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phil19034
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my responses are above in bold, red.The definition of sexism does not include roles from which one is biologically barred from, and as I have explained non-Catholics generally do not accept the notion that one needs a penis to be a cleric.
Well then, as you mention, you are now a former Catholic. The Catholic Church believes that biology does bare a person from being a priest. We believe that God is all knowing and that the Church is infallible due to the Holy Sprit. So if God would have wished women to be priests, Jesus would have appointed a women as an Apostle, for example His mother Mary. God knew this conversation would be happening, and we believe that if He agreed with you, He would have made it transparent that women were allowed to be priests. Christ wasn’t afraid of challenging the social norms. If women were allowed to be priests, He would have made one a priest from the beginning. That is what we Catholics believe. We also believe that only Christ can change it, we do not have the authority to do so. If you do not believe that, then it is your choice. I respectfully disagree with you, and you are free to become protestant if that is your choice. But remember, we will welcome you home if you ever change your mind.
I always felt segregated bathrooms were a bit pointless when one has cubicles and no urinals but hey shrug
We had “unofficial” co-ed bathrooms on college dorm floor for a while, until the university put a stop to it (but some girls still kept using the men’s room). Many (not all) of the woman liked it because they didn’t have to walk down the hall. But the men didn’t. We didn’t go in the women’s room and we didn’t like when women would come into our bathroom. There was nothing more embarrassing for all of us than walking out of the stall and seeing a girl brushing her teeth. And it would be even worse if she was naked, in just a towel. We didn’t appreciate having to utilize custody of eyes while brushing our teeth (and this was a public university in the Northeast, not a conservative Catholic college in the South). To be blunt, men like to be alone when using the bathroom, and that doesn’t change even when we get married.
So is being a nurse, but we don’t bar men from it.
According to the definition of “vocation” used by the Church and Catholic, being a nurse is an “occupation” not a “vocation.” A “vocation” would be the priesthood, natural parenthood, adopted parenthood, foster parenthood, religious life, consecrated life, etc. There is a catholic saying (that I don’t think it used enough) which goes something like this: “Don’t let your occupation hurt your vocation.” It means, do not let work get in the way of doing what’s best for your family or parish.
The Church can claim whatever it likes, non-Catholics do not agree with the base premise. Not unlike how Catholics disagree with secularists about human rights
***But there is a big difference here: Who The Church allows to be priests has zero impact on non-Catholics since they do not believe in The Church. However, what secularists preach and legislates regarding human rights does impact Catholics because it impacts laws that affect us (i.e. forcing Catholic schools and hospitals to pay for abortions and birth control). ***
