klingon 10 Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 This one had me laughing Quote: Priests to face 'sex drive tests' The Roman Catholic Church has issued guidance for future priests to have psychological tests to weed out those unable to control their sexual urges. A senior churchman said a series of sex scandals had contributed to the rewriting of the guidelines. The authors said screening would help avoid "tragic situations" caused by what they termed psychological defects. The guidance says the voluntary tests should also aim to vet for those with "deep-seated homosexual tendencies". Among other traits that might make a candidate unsuitable for the priesthood, the advice lists "uncertain sexual identity," "excessive rigidity of character" and "strong affective dependencies". The document also makes reference to heterosexual urges. Seminarians should be barred if testing makes it "evident the candidate has difficulty living in celibacy: That is, if celibacy for him is lived as a burden so heavy that it compromises his affective and relational equilibrium", it says. The advice stipulates priests must have a "positive and stable sense of one's masculine identity". Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 aren't priests supposed to be celebate? That menas no need for a pee pee. So?,... simple, remove it. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Bizzare. The whole priest/celebacy thing. I mean how can these priest be handing out advice on marrage, relationships etc. when they or anyone within their establishment know anything about it. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 I know an even better way around it, just let the priests be normal and get married and have a normal sex life, that'll weed out all the freaks from the priesthood as regular men who are also religious would then join the priesthood Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Geeze, Tubby! Don't confuse the issue by being logical! That will ruin the whole argument! In fact, a few years ago, the priests (and Bishops etc) positions were purchased. The bishopric was a position which ws available to whoever had the biggest purse (sounds a lot like the US Presidency?) and there was no restriction on married men being priests/bishops. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Lay Preachers are just that much more believable than the celibate secluded lot...although I have a lot of respect for those like Mother Theresa that give thier entire lives over to the service of humanity... Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrange 0 Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 I would be wary of anyone who does stuff like that, I really would. It is just not normal. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 a rational human being would not regard priests as normal. Unless he's rowan atkinson in 4 weds. Link to post Share on other sites
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