will you feel comfortable if the priest at your church had the habit of seating your children on his lap??? would you have second thoughts???
2007-03-06 12:13:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
well when i was at school the priests usually sit us on their laps when they wanted to tell us something important...now it makes me wonder
2007-03-06 12:18:56 · update #1
Not of my faith, but of our pastor's.
2007-03-06 12:17:14 · answer #1 · answered by Levi G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, to be perfectly honest with you I feel uncomfortable if a man seats a child on his lap. There are so many pedophiles it seems...that you just can't trust men in general. That's pretty sad.
The truth of the matter is that the clergy has a pedophile rate of less then 5%, that's less then the American male population. So, if you took a cross section you'd find more pedophiles that are not priests then ones that are. That means your children are more in danger with uncles, cousins, fathers, step-fathers, neighbors, brothers, friends, coaches, teachers, etc. then they are with a priest.
So, if I had to choose who my kids sat on the lap of...they'd be safer with a priest!
2007-03-06 12:37:24 · answer #2 · answered by Misty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not appropriate but some priests of the older school may do it out of genuine affection.
I would tell the priest of my disapproval immediately.
Your children's well being overrides any other concern even at the risk of offending an innocent.
2007-03-06 12:20:34 · answer #3 · answered by Freddy F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Things are strange. So would you feel comfortable if anyone had the habit of seating your child on his lap?
2007-03-06 12:20:43 · answer #4 · answered by ignoramus_the_great 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Part of protecting your kids comes from knowing the people. Part of being a parent also realizes one can not protect them 100% without taking away some good things too.
2007-03-06 12:50:14 · answer #5 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would trust a priest before I trust unbelievers who rant and rage against God on this thread.
2007-03-06 12:18:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is no reason for such things. Church isn't about horsey rides and stupid things, you know.
2007-03-06 12:16:24 · answer #7 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋