There is actually some scriptural base for not allowing women to be priests...though not in the way that the Catholics do it. My church has female ministry leaders and stuff like that (not nuns in any way, regular women who want to serve) but all of the actual pastors are men.
I have a problem with that whole thing. I'm with Seabass on this one. I don't see any reason (other than chauvinism) to keep a woman from being a pastor. To me it's misuse of the religion to suppress the talents and leadership that women can bring.
It's just like a hiring process. A woman could have made a better pastor, but she's a woman, so we decided to go with the dude instead. Why? Well, because he's got a penis and so we just trust that he'll be better.
Men have their talents, women have theirs...it has nothing to do with wanting to keep women oppressed or to make them door mats for the men.
Yeah, that holds true to an argument of physical strength, but not when it comes to jobs requiring verbal skills, compassion, empathy, and being able to comfort people in pain. That's what is needed mostly from a pastor. I don't see any reason why a woman could not just as easily fit into that role as a man (and they do so very successfully today in churches). I would rather have a more qualified woman pastor than a man who got the job because of the sex organs he was born with. This is the epitome of sexual discrimination and this is the reason I have trouble believing in antiquated documents.
You do realize that it is more accepted to attack Catholics than any other religious group?
Just curious, what evidence is that statement based on? I'm sure almost any religious group has endured its share of attacks at some point in history. A lot of religious groups have done their share of dishing out the attacks as well.
You do realize that it is more accepted to attack Catholics than any other religious group?
Fight fire with fire I suppose?
Who are you talking about doing the attacking on the Catholics? If you're talking about scientists, then I would question how many Catholics have been killed by scientists and compare that to how many scientists have been killed by Catholics. Then you might understand the basis of the verbal attacks on Catholicism.
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I have a problem with that whole thing. I'm with Seabass on this one. I don't see any reason (other than chauvinism) to keep a woman from being a pastor. To me it's misuse of the religion to suppress the talents and leadership that women can bring.
It's just like a hiring process. A woman could have made a better pastor, but she's a woman, so we decided to go with the dude instead. Why? Well, because he's got a penis and so we just trust that he'll be better.
Men have their talents, women have theirs...it has nothing to do with wanting to keep women oppressed or to make them door mats for the men.
Yeah, that holds true to an argument of physical strength, but not when it comes to jobs requiring verbal skills, compassion, empathy, and being able to comfort people in pain. That's what is needed mostly from a pastor. I don't see any reason why a woman could not just as easily fit into that role as a man (and they do so very successfully today in churches). I would rather have a more qualified woman pastor than a man who got the job because of the sex organs he was born with. This is the epitome of sexual discrimination and this is the reason I have trouble believing in antiquated documents.
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Just curious, what evidence is that statement based on? I'm sure almost any religious group has endured its share of attacks at some point in history. A lot of religious groups have done their share of dishing out the attacks as well.
Who are you talking about doing the attacking on the Catholics? If you're talking about scientists, then I would question how many Catholics have been killed by scientists and compare that to how many scientists have been killed by Catholics. Then you might understand the basis of the verbal attacks on Catholicism.
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