Catholic Clergy Under Vows of Chastity Should Be Required By the Church to Become Eunuchs

Priests Not Allowed to MasturbateThe priests of the Catholic Church are not allowed to masturbate. Knowing male nature if they have genitals to masturbate they will, and if they don't they will still have wet dreams which is lust and is still a sin. The only way to keep them from sin is to have them castrated. "Less priests in seminary = bigger congregation" I meant they could have bigger congregations in bigger sized churches, so that you wouldn't have to worry about running out of priests to run churches. I didn't necessarily mean more people would become Catholics. I'm talking about consolidating congregations to deal with the shortage of priests. Getting the Surgery Is Hard And Risky For Many Men Many men online who want this complain about how hard it is to get. Many look for the services of untrained, unprofessional, illegal cutters. If it was a religious requirement it would be easier to get qualified doctors to perform the surgery. In addition to attracting people to join the Catholic Church for the surgery it would also help make it easier and safer for men who want their genitals removed to have them removed. We Can Use Anastesia With anastesia we can prevent them from feeling physical pain. As for "humiliation" why would a man be humiliated to be committing his life to serving God? Common Sense That castration will repair the Church's image is common sense. Everyone knows the biggest problem with the church's image is the pedophile priests scandal. If priests have no genitals they can't molest kids, so castration would solve the image problem. Whether the number of priests who are pedophiles is statistically significant is irrelevant, because the public perceives it as being significant and so will respond positively to them being castrated as that will help reassure them that there will be no molestation. Why not castrate all men? Because the Catholic Church does not have that authority and this debate is about what the Catholic Church ought to do, not what the state ought to do. It has the authority to impose this as a requirement for men who become priests, but clearly the church can't just go running around chopping off guys genitals if they're not Catholic. Calling From God, Yes But Some Choose Not to Hear It Some people ignore the calling especially if there is social pressure to ignore it such as parents suspicious about whether the church has a big pedophile problem. And it's still a concern in high school. What if the parents suspect their child is growing up to be a pedophile and that's why he wants to join. That's absurd of course, but people believe absurd things. Having castration be part of the deal will ensure the parents of the kid that their kid isn't trying to become a pedophile so they can be proud of his choice to join the priesthood without suspicion. Priests Should Not Be Talking About Medical Procedures They Got Themselves? The priests would have been castrated as well. There's nothing wrong with sharing personal experience of how a medical procedure felt. As for medical information, as long as it is derived from an objective source like the American Medical Association there is no problem. Information is information and truth is truth no matter whose mouth it comes out of. As long as he's not just making things up and is telling about the actual facts, including "for more information check out the American Medical Association's webpage..." in case they need more information. Eunuch Calm Is Worth It So there's some potential health problems. The "eunuch calm" state is akin to what some men call enlightenment, so it will be good for the priests. If a priest does not have a penis, how exactly would he be unchaste? He could receive anal intercourse, give a blowjob, finger someone's orifice, or jack someone off, all of which would of course be prohibited as part of celibacy and being castrated would reduce hormones and so reduce urges. However, God clearly is not against us doing things that reduce our temptation. The Bible doesn't have passages encouraging you to go hang out for hours with your neighbor's attractive wife just so you can have a temptation to reject and prove your worth to God. Priests, having to intercede between the faithful and God will have extra stress and pressure. They do not need to have the problem of dealing with lust. Lust can complicate human relationships. That's why God deems it a sin. How objective will a priest's advice be if he is talking to a man who is dating a woman he is lusting after? Castration does not completey prevent but will greatly reduce the chance of such lust.