A Priest mentions Porn/Matthew 5:29

Last Sunday our local head Catholic Priest mentioned how porn ruins lives. The priests have spoken about this a lot, as they must get a lot of confessions about it. This particular priest was head of admissions at a major Ivy League college.

On the last Sunday gospel reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_5:29
https://biblehub.com/matthew/5-29.htm

Matthew 5:17-37 was the actual reading but he cut out the more judgmental parts of the passage.

He made a good point; God is not our enemy, does not want His creation ruined. We are all created for a good use, as such sin is a major obstacle.

 

I've noticed this before, asked him about it once, he exercises pastor privilege, I don't know other priests who do that.

"Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God".

If we read and apply the Gospel and the rest of the Bible we will be benefited like it was medicine.

 

Or it's pastoral arrogance. I have reported a local priest before to the diocese; frankly many of them are somewhat out of control with various extremes that I don't really see as Biblical. This one said his job was to get everyone in the congregation into heaven which no man can possibly do.


After a while I get tired of reporting bad behavior that shouldn't be tolerated. But the priests set themselves on a pretty high pedestal.

I go to the Catholic church because I like the traditional music and church forms. I guess if I want sound preaching I would need to go into the city to Times Square church or Brooklyn Tabernacle.

 

Actually many of the Catholic theologians and teachers have been sounder in what matters, the core Sermon on the Mount teachings, how we treat the least of our brethren, the needy and hurting. They do a lot more of that than the other denominations. Anti war teachings are integral to many of the Catholic teachers. Catholicism has some of the best universities.

On the Protestant side we have considerable pride and arrogance; false teachings on compulsory tithing when it is clear that is not a New Testament teaching; little popes which we see in "Pray TV". If you look at the early church fathers the early church was nothing like what we have in most protestant denominations.

And we are a nation of many cults, political, new age and religious cults that deprive people of so much. Scientology, JWs, SDAs Mormons, LaRouchies, etc..

For a long time the leaders of the Reformation and their followers saw the Papacy as the whore of Babylon, but it isn't.

Crass Materialism is the closest thing to the Whore of Bablylon as we see in Revelation. "The whore that sittest on many waters" that commits fornication with the kings of the earth. Pornography is one feature of crass materialism, with the human trafficking, incredible abuse, isolation of those supporting it, etc..