RE: What's the most face-palm-worthy statement you have ever heard from a priest/preacher
August 22, 2015 at 1:38 pm
(August 21, 2015 at 10:57 pm)pool Wrote:Quote:I don't follow an immoral authority...I follow Christ. The fact that some of the leaders of the Church are OMG human and tempted to sin means what? That they're human and tempted to sin?
Last i heard,God chooses his priests.
And you would be right. But the decision to accept someone into seminary is not hardwired to God, is it?
IOW, God calls some men legitimately to the priesthood, but others may not have a real vocation - despite genuinely believing that they do.
How does the diocesan director of vocations know the difference?
If I were to make the claim that God speaks to the vocation directors, you would howl in protest. But if I acknowledge that He doesn't guide the admission decisions infallibly, you'll try to make hay of that, also.
Would it make more sense to simply admit that these priests are human and choose to sin regardless of their ordinations?
