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The position of a cleric is different than, say, a celebrity or a professor. Adherence to religious dogma (in both thoughts and actions) is a strict requirement
by snicker7 5y ago
The position of a cleric is different than, say, a celebrity or a professor. Adherence to religious dogma (in both thoughts and actions) is a strict requirement.
- mikem170 5y agoNot all religions demand the same adherence to dogma as Catholics do. Some more, some less. This also varies across political movements, professors and celebrities in difference countries, etc.
- jacquesm 5y agoAnd it is probably safe to assume that even in those cases where they do that a sizeable fraction of those under that particular edict break the rules. You can impose all the rules you want if they go directly against some of the most basic human needs you can expect them to be broken.
- enkid 5y agoAll religions require adherence to some sort of dogma and have restricted behavior.
- mikem170 5y agoI understand. That's how it works in practice. But catholics have confession, they teach that as long as you believe and are repentant all is forgiven. Perhaps that doesn't apply to priests.
- TheFreim 5y ago> they teach that as long as you believe and are repentant all is forgiven. Perhaps that doesn't apply to priests. In Catholic teaching forgiveness does not mean there isn't just punishment due, or that prudential decisions need to be made. An embezzler may be truly sorry but keeping them in a position where they control money would be bad for a variety of reasons (such as putting them in a near occasion of sin). In catholic Theology even those sins which are forgiven still require cleansing due to retained attachment to sin after death, this punishment / purification is called purgation and occurs in purgatory.
- throwaway9980 5y agoYeah, for this to be exactly the same the assumption would be that adherence to a certain dogma is a strict requirement for continued participation in society. Oh wait...