First off let me say I was raised roman catholic. I have a good friend who has a masters in theology and is a retired southern baptist minister. He is 75 and I'm 41 so there is a huge age difference also. We talk about this all the time and it's his (and my) opinion that if catholic priest's where allowed to marry you would not have as many instances of catholic priests molesting young boys. There are bad points to most religions, problem is nobody wants to address them.

"why is there enough religion to incite war,
but not enough religion to instill tolerance?"

Jim

"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats".--H.L. Mencken Bumper sticker, OXYMORON #65 - Liberal Thinker