Why Would a Millennial Become a Priest or a Nun?

[MellowDem]

12. Not for any good (IMHO) logical reason...

Might as well ask why someone would want to be a member of the KKK, a uniquely bigoted organization itself, except, at least there you still get to have sex, and their philosophy isn't entirely supernatural, you do have some psuedoscience, though a lot of apologetics seems like psuedoscience to me.

Seriously, why would someone young want to throw away their sexuality and young years for an institution based on lies, fear, hate and bigotry, with clear beliefs on women being inferior and homosexuals being "disordered", and with a vengeful god that killed millions in their own holy book, and of which there is zero proof or evidence? It's a good question. What would drive someone to do that?

My guess? For most, childhood indoctrination first and foremost (which is very sad really), tradition, comforting beliefs, and community, all mixed with a big dose of intellectual dishonesty and cognitive dissonance, and a splash of ingnorance (add more if need be). What else? Well, maybe the fear of hell and the opportunity to help others. What's depressing is that religion is not needed for tradition, community, comforting philosophies, etc., and religion can twist even good intentions because it is based on such an illogical premise. Hence, Pope Francis wanting to help the poor, but homosexuals organizing for rights? The devil.

While I can respect the good intentions of some of those who become nuns and priests, I can never respect their decision to carry out those intentions through such a terrible, horrible, hateful belief system that continues to cause so much pain and suffering and recruits almost entirely through indoctrinating the gullible, mainly young children. Indeed, for pushing gullibility as a virture in "faith". Not to mention, the sheer lunacy of celibacy and the totally disgusting, guilt-ridden idea of "original sin". At the same time, I feel for them, because for many, if they hadn't been indoctrinated in the faith, they would have never chosen such a twisted role in service to such a terrible belief system, regressive in so many ways.