Women as Priests

This topic has been gaining ground across America and across the world. Should women be priests?

First, this article might help give some insight into the debate. Woman ordained as a priest

Okay I hope you read the article, because now it's time to get some thoughts out. Obviously the main debate is that Catholics feel there is an injustice in that the Church will not allow women priests. Now discrimination of gender is obviously bad, but this is not what God wanted.

Now how do we know this? Well, Christ himself chose twelve men who became known as the Apostles. Jesus created this hierarchy for the means of salvation to the world. The Church, which was instituted by Christ, cannot willfully disobey God's command.

The debate on this topic now comes largely in part due to Christ having female disciples that acted out higher roles. They delude themselves into thinking these famous Christian females were priests or deacons. This, they feel, gives further credibility for women priests. Also, these people feel that the Church should allow it to keep up with the modern era (this topic also leads into debates on abortion, birth control, and same-sex marriage). They say that Christ held no qualms against women, and they were even some of his closest disciples. They say Christ obviously only followed the customs of old (as in the time) which is why he only chose males.

Now for the Catholic's side. First off, most of this debate I personally find funny since these same people keep giving a double standard. They want the Church to modernize by changing some of its infallible decrees, yet they also critic on the Church on supposedly continuously adding new teachings that never should exist. The Church, because Christ chose twelve men and no women, only allows the sacrament of Holy Orders to be given out to men because that is how Christ instituted it.

It is also true Christ had close disciples in women, but stating that women were not chosen because of society is entirely untrue. Since when did Christ conform to society? Christ only obeyed the will of the Father and thus obeyed some Jewish customs too. However, when did Jesus allow himself to be stopped by society? He frequently stayed with the sinners, which is not at all conforming to society. He had some of the more unintelligent lot become Apostles. He even had a tax collector be one of his closest members whom everyone hated. If he wanted to, he would have chosen females to enter as Apostles. Since he did not, there must be some reason for it.

For those Catholics who still think that women should be ordained as priests, well you are entitled to your own opinion, but I would then say you are deluded in your beliefs. It may sound chauvinistic since a male is writing this, but it is either accepting this and staying with the Church Christ instituted or schisming from the Church. I for one will stay with the Church Christ instituted. None of us can declare what is right in the Church without the will of God, and I for will stay on that side.