Did the Catholic Church try to regulate mans sexual behaviour to have more control over mankind?
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I wouldn't be suprised.
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Most oppose it because they have firm belief that it is a sin against God.   It was not in Gods plan for a man or women to engage in homosexual acts.  Sex is a gift from God and it is meant to be an act between a man and a woman as shown from the story of Adam and Eve.   Etc....  In my opinion the church only believes homosexuality is a sin because it is a tradition.   It was a rule put in place when they needed their communities to copulate so that they had parishioners to support their community and church.   Homosexual behavior prevents the production of children.  I'm not defending the church but I can understand where it came from and it's in human nature to take things to the extreme when they really strongly believe it is against their God.  Some people will do anything for "their God".
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It is not so much misunderstanding as opposed to following the Bible.\n\n"Now for those who are not married and for the widows I say this: It is good for them to stay unmarried as I am.  But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry. It is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire."\n\nLet's face it, if you have to seek sex with boys, I think the priests cannot control themselves.
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Look at what I found on http://forums.catholic.com \n\n" Homosexual persons are not necessarily called to celibacy but rather to chastity as are we all. The Church recognizes that homosexuality is a disorder (see CCC 2357) and, while the desires are not in themselves sinful, acting out on them is clearly offensive to God (see Romans 1:26-27, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10). \n\nIt is appropriate to judge acting out on homosexual desires as wrong. But far from being "exclusionary”, the Church teaches that homosexual persons “must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.” (CCC 2358)\n__________________\nJim Blackburn\nCatholic Answers Apologist "\n\nThe "CCC" stands for Catechism of the Catholic Church and the numbers behind them are paragraph numbers.  You can read the catechism online here:  http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc.htm  Check it out to learn about the Church's teaching on homosexuality.
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Jesus never condoned sex outside of marriage and is believed to have been celibate for his entire unmarried life. I think he would be closer to the viewpoint of the Catholic Church.\n\nThe Catholic Church believes there is nothing sinful about being homosexual. But homosexuals like all unmarried people are called to celibacy.\n\nThe Church specifically says that homosexuals "must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided."\n\nWith love in Christ.
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It just comes down to watering down what the bible says to appease people more and more as their morals degrade.\n\nFor a 'christain' country and for 'christian' priests you would think that the bible should be the authority on which to base their morals wouldn't you.  But no! even though it is undeniably clear that god totally condemns homosexuality in a number of places in the bible, they see it fit to either ignore this or say that god has changed his mind!?  On what authority can they say that god has changed his mind?\n\nBy these things they identify themselves with false religion which god will soon destroy, not true religion.
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No later than 1965.\n\nThe Vatican II document, DECLARATION ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, DIGNITATIS HUMANAE (Human Dignity) was published on December 7, 1965 and states: \n\nThe human person has a right to religious freedom. This freedom means that all men are to be immune from coercion on the part of individuals or of social groups and of any human power, in such wise that no one is to be forced to act in a manner contrary to his own beliefs, whether privately or publicly, whether alone or in association with others, within due limits.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Being a priest in the middle ages wasn't what we consider it now.  It was mostly a politcial position bought for second sons.  Like being a politician today there were some people that took their job seriously, and then there were the people who were spoiled and corrupt.  There was almost no accountablity, so those that broke the Church's rules paid their way out if they got into trouble, or did what they wanted.  The widespread corruption was what eventually lead to the breaking of Church authority.
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The Catholic faith does not permit premarital sex.
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This is the seat of power for manipulation and corruption on a grand scale. They believe themselves to be law unto themselves, without having to pay for the consequences of their actions.\n\nBut in one sence, we the people throughout history have to take some of the responsibility for this, due to the fact that many in the world were happy to relinquish control of their own actions and responsibilities over to the vatican.\n\nThe big problem that I see, is that Catholics in particular have forgotten that the church is there to serve them not the other way around. Most people forget this, but churches in many cases seem to thrive on it.
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Of course he makes people asexual--that's how he keeps the catholic church stocked with priests and nuns
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Because the wrold crept into the protestant churches and now there really isnt any cut off line telling people that birth control is       ! The church has succombed in many ways to the immoral thinking of this world!
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That is the thing PEOPLE say it is a sin. The sexual act itself is for procreation as you said. The recreational part comes in because otherwise no would ever do it and then where would this world be besides less populated. \n As for birth control, well every religion has it own beliefs on it, whether it is abstinence or rhythm method or birth control. This is a choice that gee whiz GOD decided it was up to women to have to decide how to deal with. Or was and is it the MEN who leave that up to women in the majority of cases. As if men today would take care of ten or more kids (okay yes there are some that would devote their lives to their children,but they are far an few between) no this world has become so materialistic that even those that want more children decide they CAN'T afford it. \n As far as I understand and from the many things I have seen in my life, homosexuality can not possibly be a sin as these men and women were born into this and not given a choice in the matter. Okay yes in reality they can chose to be unhappy, but isn't that also a lousy thing when you think about it. They have to give up being happy and in love but yet GOD gives the gift of life for all to live and be as happy as possible. To live life as fully as possible, each and every human. Then He says "well I made you this way but it is a sin." So does that mean God makes sin? I thought that was the devil's doing? I certainly understand your confusion. \n I will close with one quote from a  very well thought out movie (IMHP)"God, He's got a great sense of humor. Take sex for example. There's nothing funnier than the ridiculous faces you people make mid-coitus."\n Now i step down from my soap box......
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Get your facts straight. The Catholic Church is not against all birth control; it's only against artificial means of contraception.\n\nThe Church is in favor of, and highly recommends, Natural Family Planning.\n\nAnd I don't worry about going to hell over this. I haven't practiced artificial birth control since I found out how serious a sin it is.
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very witty.......\n\ncant understand the whole priest thing myself. its unnatural not to have sex
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Well, neither is condemned by society because in order to do so you'd be impeding on people's right to privacy or have it based on biblical scriptures; which the whole misunderstanding of "seperation of church and state" is kinda preventing.\n\nPersonally, I believe higher moral standards should be taught and demanded in regards to sexual modesty. It is ridiculous for me to see and hear about 14, 13, 12 year olds who have already become sexually active.
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Priests are people too. There's no Divine barrier that shields these people from sin once they are ordained.  Mind you, only 6% of priests have been associated in any way to molesting children.\n\nWe all know that society is a cess pool of immorality, so when the average man on the street is discovered to be a child molester, nobody really cares.\n\nBut we expect a Catholic priest to exhibit a proper moral code. So when one is discovered molesting a child, it's a shock.\n\nSociety has made two mistakes here:\n\n1) People, many of them Catholics, have placed priests upon a moral pedistal with standards impossible for any person to follow. We have to remember that priests are people too. They sin like everyone else.\n\n2) The Catholic Church's moral code is unpopular with Western civilization because what it finds morally acceptable, and what secular humanists find morally acceptable, are two different things entirely.\nThe media, largely secular humanistic, uses it's power and influence to attack the Catholic Church whenever possible - and people eat it up because they don't consider themselves sinners.\n\nMy point is that 'what IS' and 'what SEEMS TO BE' are two different things. Yes, some priests are child molesters - but only 6%. That's 6% too high of course, but let's face it; doesn't the media and the anti-Catholic crowd make things seem worse than they really are?