RE: What's the most face-palm-worthy statement you have ever heard from a priest/preacher
August 22, 2015 at 2:26 pm
(August 22, 2015 at 1:46 pm)pool Wrote:(August 22, 2015 at 1:38 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: 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?
Why do you say that?
Have you met any fake priests? If you have,what gave them away?
People can desire the priesthood for any number of reasons that have nothing to do with having a legitimate vocation.
I have not met any "fake priests" - at least not to my knowledge - because there aren't any. Once a man is ordained, he IS a priest.
At issue is whether some that WERE ordained should have been.
This is less certain.
