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The Celibacy Con: When the Catholic Church Banned Sex to Keep the Land

You ever hear someone say, “Priests have always been celibate”? Yeah—bullshit. Let’s tear off that starched collar and look at the greasy truth: Catholic priestly celibacy isn’t ancient holiness—it’s medieval asset management. You want receipts? I’ve got centuries of them. In the Beginning, There Was... Sex The early Christian church wasn’t worried about celibacy. Peter—the so-called first pope—was married. Had a mother-in-law, which implies at least one poor woman had to hear him snore. In the first few centuries of Christianity, priests, bishops, and even popes were often married men. Some had kids. Some even passed on their “spiritual dynasties” like holy hand-me-downs. The Church didn’t just tolerate this—it functioned with it. The Bible didn’t ban priestly sex. Neither did Jesus. The whole “sex is dirty” doctrine came later—after the church got a taste for power, land, and the delicious terror of controlling your every impulse. The Council of Elvira: First Crack at the...

🔥 From Pew to Pentagram: How I Torched My Faith and Found My Fire

By Grumps This ain’t a testimony. It’s a goddamn declaration of war. I used to be a good little sheep. Sabbath school smile. Bible verses memorized like passwords to Heaven’s gated community. Prayed hard. Sang louder. Swallowed guilt like communion crackers. I didn’t just believe —I bled for it. Thought obedience was righteousness. Thought suffering made me holy. For 35 years I dragged that rusted chain of faith behind me, clinking with every step like a dog trying to earn pats from an invisible master. Then one day I stopped. Not because lightning struck. Not because I had a crisis. Because I read too much . Dug too deep. Asked too many questions that never got answered—unless you count the smell of burning bullshit a kind of divine response. 🧨 The House of Cards Named Paul Let’s talk about the moment the lie blinked. It started with that slippery bastard Saul of Tarsus. Rebranded himself as Paul and hijacked a fringe Jewish movement like a back-alley con man flipping a cult into ...