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August 14, 2005

Behind the Times

I don't understand this phrase which people will use to try to justify women priests, openly homosexual priests, and married priests. What was truth yesterday, will be true again today, and will be true again tomorrow. I suppose you can argue in favor of a married priesthood, but women's ordination and homosexuality are all de fide (of the faith). They can't be changed; it is truth today and truth tomorrow. These aren't matters of personal opinion some Pope held, but issues of truth which Our Lord himself set forth. Our Lord did not even make his own Mother, the purest and most holy of all mankind, a Priest. Yet, she still did not lose any of her holiness or dignity. She is still the best and holiest of all humans.

For those who argue to do that would be counter-cultural, and something Jesus would not do, I say bah. Jesus himself was counter-cultural for the time. He did many things which ran contrary to the wishes of those in power. It was because he was counter-cultural, because he was not understood, because people were blind that he was put to death. If Christ truly wanted woman to be priests, he had some of the most holiest women following him but did not make one of them a priest. That says a lot...

As for open homosexuals, the Church has always taught that this was a sin. From the Old Testament to the New, from Tradition to today, it has always been the same teaching. So, we either must disregard 4000+ years of divine teaching on the subject, or we either accept it and try to work through the crosses and trials we are given and accept them with joy for the sake of the kingdom of God. The Church just can not change doctrine that has been held for centuries based on the latest gallup poll. It is exactly in these times, when the Church is 'behind the times', that it is needed to stay consistent the most and teach the people the truths of God.

This whole, behind the times theology, all goes directly back to this Dictatorship of Relativism which Pope Benedict XVI has spoken of. It is also another misunderstanding of what equal rights and human rights.

Maybe one day, these people with an 8th grade CCD education will stop trying to prove the Church wrong and stop confusing other mostly faithful Catholics into falling into their error. I suppose better and more consistent catechesis would help too...

Posted by cr3do1 at August 14, 2005 07:26 PM

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