Poll: your view of religious clergy people

I wouldn't mind some more "viking" raids to be honest.
Someone has to take care of the clergy...

 

Whatever, really. Not religious. Clergy are just people, really, some good and others less so. I've met two openly gay pastors, one of them married to an atheist no less.

 

I don't identify with an established religion, but my own experiences with clergy have been all positive. That doesn't mean I have a good view of Baptist/Pentecostal preachers, because that's where horror stories come from, but I've seen the rest as genuinely good people.

 

Their hypocrites

 

I'm not religious, and I have a neutral view of clergy.

 

Members of the clergy can be agents of goodwill and for the betterment of the community. That said, I've met many who are toxic and cause more harm than the good they provide and leave their flocks longing for better pastoral care.

I was raised in a religion, don't identify with it, but still feel that I could end up being spiritual and/or Christian.

 

I am irreligious, and always have been.

I am necessarily moved to the neutral position, because it depends entirely on the clergy member. I've found many to be extremely kind and well-meaning, while I've found others to be completely and utterly evil. But I haven't found it to lean one way or the other.

 

I am not religious and I have a neutral view on the clergy.
My opinion depends on the individual clergyman; people have different moralities, priorities, and goals.

 

Hmmm to me I feel like Religion on paper sounds alright, but even then it creates false hope I mean for ex. why donate money to the hospital for cancer research when I can just close my eyes and pray for people in the church with cancer to be healed. I mean doesn't that sound ridiculous, also so no matter how you break it down religion always has teachings of hate somewhere within it, whether or not that specific group chooses to take notice of those it is up to them, If they don't notice them, then their not following their religion properly.
That's another thing religious people do wrong it should be all or nothing with the teachings, but most pick and choose what they like/what is acceptable by the community.
I can also say that it can cause severe psychological troubles (such has happened to me). I digress though because I think I got a little ahead of my self


SOOOO IN SHORT it gets really wishywashy and confusing, which ends up causing more harm then good.


p.s. religion is total bull Sh*t which ruins peoples lives

 

For me that depends entirely on what they preach. If they preach love and acceptance, then I view them very highly.

 

I don't like the clergy as they are all strongly against gay rights and are against everything I stand for.

And since my dad is a pastor, this puts me in a difficult situation. If I come out to him he will either accept me and have the remaining clergy members kick him out/fire him or he will (most likely) not accept me and continue to preach homophobia to the masses.

 

I was brought up Catholic but I consider myself spiritual now more than religious. I still attend Sunday masses and I think pretty negatively of the clergy at my church because they're so homophobic. But usually, I think generally neutral when it comes to meeting clergy for the first time.

 

All this homophobia from the Church smacks of hypocrisy to me.
So many of them tell us how wrong it is yet I notice they didn't have much to say regarding paedophillia all the while they were hiding child abuse by their own Clergy.

 

I'm currently in the process of figuring out what religion(s) I belong to. When I used to be a Christian, I grew more and more iffy with them the older I got. I think that a large part of this came from my phobia of Christianity. Nowadays, I don't really have anything against them. I tend to avoid places like Churches and I don't interact with Clergy, simply because I don't want to get judged. Even if they were pro-LGBT, I'd still be cautious with them due to my differing beliefs.

 

I don't identify with any religion, and as for how I view clergy members...well, I wouldn't say I view them negatively, but I am cautious around them. And really, it's not just clergy members, it's anyone who's religious. I don't judge them or immediately label them as homophobes, but until I learn their views regarding homosexuality, I am kind of on guard.

But obviously, there are religious people out there who aren't homophobic and don't view homosexuality as a choice/sin/whatever, and I have no problems with these people. As long as their views have no impact on my life or anyone else's life, I don't care what they believe.

 

I have met many wise and peaceful clergymen. I have a neutral view on them, I'm sure many are conservative, but there are very open-minded people as well.

 

To be frank, the very nature of the church is hypocritical. The greatest commandment set forth is to love thy neighbor. Unfortunately, if your neighbor isn't straight then it's ok to treat them like shit. :eusa_naug

I sometimes don't even come out saying I'm Catholic because of it's negativity but honestly, I just go to church to think, daydream and pray. I'm not praying to the homophobic priest preaching or the pedophiles - Nope. I'm usually praying to that Single Jewish Guy in the fashionable white robes and his Amazing Mom.

 

I am gonna go ahead and say that posts like these are very welcoming to hate. Looping together all clergy members and religious people is just as bad as them judging all LGBT+ people. It's not okay from either side. So far, mostly because I only skimmed the posts there hasn't been a lot of hate, but there has been talk of hypocrisy.
Let me adress this problem: Christianity itself isn't hypocritical, however it's true that there are a lot of hypocritical people involved with it, just like any other group.

My view of clergy members is the same as anyone else, it vanities depending on who that person is and what kind of person they are

 

^ It seemed to me that the majority of people were saying that it depends on the individual. Or were you referring to only specific posts?