The World Needs Women Priests

[pescador]

Yes u do

Am I supposed to figure this out too? Another post of yours that is too vague.

 

[pescador]

At Pentecost the 12 began speaking different languages.

Studies have shown a woman’s brain can learn different languages,
4 times faster than a man of the same age.

If you want to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
why would you ban women priests?

There is no sense in banning women priests, period. It's just plain sexist nonsense. A better question is "why shouldn't women be priests?"

 

[concretecamper]

At Pentecost the 12 began speaking different languages.

Studies have shown a woman’s brain can learn different languages,
4 times faster than a man of the same age.

If you want to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
why would you ban women priests?

I agree, women talk too much

 

[concretecamper]

There is no sense in banning women priests,

there are plenty of "so called" women priests. What ban are you talking about?

 

[Love365]

I agree, women talk too much

For some people learning new languages can be fun and easy.

 

[Love365]

I'm more astonished that they made one at all.

I think the BBC could try a little bit harder.

 

[Hmm]

I still find it strange that the BBC has only made
one TV show about a woman priest.

Does anyone know why

You mean The Vicar of Dibley right? Gleaning my facts from Wikipedia, it looks like it's because it was topical at the time.

For those who haven't heard of it, it's a sitcom set in the fictional Oxfordshire village of Dibley, which is assigned a female vicar following the 1992 changes in the Church of England that permitted the women's ordination. It was first run in 1994 so would have been reasonably cutting edge then. Of course, it's no longer a controversial subject at all now.

 

[pescador]

You mean The Vicar of Dibley right? Gleaning my facts from Wikipedia, it looks like it's because it was topical at the time.

For those who haven't heard of it, it's a sitcom set in the fictional Oxfordshire village of Dibley, which is assigned a female vicar following the 1992 changes in the Church of England that permitted the women's ordination. It was first run in 1994 so would have been reasonably cutting edge then. Of course, it's no longer a controversial subject at all now.

But it's still an issue to some on Christian Forums, unfortunately.

 

[Paidiske]

And in real life. I still find it ridiculous that I can be ordained as a woman in Melbourne, but not work as a priest in Sydney.

 

[Hmm]

That's odd isn't it because Sydney is a large cosmopolitan city. It's also very unfair of course. I'm sure it will change as people get to know and trust female priests but things happen so slowly in church, probably because the church wants to carry everyone with them and so they often fudge and settle on compromise solutions.

I have a female priest in my Church of England church and we also had a female curate who was ordained as a priest a couple of weeks ago. We had a church zoom meeting earlier in the week and so we had female priests in stereo! I really do find that females and males complement each other in ministry and I feel I would be missing a lot if female priests were ever abolished. Not that they ever would be!

 

[Paidiske]

Sydney's large and cosmopolitan, yes, but in Anglican terms it's at the evangelical-conservative extreme. I don't see any hope for change there any time soon.

The Presbyterians here did kind of abolish their female ministers. Or at least, stopped ordaining women after a time of doing so. I understand the women they ordained have remained, but they are not ordaining any more. I don't know if that will change any time soon, either.

 

[Hmm]

I can't imagine how that must make women feel. I think I would feel persecuted by the church itself if I was prevented from pursuing a vocation God was calling me to. I hope it's encouraging to know that many people want female ordination because
they believe God wants them as well as having great personal experience from having or encountering female priests. I do admire your courage.

 

[Paidiske]

I can't imagine how that must make women feel. I think I would feel persecuted by the church itself if I was prevented from pursuing a vocation God was calling me to. I hope it's encouraging to know that many people want female ordination because
they believe God wants them as well as having great personal experience from having or encountering female priests. I do admire your courage.

Persecuted might be too strong a word, but I definitely have my issues with the way churches and some Christians deal with all of this.
It is encouraging, though, thank you.

 

[Love365]

You mean The Vicar of Dibley right? Gleaning my facts from Wikipedia, it looks like it's because it was topical at the time.

For those who haven't heard of it, it's a sitcom set in the fictional Oxfordshire village of Dibley, which is assigned a female vicar following the 1992 changes in the Church of England that permitted the women's ordination. It was first run in 1994 so would have been reasonably cutting edge then. Of course, it's no longer a controversial subject at all now.

Here in the United States the channel PBS plays many British TV shows. Downton Abbey, Father Brown, and Poldark to name a few.

I grew up watching the Vicar of Dibley on PBS.
I hope the BBC makes more TV shows with women priests,
so PBS can play them on American TV.

 

[Love365]

The Catholic Church lets girls become altar severs.

 

[NerdGirl]

The world needs women priests
to help women in poor countries get an education and jobs.

Jesus ordained two priests.
John the Baptist and Mary of Bethany.

Does the world need women priests?

I haven't read the entire thread, but I'm confused. Why are we singling out "priests" to help women in poor countries? How many male priests do this? Isn't this why we have missionaries? Is there something stopping women from becoming missionaries or nuns to do this exact work?

 

[Love365]

I haven't read the entire thread, but I'm confused. Why are we singling out "priests" to help women in poor countries? How many male priests do this? Isn't this why we have missionaries? Is there something stopping women from becoming missionaries or nuns to do this exact work?

When you ban women priests,
you are also banning women bishops and women cardinals.

Priests, bishops, and cardinals have much more
money and power to help more people.

 

[NerdGirl]

When you ban women priests,
you are also banning women bishops and women cardinals.

Priests, bishops, and cardinals have much more
money and power to help more people.

So, the current male priests, bishops, and cardinals aren't willing to help?

 

[Love365]

So, the current male priests, bishops, and cardinals aren't willing to help?

Some women might feel more comfortable
telling their confessions to a woman priest.

 

[NerdGirl]

Some women might feel more comfortable
telling their confessions to a woman priest.

Couldn't nuns fulfill this need?