So a Catholic Priest and a judge walk in to a bar. I wish it was a joke but it appears that a judge is going to decide if it is OK for a priest, who no longer believes in God can continue to serve in in the Catholic Church.
Now I am no fan of the Catholic Church in general but I suspect that not believing in God would be like your commercial airline pilot no longer being able to fly a plane, even a remote controlled toy one.
The basis of most churches are faith and belief, the priest concerned has neither. How would confession work? What about administering the sacraments or baptism or any other action that requires a link to God? If your job description is to being God to the people how can you do that work when belief is not present.
How does such a conversation go?
"Father, I am having doubts about my faith and I am thinking about leaving the Church"
"OK"
Enter the all knowing judiciary, you know those people who let people out on bail after they have killed someone, who will decide if it is OK for a priest to stay in their position of leadership. What is the yardstick they are planning to use? Perhaps they will consult someone like Richard Dawkins, a self avowed atheist, for an unbiased opinion.
What higher form of Nanny State can their be that one who tells you what religion is and who can say what about them? By Nanny State I means some amalgamation of Fascism, Socialism and Stateism all rolled together.
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