What's the point of being a nun?
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here is a good website explaining it.\nI am not Catholic.
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That's a tough one..\nSome people are natural followers it seems. As kids, they have been pounded with the notion that teachers,parents, whatever religious leader they were told to follow could just not be argued with because they were OLDER and RIGHT (you're only a kid..what do you know type of answers). I know some who still have this mind-set. They have a "certain" problem with authority and are not able to question it. The "don't make waves" kind.\nSome people are kind of intellectually lazy too.....More convenient to accept, follow rather than research and make up your own mind. Yep..some are enthusiastic and some just only "pretend".\nI don't know if I am actually answering your questions.\nI was brought up catholic but it never, ever felt right. It was just not for me.\nThere is feeling and thinking. Usually " the feeling" comes first and then the "Thinking": research, interest..etc.\nWhen I first heard the idea of reincarnation, I was really young, 12 maybe..but it felt "YEAH..THAT FEELS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT..somebody out there has got the same idea ! Wow !"....then the research began.\nTough question to answer.
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I don't know where you get your information from.  You have been misinformed.  There are some so called "Catholics" that are misguided, as well as many others.  I was raised and taught in Catholic schools.  Not once, did anyone ever suggest praising statues or worshiping anyone or anything other than (Jesus, Holy Spirit & the Father) Holy trinity = one God.  We believe in offering prayers for loved ones, and we believe that the Staints offer they're prayers for the living.  But if someone was to assume that Catholics are taught to worship anyone or anything other than God, they are sadly mistaken.  Statues, pictures, etc... are reminders of who are good examples of how to live as Christ did.  Just like having pictures of your children.  The pictures are NOT your children, but an image of your children.  you would feed, clothe or talk to the picture.  Being Cathoilic does not mean that you are out of touch with reality.
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ALL Wicca are priests/priestesses as Wicca is a religion without laity meaning that Wicca in itself is a priesthood. \n\nWhen someone first becomes Wicca then this is first degree when they are welcomed into their coven and taken their oaths so they are privy to the inner-court teachings [beliefs, practices, doctrines, gods and mysteries of Wicca]. Second degree follows where the person in question shares responsibility within the coven with the high priests/priestesses. Third degree is where a person has advanced both in the craft and in their ability to support and lead, they become high priest/high priestess and can hive off to form their own covens. In a very simplified view. \n\nThere is a very good guide to this on the Starkindler web site, here - http://www.starkindler.org/degrees.html\n\n[For someone to be Wicca they have to be initiated into a BTW coven - without this they are not Wicca]
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You know what's weird..... I'm watching master of champions with people doing unicycle tricks. ( on T.V. ) LOL!!! :D\n\n I have a feeling that Nun's do! No... that's not it! ok NO !!\n\nok YES!! I have seen a nun on a unicycle!! I know its weird!!
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I don't think it's super common, but it DOES happen. I work with a woman who was a full-fledged nun for a while. She eventually left -- said she was always getting in trouble for not being meek enough. I think some people WANT to be a nun or a priest but wind up not being able to make it work.
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Well if you're looking to become a priest it might get really complicated. Plus if you were to go to a convent it would get even more confusing. \n\nCatholic priests are not supposed to have a wife and children (no Christian is supposed to divorce, if the priest knows a person has been divorced he can not give them Communion). As for just a part of the basic clergy like an usher or a minister I'm not so sure on the rules but if you're looking to be a priest or have some position like it in the church it's probably not going to happen if you're Catholic.\n\nAs for what you should actually do, I'd say continue on with your basic life with your wife and kids. You can volenteer for lots of stuff at your church since there should be a lot of things going on (this is just from thoughts of my own church) and volenteers are always welcome. So basically I think you can fulfill this "calling" simply by keeping your basic life and just volenteering. I know you're sitting there saying "Wait, this looks too simple." Well in theory it's enough since service to God is a service that He will never forget no matter how much that service is.
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Same reason many people go listen to religious service ... \n\nIt is something to do when you do not have the real thing. When you do not have real spirituality, you go for a substitute.\n\nIt is also something to do when you want to learn something new.
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Monastery?  Nunnery?  Somewhere you have to take a vow of silence.
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Not Bad... 7/10\nHow about this?\nQ. How do you make a nun's toes curl?\nA. "Fuck her with her tights/pantyhose on!
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heyy!...i dunno how u thot up of this enitre assumption....but i admit that there is substance and conviction in what you say. everyone does have a purpose, greater than others that he/she is biding by. once you realize yours i guess it is your sole duty to carry it out, however many-a-times just finding out ur "JOB" as you expressed does'nt have to be of supreme importance. i personally believe that the journey to realization and self-actualisation is more significant and of much much greater consequence.
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Nuns and priests...by entering that order, they are entering into a marriage so to speak with God and the church. And I don't think that priests and nuns consider their lifestyle "torture" as you said or punishment, they feel called to enter into that lifestyle, chosen, and probably pretty blessed.
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The monks and nuns make the choice to live celibate lives.  To them it's all just a distraction.  When they become a monk or a nun they make a promise to refrain from that stuff.  But in the end they have to follow that promise themselves, desire or not.  But for the normal Buddhist we don't discriminate for any reason.  Nobody cares if your gay.
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Aha, This ones good,\nits an inspiration to nuns.
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Am I understanding this right--you are a student, and love a nun at your school?  \n\nI think, somewhere along the line, you have become confused.  You might admire the nun, maybe you even want to be like the nun, but please don't tell me it's more than that.\n\nI don't know how old you are, but think that you really need to talk to a trusted adult (not the nun), about what you are going through.  As I said, you may be confusing your feelings for what they are not.\n\nGeez, my friends who went to Catholic schools told me stories about the old battle ax nuns that threw them against the blackboard--stuff like that.  \n\nPlease talk to someone who can help you sort out your feelings.
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There's no such thing as a woman priest.\n\nYou're thinking of a priestess.
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Worship is a regimen.  By creating a cycle of repeated routines is an easy way to brainwash a human.  A human feels comfort in doing what they have done before.  Have you ever been to a Catholic mass?  The whole mass is 80% routine.  They know ahead of time what they will read.  The homily is a slight derivative that lasts only 5-10 minutes.  Everything else is the same.  Stand up, sit down, and kneel.  It is brainwashing at its finest.   These poor people are subjected to peer pressure to continue this behavior.  On top of that they are told they must pay tithe.  Yes, they actually say that you must pay 10% of your annual income, on top of the 33% that the government wants.  Then they tell you that you are supposed to be immaterial whilst the religious leaders live in huge houses and drive their luxurious cars?