLE SOCIETY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT!!!!!!!

VERY FEW EXAMPLES OUT OF THE BIBLE……..

PROPHET LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS (YOUR BIBLE TELLS SLEEPING TOGATHER AND HAVING CHILDREN)

30 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave. 31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man around here to lie with us, as is the custom all over the earth. 32 Lets get our father to drink wine and then lie with him and preserve our family line through our father."
33 That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and lay with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, "Last night I lay with my father. Let's get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and lie with him so we can preserve our family line through our father." 35 So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went and lay with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
36 So both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father

PROPHETS SON SLEEPING WITH HER MOTHER YOUR BIBLE TELLS-GENESIS 35

21 Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder. 22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father's concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it.
Jacob had twelve sons:

PROPHET ABRAHAM MARRIED HER REAL SISTER ACCORDING TO YOUR BIBLE

11 Abraham replied, "I said to myself, 'There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.' 12 Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife.

THE BIRTH OF ISAAC (LORD DID FOR SARAH, WHAT HAD PROMISED) ACCORDING TO YOUR BIBLE IT WAS NOT ABRAHAM
Genesis 21 (New International Version)

1 Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised. 2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.


Now I clearly understand that why our Quran tells that Bible or any other divine book is not in its original form and are all tainted by the evil doers. And that why we do not believe or follow them, though we do believe in all divine books including bible revealed in their original form but do not exist. AND WE ALSO BELIEVE IN ALL THE PROPHETS INCLUDING JESUS CHRIST AND OUR QURAN REJECTS ALL KIND OF VOLGARITIES ATTRIBUTED TO THEM OR TO OUR GOD. AND EXPLAINS AND TELL STORIES ABOUT HOW VIRTUOUS THEY WERE IN REALITY!!!!!

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