So of course it seems only natural that Pope Benedict would follow suit. You have to admit, they looks quite fetching on him. Evidently, he is getting ready. After all, the Vatican has recently proclaimed that a homosexual can only become a priest if he has abstained from his proclivities for at least three years. Nevermind how you are suppossed to know this, just take their word, and their superiors as well. After all, a seminarians superior in the monastery would certainly know, wouldn't he? (hehe)
So why three years? Of course, this is the number of years that Christ devoted to his ministry, the last three years of his life, in fact, so the number three has special significance. They figure that if a man could control his base impulses for three years, then he has undergone a kind of crucifixion.
In this case, what they should concern themselves with is the resurrection.
And here comes the rub. Naturally, a homosexual would be more inclined to the priesthood than a heterosexual, so long as homosexual marriage remains illegal, which is probably one of the reasons the church so opposses it. But then, after so many years sublimating their base desires, they suddenly, in a good many cases, find themseves in positions of power over the rosey faced, bright eyed, hard bodied, cute, innocent, young, and impressionable. I honesty believe that at this point they can no longer help themselves.
And the first place the resurrection occurs, in a good many of these cases, is under those robes. Maybe for awhile they keep the matter-eeerrrr, well in hand-but probably in far more cases than anybody wants to imagine, this doesn't last too long. Fantasy after fantasy in time will turn to reality, especialy when you are suddenly in positions of power, and privacy, over the objects of your fantasy. And so, little by little, those objects of the priests fantasies are-wellll, broken in, shall we say?
Maybe a few too many young lads are presented with-shall we say- a "taste" of the priesthood?
Or quite possibly, the priest might well divulge his-oooohhh, let's just call it, his "hunger"to share his "grace"?
Whatever the case, I dont' think anything is really going to change, so long as the church insists on maintaining strict and total control over the uncontrollable. They will just contnue to do what they have done for going on two milenia, which is to say, sublimating the flesh, and in way too many cases causing it to turn into something truly unhealthy, and even abominable.
So maybe the Pontiff has hit on something. Maybe those red whores shoes are a kind of code. Keep it to yourselves for three years, and when you become a priest, take care of each others needs, in privacy. Let the church be your own private whore house. But keep it quiet, and please, leave the kids alone. Or make damned sure nobody finds out about it otherwise.
In other words, don't ask, don't tell? How the hell is the Church, after all, going to speak out agaisnt abortion, birth control, etc., with any moral authority as long as Priests are using kids for their own sexual satisfaction.
Well, at least they have decided that an unsaved child will no longer be considered to be in limbo, neither heaven nor hell, but a kind of waiting room in between. On the other hand that might well be a blind. A deceptive ruse of sorts. After all, even nurseries in the after life need attendants, and word has it that quite a few priests have their name on the list for that job as their ultimate reward.
