tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364508380827506219.post2130451567095237891..comments2024-01-01T12:20:43.123-08:00Comments on Former Catholic: Do Priests and Bishops Have a Superiority Complex?Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087780937615681777noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364508380827506219.post-23901530107489686962012-12-07T16:04:51.096-08:002012-12-07T16:04:51.096-08:00I do think that priests are full of themselves. A...I do think that priests are full of themselves. And as my fellow commenters have pointed out, they are given everything they ever want - so why not be full of themselves? I do think that celibacy, in conjunction with being given everything, teaches them that they can't have intimacy and that people are simply "avenues" for which they can get what they want in both the tangible and intangible realm. I know priests who will only befriend people in certain professions, professions that seem noble like law enforcement, medicine, and law. If a person doesn't fall into one of those categories, they are useless to that priest and his ego and they are completely dismissed. <br /><br />The are also set up to be narcissistic because everyone puts them on a pedestal. Whenever they walk into the room, they are always the center of attention. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364508380827506219.post-50826740050420285652012-02-23T20:33:10.610-08:002012-02-23T20:33:10.610-08:00I find it completely draining of any confidence I ...I find it completely draining of any confidence I ever had that I can have JESUS in my life. Whether they do it intentionally or not, their sermons seem to focus on how "holy" the clergy is, while we lay people are talked to as if we practice the same sins week after week and are incapable of holiness. A pastor at a local cathedral in a sermon made mockery of how we lay-people pray, "Hail Mary...ho-hum (looks at his watch)...uh, er, oh yeah...full of grace." He said what would we do without them as "fathers" leading us in prayer, as we are all too stupid. I have been a Catholic for 7 years now, and I feel like they have sucked all the life out of me, like I'm drained completely dry. I had a medical emergency where I easily could have died, bleeding heavily for 4 hours. I called the church emergency line. The priest told me to get off the phone line, as it was only for "dying" people and promised to call me back, but he never did. They aren't even available when we are dying. I need a church where somebody actually prays with you and ministers show up when you're in the hospital.FigTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15753643319719411269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364508380827506219.post-85984519649617875522011-09-25T11:50:07.752-07:002011-09-25T11:50:07.752-07:00Marie,
Agree!!!! I see this ALL the time with the...Marie,<br />Agree!!!! I see this ALL the time with the clergy! As a convert from Protestantism, the clergy experience was really different for me than now as a Catholic. Now, in my experience, there is this sense of "not even human" or "above humanity" in many ways, despite them "not wanting" it, but yet they "feed off it" because they're sooooo lonely and starved for attention living "alone", effectively. They go home to an empty house or one in which they may not get along with their brother priests. They become the "local celebrity" at their parish - for better or worse - and people "put them on pedestals" and "worship" them, give them gifts, dote on them, cook for them, take them out for dinners, vacations, provide all sorts of "free-bees" or "discounts" everywhere...... How can they NOT get all puffed up!<br /><br />I've always just treated them like "normal guys" who happen to be priests. My guess is, it's rather refreshing - if they're being honest - at least the guys who are priests for the right reasons!Rosenoreply@blogger.com