[Crimson Dynamo]

what is mental is that for Christianity in the past a sure-fire career for a homosexual man was in the ministry

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

what is mental is that for Christianity in the past a sure-fire career for a homosexual man was in the ministry

The reasons are pretty obvious for that to be fair. The man is attracted to other men and not to women. His religion tells him that he's not allowed to be with a man, but he doesn't WANT to be with a woman... but there is an expectation to be a husband and father and people are going to ask questions. But not if you're a priest - priests aren't supposed to be interested in men OR women - so it was historically a natural "hiding place" for gay men who didn't want people asking why they weren't interested in women. Though of course, repression inevitably leads to "scandal" which is, I believe, a large part of the reason that Protestantism started allowing their "holy men" to have a wife / family, to make it a more "normal" path through life rather than a huge alternative lifestyle decision.

[Beso]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

what is mental is that for Christianity in the past a sure-fire career for a homosexual man was in the ministry

i have been thinking about that the last few days and my thinking is that they joined the clergy to innitially supress those homosexual thoughts...

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by parmnion

i have been thinking about that the last few days and my thinking is that they joined the clergy to innitially supress those homosexual thoughts...

yes id imagine some did and some thought it a way to avoid persecution. As for the catholic ones , a lot thought it a great way to get access to boys and use the god bolloxio in their abuse

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

yes id imagine some did and some thought it a way to avoid persecution. As for the catholic ones , a lot thought it a great way to get access to boys and use the god bolloxio in their abuse

You're getting homosexuality and paedophilia mixed up there LT. That's pretty offensive. Little girls were also abused by these paedophile priests

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

You're getting homosexuality and paedophilia mixed up there LT. That's pretty offensive. Little girls were also abused by these paedophile priests

No i am not (although yes it reads like that) I mean a lot of paedos not a lot of gay people targetted catholic priest jobs

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

No i am not (although yes it reads like that) I mean a lot of paedos not a lot of gay people targetted catholic priest jobs

Oh ok, that's fair enough. I did think when I was younger that priests became paedophiles because of the weird sexual repressions and thinking kids would keep quiet etc but I've changed my mind about that now and yeah I agree it probably just looked like a Utopian existence to a paedophile