tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10354109.post115971918123387810..comments2023-09-21T08:03:48.904-04:00Comments on Rentapriest: Celibacy hurts church, priest's book arguesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14315936198315018045noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10354109.post-1159751516423115052006-10-01T21:11:00.000-04:002006-10-01T21:11:00.000-04:00I am quite sure that many of you have read or hear...I am quite sure that many of you have read or heard of this passage from the Scriptures:<BR/><BR/>1 Timothy 4:1 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. 3 They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. 4 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, 5 because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer. (NIV)<BR/><BR/>I truly believe that this passage is talking about the Roman Catholic church in todays' sense. Yes, the forced celibacy has hurt the people who become priests in the Roman Catholic church, and I also believe that if the Roman Catholic church does not change her "laws" on forced celibacy - she will experience more tormented souls and more problems with her priesthood in the church.Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02188971444974991007noreply@blogger.com