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Old 03-18-2010, 10:06 AM   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by deznice View Post
Damn, what a great trick... Completely fuck up life, become a priest
I remember this parent (who was around 25 when he entered seminary), telling me about this older priest who basically acted like a recruiter for him, convincing him with speeches and practical stuff that he should go that way.

A phrase he told me, which by the way was a sentence that priests told kids before their first communion too, was: "You'll become soldiers of god. And you will fight a war, but instead of taking lives you will save them" (add an emphasis in the style of Keith's dad).

In the end it's a job, if you take away the mystical aura. Just like an army in a war-less country and without the pride of being a soldier. And with a lot more shame connected.
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