Comments by "Curious Crow" (@CuriousCrow-mp4cx) on "new rules for gay priests in the Vatican" video.

  1. After watching Conclave, I am finally convinced of the transformative power of Art. It's exploration of matters of faith, in the forms of certainty and doubt, was a relevation in understanding the mystery that is central to faith, but also a challenge to it because it challenges us. The human tendency to tidy things into pigeonholes, to stereotype, and to order things is a human defence mechanism but on an existential scale. Not because it needs to be ordered, but because it's how our brain evolved to work. Anything outside some framework or hierarchy demand more processing time and resources, so we resort to heuristics as shortcuts to more efficiently and effectively manage the flow of data through our senses and into our brains. We live through models. But, I am minded that as a famous British statistician said, that all models are wrong but, some are useful. That is the case because we as humans are limited in our capacities, so certainty can never be abdolute, and there is always mystery, uncertainty, and doubt. A person of faith knows this. To be a person of faith, is to have it tested by the sheer experience of living in an existence where the only constant is change. Like the muscles in your legs are challenged, but grow stronger, and contribute more to your overall health, one's faith must be stress-tested and be dynamic and responsive to grow stronger. Otherwise, our faith, captured in a prison of certainty, atrophies, weakens, and withers away. We should not succumb to fear. We should not fear doubt, because that shows that our faith is a living faith, that is geared to being open to the lessons that can be learned by living fully, and contemplate the mysteries of being human. Yes, the Church's policy is to hasten slowly, and to leave the door open to new knowledge. Thus, there will be eager debate between the shepherds and the managers, between the spiritual and the worldly within the Church. What is definitely certain is, that the Church will find its own way, in its own time, as everyone must, to find a useful model to shape its way forward.
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