tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post3786277246756199819..comments2024-03-06T22:00:22.083-05:00Comments on Questions from a Ewe: "Ordain a Lady" videoQuestions from a Ewehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-16130877154450976042013-01-10T12:05:20.375-05:002013-01-10T12:05:20.375-05:00So, help me here. I am just a regular sort of huma...So, help me here. I am just a regular sort of human with no special Catholic education other than what I learned as a child and from homilies at mass. This is my interpretation of Fr. Chris' argument. Fr. Chris is saying that women shouldn't be priests because they can grow a baby in their body and men cannot. Therefore in order for it to be "fair", God says that we can only Kathy Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-83891040579206622422013-01-07T08:57:30.479-05:002013-01-07T08:57:30.479-05:00Oh, a correction and a comment:
1. If Fr. Chris...Oh, a correction and a comment: <br /><br />1. If Fr. Chris is the one I think it is, you only have 1 parish in Illinois now. I forgot that he moved last June from having 3 to having 1 parish.<br /><br />2. Thank you for illustrating a point I made in an email to my bishop just last night about the "new evangelizers" - that with them all topics are a tangential avenue to abortion. IQuestions from a Ewehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-13365458538553742442013-01-07T08:33:15.280-05:002013-01-07T08:33:15.280-05:00Saying it is a great inequality that men can't...Saying it is a great inequality that men can't bear children raises what's called the "Venus envy" of men.<br /><br />God had a very clear way of indicating men can't bear children. The physical equipment package is absent.<br /><br />There is no physical equipment package needed for being a priest so those with "Venus envy" created one with the "church Questions from a Ewehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-56383644689549560572013-01-07T08:30:34.108-05:002013-01-07T08:30:34.108-05:00I also disagree with your assertion that society h...I also disagree with your assertion that society hates motherhood. Yes, there are many abortions. There are also something like 6 million children under the age of 5 who died last year due to starvation. The people who clamor about abortion often tend to be some of the harshest critics of extending public assistance to the poor. Do they give from their personal coffers to the poor following Questions from a Ewehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-67982298969215480932013-01-07T08:04:57.186-05:002013-01-07T08:04:57.186-05:00You are answering an argument that I did not make....You are answering an argument that I did not make. Seeing the vocation to priesthood in women is not, to me, a matter of equality. You give a lengthy response assuming that "equality" is the argument. It's not.<br /><br />Objectively speaking it could be that people are incorrectly interpreting vocations - that could be on the part of the hierarchy as well. <br /><br />Inter Questions from a Ewehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-75050228766757996932013-01-06T23:48:11.727-05:002013-01-06T23:48:11.727-05:00But objectively speaking, especially when this is ...But objectively speaking, especially when this is in regard to whether God has called someone, both opinions cannot be valid. Otherwise one would be saying that it is both true that God has called the person and that God has not called the person. In the long run, either it is true that God is calling women to be ordained, or it is false. <br /><br />One could argue that those who see priestly Fr. Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-90100137206711047262013-01-04T10:34:16.850-05:002013-01-04T10:34:16.850-05:00It is satire. Whether or not it's "brill...It is satire. Whether or not it's "brilliant" or "misguided" is a matter of opinion. <br /><br />I personally know some of the women in the video. None claim they are ordained and as far as I know, none of them feel called to be ordained. Rather, they are affirming the callings of other women. They see priestly vocations in others and are confirming that. This is Questions from a Ewehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-4914609626002068382013-01-04T07:31:34.509-05:002013-01-04T07:31:34.509-05:00It would be brilliant satire, if it was satire. A ...It would be brilliant satire, if it was satire. A shame that instead its an entirely misguided appeal/demand. Fatima Gulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-14422129517684651852013-01-04T04:42:36.871-05:002013-01-04T04:42:36.871-05:00@Anonymous, you violated 1 or possibly both of the...@Anonymous, you violated 1 or possibly both of the 2 rules for publishing comments on this blog but I decided to publish your comment anyway. <br /><br />The rules:<br />1) You must in some way identify yourself - which you did not. <br />2. You must be respectful and not make personal attacks. I don't think your tone is very respectful but perhaps you were trying to be funny. <br /><br />Questions from a Ewehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-3940974163849845292013-01-03T20:08:39.183-05:002013-01-03T20:08:39.183-05:00Oh Hell NO....WOW, is this real or a joke?Oh Hell NO....WOW, is this real or a joke?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com