Someone just posted this on facebook. In short it means that the catholic church considers child rape and allowing a woman to become a priest as equivalent crimes, both in the most severe category.
Regardless of if someone believes the bible or not this is entirely unreasonable, although the arguments are very different. For the non believer child rape is one of the most horrific and mentally scarring acts anyone can commit and deserves just about any punishment that can be thrown at the criminal, while a woman priest is a non issue, if she wants to let her.
From the christian point of view however woman preachers are condemned by the bible. (1 Timothy 2:11-14, Titus 1:6-9) The first of those says women may not teach or have power over men because man came first then women came along and screwed everything up, the second is instructions that the preacher may only have one wife, amongst other things, and repeatedly specifies he, a very clear implication.
Now for the main event, what does the bible say about rape? Deuteronomy 20:13-14 and Numbers 31:11-18 clearly states that when invading any female who is a virgin, regardless of age should be kept alive to do whatever you want with. Deuteronomy 22:28-29 say if you rape a virgin you must marry her for life.
So any true christian should condemn woman preachers but view child rape as entirely acceptable. Almost sounds like the bible was written by a bunch of sexist, bronze aged old gits rather than being the perfect, timeless work of an all knowing god.
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