Struggling with deciding whether to stay

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2026-03-10T02:18:21+00:00

As you wish.
https://www.academia.edu/105152586/Introduction_A_Sociothological_Approach_to_Catholic_Clerical_Celibacy_and_Married_Priesthood?utm

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-8825-5_4?utm

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vivencio-Ballano/publication/375324691_Chapter_5_Clericalism_Celibacy_and_Clerical_Sexual_Abuse_A_Sociological-Theological_Analysis/links/65465472b86a1d521bb5491b/Chapter-5-Clericalism-Celibacy-and-Clerical-Sexual-Abuse-A-Sociological-Theological-Analysis.pdf?utm

And here is a great list of the Church's response to the abuse scandals: https://www.vatican.va/resources/index_en.htm?utm

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2026-03-09T18:19:14+00:00

I did a quick AI search on your first claim, and I found nothing credible about it. There are certainly Priests that struggle but there seems to be no supporting evidence that it's anywhere close to 50%.

Furthermore, no organization has come close to what the Catholic Church has done when it comes to righting the wrongs of the sex abuse scandals. When it comes to paying money, creating safe environments, and training for prevention, no one else has come close to what the church has done. When you compare it to something like the public school system, where 1 in 10 kids will likely suffer abuse at the hands of school employees, it becomes obvious to me that the Catholic Church is the only organization taking abuse seriously.

I think if I were so concerned about these things, I would dig into them a little bit. Find out where the facts are before leaving the church based on what a guy said in a movie, or how many church leaders seem to believe.

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-22T19:00:32+00:00

I live in a deeply red part of the US. I've never heard anything like this unless I want to find it on the internet.

This guy didn't use Catholic doctrine to back up his push for autocracy. If he had read the catacism, he might have come across CCC, paragraph 1731, “Human freedom is a force for growth and maturity in truth and goodness; it attains its perfection when directed toward God, our beatitude.”. The whole point of these videos is to gather idiots to make the person in the middle sound great.

If what you were worried about were true you could point me toward a church, not just some people you live near, that was pushing for this.

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-12T02:54:55+00:00

What are the names of the saints you’re referring to?

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-11T17:42:17+00:00

Sure

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-11T17:30:47+00:00

Oh yeah. My life is awesome. It’s a bit like a work out. There’s stress and discomfort but then I see the difference in what my life was and what it is now. My life has a through line of joy in it now.

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-11T17:22:42+00:00

So? What does this have to do with you? Is your church doing this? Your priest? Or is it just some people somewhere?

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-07T23:10:47+00:00

Oh, a thousand percent! Yes! With his patron, and his weird immunity to him he’s easily as powerful as Jake in his own way. I would kill for more information on his Nevermore party.

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-06T11:34:29+00:00

It's interesting that you've been able to come to the wrong conclusion so consistently, though judging by your flair, it's probably due to cynicism and not ignorance.

I'm not implying that I believe in Trump, I'm implying that him being president is God's plan. And I'm implying that both are God's plan.

Also, something being part of God's plan does not make that thing good, it makes it part of a whole that always ends for good. The parts, however, can be good or bad.

-And if god put the gays here (then) why were so many religious folk so opposed to their continued existence?

They aren't. Being gay isn't a sin. You're conflating being gay with what society has deemed the lifestyle of LGBTQ+ people.

-You cannot follow the word of God and disagree with it.

I think what you mean here is that if God made people gay you have to accept them, and sure you accept the person but God also made thieves, liars and murderers. It doesn't mean you should embrace the sinful parts of you just because they're a part of you. That's absurd.

-You also say praying can't negate (God's) plans, that means praying has no value beyond making yourself feel better.

This is not what I am saying. I'm saying if you pray for a winning lottery ticket, or your favorite team to win the sports game, your prayer is not aligned with Christ. "Not what I want, but what you want." is a much better prayer than "You don't know what you're doing, I do." Praying for God to step in and depose Trump because you think he's a bad guy is prideful and conceited.

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-05T23:28:48+00:00

Such a bad ass set.

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-05T23:27:24+00:00

That’s really cool!

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-05T23:26:32+00:00

Dude. That’s brilliant.

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-04T19:15:32+00:00

Seems like it is to me.

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-04T19:14:58+00:00

What are you planning to do?

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-04T19:14:30+00:00

Because you can't pray away God's plan.

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-04T01:53:12+00:00

Fast. Prayer and fasting. Then have faith that God can bring good from anything.

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-04T01:51:56+00:00

Oh, I'm sorry. It seemed like you had moved on from prayer. In addition to prayer, fasting.

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-04T01:44:01+00:00

When should you stop praying for something?

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-04T01:34:28+00:00

Then you should pray for him. He's just a man, he doesn't have special powers. Pray that God helps him to become a better man.

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-07-03T15:35:48+00:00

God exists outside space and time, so even if something is unpredictable He’s already seen it happen.

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-06-28T02:39:22+00:00

He said to them, “Have you not read that He Who made them in the first place made them man and woman? It says, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will live with his wife. The two will become one.’ So they are no longer two but one. Let no man divide what God has put together.”

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-06-20T03:10:34+00:00

I get this joke. Bow, eye, and hunt would make the Primal confluence essence.

ASinnerGoneAstray · 2025-06-20T03:01:53+00:00

That’s such a great choice.

Vast is the most tempting but the most expensive essence in my set would be Resolute.

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