Nice article Will. Being a former Protestant I totally agree with what you wrote. My family is dealing with the rainbow mafia invading their Methodist church and splintering the congregation. There is no authority to make decisions so it’s really mob rule or rule by elders, pastors or the voting congregation. I attended at least 10 churches in 25 years. Many splits, firings, sexual abuse scandals. Thank God I’m Catholic
No 10 hits hard. I never thought of the celibacy of priests that way. Important.
Agreed. Priestly celibacy and the chastity of everyone else stand or fall together.
Nice article Will. Being a former Protestant I totally agree with what you wrote. My family is dealing with the rainbow mafia invading their Methodist church and splintering the congregation. There is no authority to make decisions so it’s really mob rule or rule by elders, pastors or the voting congregation. I attended at least 10 churches in 25 years. Many splits, firings, sexual abuse scandals. Thank God I’m Catholic
When everyone is his own ultimate theological authority, egos get huge. And chaos follows.