(October 23, 2016 at 12:38 pm)Minimalist Wrote: An untrained man rambling on about 'god' won't do anything for one who isn't desperate to believe him in the first place. That's why they don't get paid. Shrinks have professional standards.
Catholic priests do get paid. Not a fortune, but given that they get free lodgings and food on the table, it's more than sufficient. And they have to have a university degree in theology. I'm not into defending theology as being science, but at the very least it requires some ground work, as opposed to evangelical pastors.