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Originally Posted by Toughy
I love you so I will not go off like a rocket on you.......I'm not very patient today...............
Pedophilia has nothing to do with celibacy. Rape has nothing to do with celibacy. You cannot make those comparisons. It's like saying homosexuals are pedophiles.
Pedophilia is NOT about lack of sex or marriage. It is far more complicated. Most pedophiles were sexually abused as children.....and many of them abused by pedophile priests and pastors. It is a viscous circle that cannot be stopped by framing the argument around celibacy.
Celibacy and pedophilia are not in any way related.
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i can't figure out which one at the moment, but one of the documentaries made about the scandal featured a priest explaining how pedophilia helps to ensure future "vocations" in that a lot of the people who will volunteer for a job that requires "celibacy" likely would not if they didn't have disordered perceptions of sexuality, and that being abused as a child helps to create those disordered perceptions, so that an end to priestly pedophilia would mean far fewer priests!
so the i guess turning a blind eye to rape is prefereble to allowing priests to marry so we can take "squirrelly about sex" out of the job description*eyeroll*