What's the most face-palm-worthy statement you have ever heard from a priest/preacher

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I would still like to know why Randy thinks people could enter priesthood "for a number of reasons".

Totally unscientific and only based on personal observation, but I do think, Randy's got that right. Some may enter the priesthood for protection, to be taken by the hand, since they're not well equipped to survive the daily struggle. Especially joining an order offers alll kind of protection from the outside.

There's that saying about never to judge a book by it's cover. But it's hard not to notice that especially the young priests often give the outside appearance of timid boys. Remembering my own school days of which I'm not too proud of, they would have been natural targets for all kinds of bullying by the more popular kids.