Tonight, my college professor began to talk about child-abuse. While talking about that he went on to talk about the statistics of girls and boys who have been sexually abused by age eighteen. He told us that the main sexual predators for boys are Catholic priests.... yes, he went there. He also mentioned teachers being high on the list too, but he especially wanted to get the Catholic priest thing hammered into our brains. It was during that moment when I so wished I had statistics on how many non-catholic religious leaders also were sex offenders.... My professor did not even mention them. Since I did not know those numbers I had a feeling my argument would not have gone too far. I hate politics in class rooms... I do not want to start off on the wrong foot in the first week of classes, but silently I was fuming about how he was putting down priests in the class lecture for about ten minutes. I was more frustrated with myself for not sucking it up and raising my hand and saying something. I chickened out...
Another thing that frustrated me about this teacher is how later on he began putting down the Church for saying masturbation is bad... Why that had anything to do with psychology, I have no clue. He went on another 10 minute rant about how the Church is old fashioned and needs to "keep up with the times." While he was talking about this subject I thought to myself maybe he was still an old bachelor, but I looked and no, he is married. The whole reason why the Church states masturbation is wrong is because you are focused on yourself, and sex is supposed to be an expression of love and also used for procreation... Masturbation is a selfish act and is withholding from the spouse. There is a website I found which you can find when you click here.
Below I found from that website....
"Is masturbation wrong?"
Yes. The Catholic teaching on masturbation says that masturbation is always morally wrong.
Sex is intended to be both an expression of love for your spouse, and a beautiful means of procreation.
Sex is so special, powerful, and valuable that it is properly used only within marriage. If you're not married, you should abstain from sexual activity.
I know: this is all very counter-cultural.
The truth sometimes is!
Sex is the ultimate gift husbands and wives can give: a total gift of self, body and soul. Sex is how you fulfill your wedding vows to love totally, freely, and completely. As long as you both shall live. The secret of life is hidden in that intimate sharing.
The Catholic teaching on masturbation says that masturbation denies every aspect of that promise of sex — of that promise of your vows!
Masturbation is:
- Focused on yourself
- A withholding from your spouse
- A statement that sex is only about pleasure — your own pleasure
- Inherently sterile
- Often accompanied by "adultery in your heart" through pornography and fantasy
Catholics don't condemn masturbation just because of some lofty idea of what the natural purpose of sex is. We speak the truth about the harm it does to people.
That is the true reason for the Catholic teaching on masturbation: it denies the meaning of sex. It makes you less than fully human.
I have a feeling that this is going to be one long semester with this professor....
2 comments:
Teresa, this nearly makes me cry. All this on the first day. I am sorry you are going to have to put up with this shmo all semester, but I'm sorrier that he is putting down the Church in the presence of his students.
Teresa, It breaks my heart that my precious daughter is having to sit and listen to this pure evil. What does it really have to do with anything that you were going there to learn? I am so sorry that this person is so clearly selfish that he doesn't even care to look beyond his nose at anything other than what he chooses to look at. You know what you can do and that is to befriend those in your class and share amongst yourselves if you need support..like the one young man you know already and when this is over, you can write this so called professor of teaching and let him know what you've learned with regards to any topic he slams again, as well as the two you have mentioned. Thanks for posting about this..perhaps in some way, it can combat some of the damage that is being done.
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