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> The Catholic Church can't even reliably enforce chastity among its professional clergy Many of the Catholic Church's problems stem from the fact that members
by fennecfoxen 11y ago
> The Catholic Church can't even reliably enforce chastity among its professional clergy
Many of the Catholic Church's problems stem from the fact that members of the clergy are in positions of authority and trust which can be abused to gain access to small children, one key reason that these positions were abused in a way that would never happen to, say, a company full of actuaries. A Mars mission wouldn't have this problem. It also has much smaller staffing needs, at least for the time being.
- fennecfoxen 11y agoI've been downvoted twice for the parent comment? I'm sorry, did I get something wrong? Do the Catholic church's woes actually stem wholly from the indisputable fact that they're EVIL, and the fact that they have children/teens which may interest pedophiles/pederasts is wholly unrelated? Screw this. I take back my earlier remark because I think I've just uncovered the real reason that sex will be a major problem on a Mars mission: it'll be run by a government bureaucracy in a society which cannot talk about them rationally on either side of the topic. It'll be a culture-war thing and the Right will demand vows of eternal chastity not just for the crew but for the rocket technicians as well, while the Left will demand strict polyamorous relationships for all astronauts just to spite the Christians. society. y'all are all inane
- qb45 11y agoIt's not only about children, even if those particular cases are most widely reported due to their illegality.