Female priests.

First off, it is irrelevant as to why nuns are considered lower than priests. This has nothing to do with whether there should be female priests or not. If you want to argue that priests and nuns should be equal, that is a completely different debate. (Although I would imagine it would have something to do with Genesis. ) From the first half of the debate, what this should come down to is whether the church is "female". No obviously, I cannot prove that it is literally female, so we're going ot be fopcusing on the figurative sense. First of all, the "Mother Church" rebuttal that my opponent gave is flawed. He said that it only refers to the first chrch in a region. Technically true (although it can apply to other churches), his argument here is flawed for two main reasons: 1. ) Something cannot be a mother without being female. 2. ) The churches that come after the mother church are called what? Daughter churchs. Something cannot be a daughter without being female. Briefly, yes, Jesus is beyond being a "man". Hoever, he is still "male". He is beyond being a man becaue he is a deity. And yes, he is capable of loving anyone, any gender. So? I can love anyone, any gender. This doesn't make me not a male. The difference is whom the marriage is between. Further evidence: 2 Corinthians 11:2 "For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. " "The Church bears children, the Bride of Christ; and if she bears them, she travails of them. " --Summa Theologica The priests become one with the body of Christ; to marry the church the bride of Christ, at the end of time. That means that there's only one person married to Ecclesia. My opponent is telling you that it's possible to be a mother, a daughter, and a bride, without being a female. Futhermore, the baptismal is often referred to as what? The womb. One cannot have a womb without being female. (Example: "Their mother's womb is the water of baptism. " . http://www.newadvent.org...) The church is a female. The main point I want you to focus on in this debate is the marriage between the church and the priests. Now, what do we refer to priests as? Father. The priests is the father, the church is the mother. The congregation is the children. They perform the same role that parents are supposed to play in Catholicism. Of course the church isn't a literal woman, but the fact that it is the bride in this relationship is enough to prove my side. If we were to let females be priests, then they would also be brides, and would be married to another bride. This goes against basic Cahtolic theology. You should vote CON in this debate. But even if you don't want to accept all of that, it doesn't amtter, you should still vote CON. Why? Well, let's look at this theologically once again. God is infallible. The Bible is the word of God (and Catholics view it as such). God is infinite. Therefore, God's justice is infinite. So, if God says that women shouldn't be priests, then it doesn't amtter whether it was today or two thousand years ago. Women shouldn't be priests from a theological standpoint because God says it's wrong and God is infallible. Does it seem sexist? Sure. Again, it's not because the reasoning behind it isn't sexism, but even if it is sexist, it doesn't matter.