God or the Girl

Originally posted by CutiePie2000


After watching Episodes 1 & 2 back to back, my predictions for the end of the series.......

Dan (the guy carrying the cross) will become a priest.
The other 3 guys (Mike, Steve, Joe) will not.

And since this is Greek Chat, anyone know which fraternity Steve Horvath joined at UVA? I thought that I got a quick glimpse of "Chi Phi" letters on one of the guy's ballcaps at the tailgate party, but I couldn't be sure.

I'm predicting that as well, but I won't be surprised if they change as the episodes go by.

Steve was sure a hottie in his fraternity days.

[CutiePie2000]

Originally posted by OTW
Steve was sure a hottie in his fraternity days.

INDEED! I wonder what he was like at UVA? Mr. Party-Guy?

and people, it is
C-E-L-I-B-A-T-E, not celebate.

That is all. MWAH!

Originally posted by CutiePie2000
INDEED! I wonder what he was like at UVA? Mr. Party-Guy?

and people, it is
C-E-L-I-B-A-T-E, not celebate.

That is all. MWAH!

I kind of had a feeling that Mike wasn't going to pursue the priesthood as I set my TiVo for tonight's episodes. As I scrolled to make sure I wasn't recording the same things, I noticed that the info for the second episode only included Dan, Steve, and Joe.

It's so to see that random acts of kindness still happens today...and I'm not even done watching the third episode yet.

Anyone know how long this series will last and how many episodes there are?

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by RedRoseSAI
In addition to the reasons already mentioned, there's another, slightly less high-minded reason. In medieval times, the priest of a church had some property rights of the church's lands, although I'm not sure to what extent. To prevent church lands going to a priest's descendants (and thus diminishing the power of the church...land=power, esp. back then) it was handed down that priests had to remain celebate and unmarried.

I'm sure there were some spiritual reasons behind this decision as well, but I tend to believe this explanation the most.

That is indeed what historically led to the requirement of the celibate priesthood in the Western Church. I think that the more spiritual reasons are understood as being the reasons for maintaining the requirement, since the celibate priesthood is understood as a practice that the Church can modify or do away with.

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by OTW
Anyone know how long this series will last and how many episodes there are?

5, I believe.

[AznSAE]

question: can someone still become a priest if they had sex before?

i think in the first episode, dan said he had all sorts of sex but not intercorse. but i guess that doesnt count.

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by AznSAE
question: can someone still become a priest if they had sex before?

Ummm, yeah. Celibate doesn't mean virgin. It just means "from here on out, no sex."

[KillarneyRose]

Originally posted by CutiePie2000
and people, it is
C-E-L-I-B-A-T-E, not celebate.

Awww, I thought it was like the Cool and the Gang song: Celebate good times - come on!!!!!

[KSUViolet06]

I admire the guys who are deciding not to become priests. From what I know of the Bible, God would rather have you NOT become one, than become one and regret not having a family.

[CutiePie2000]

I didn't realize that it was on Monday...anyone wanna give a little recap? It ends on Sunday, apparently.

[kansas13]

So Steve was the only one that decided to go into the seminary. Mike is an elementary school teacher and is still with his girlfriend, Joe works at John Carroll University as a lay minister, and Dan went back to college, is a youth minister, and is still with his girlfriend too.

They showed Steve in seminary school and it seemed like he was really happy...all the guys looked really happy with their choices.

[AOII_LB93]

You know, what I don't understand is why they didn't mention that married men in the Catholic faith can become Deacons.

I was also told while I was going through my RCIA program that one of the reasons that priests are not married is because for a married man, his first priority should be to his family and if he had to "worry" (I use the term loosely) about a congregation and all the priestly duties then his first duty (to his wife and family) would fall by the wayside. It makes sense to me, but I don't necessarily agree with it.

Anyhow, this seemed to be a good show. I liked that guy Steve...I wish him much luck in his journey, it's not easy to become a priest.

[AznSAE]

i got 1 out of 2 right, lol. my other guess was dan.

yeah i dont think i could go through that. 1) i am not catholic 2) i probably couldnt keep myself from sinning left and right, lol