Very Interesting article, but unless I am misreading it, there is something odd in: Some kinds of sexual behavior are always DONE BADLY, like promiscuity, rape, and pedophilia. Could this be an American inflection?
Can they be DONE BETTER? What was intended perhaps WAS: Some kinds of sexual behavior are always BAD, like promiscuity, rape, and pedophilia. Those who have a good handle of grammar, please jump in if I reading this wrong/wrongly! I am not diminishing this article by the way. venantius j pinto Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 00:21:03 +0530 > From: "Ivo" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [Goanet] Celibacy Today > > Dear Goanetters, > I would like to bring to your notice this beautiful article on a vital > theme for us (from > http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=549). > Regards. > Fr.Ivo > > Priestly & Religious Celibacy: Is It Dead, or Should It Be? > > by Benedict J.Groeschel, CFR > > (DEL) > Let's tell the truth. Any kind of sexual behavior (and celibacy is a form > of > sexual behavior) can be done badly. Some kinds of sexual behavior are > always > done badly, like promiscuity, rape, and pedophilia. Some sexual behaviors > are inherently immature and pathological. Celibacy, its critics > notwithstanding, is not one of these. I have been celibate all my life (I > knew when I was eight years old that I was called to be a priest). Those > who > denounce celibacy as immature or perverse or manipulation by ecclesiastical > authority I accuse of ignorance, ill will, or perversity. Period! I welcome > the opportunity to take the saner people with this position on in public > debate. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R., is a psychologist and spiritual writer. > He works in the South Bronx with priests and the poor, as a member of the > Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. >
