The problem is, priests are traditionalists, thats just the nature of religion in general, they've got there own rules in there own book, and that book doesn't actually say you can't have bumsex with boys under 16. Nor does it say anything about a little filate.. behind the curtains.
Just sayin' if religion started having morals, then it wouldnt be religion anymore and priests would be accountable for there actions just like the rest of us..who'd want that? I learned everything i know from father patrick amen.
Originally posted by Juk3n
The problem is, priests are traditionalists, thats just the nature of religion in general, they've got there own rules in there own book, and that book doesn't actually say you can't have bumsex with boys under 16. Nor does it say anything about a little filate.. behind the curtains.Just sayin' if religion started having morals, then it wouldnt be religion anymore and priests would be accountable for there actions just like the rest of us..who'd want that? I learned everything i know from father patrick amen.
You make it sound like every priest is doing this.
Originally posted by Shakyamunison
What fight? 😕 Atheism is stupid, there's no fight about that. 😛
That is entirely an opinion. And to be quite honest, other posts are right, I've never run into an Athiest who forced his/her beliefs down my throat or even used their beliefs to start any form of strife, or even brought it up unless religion was brought up.
Originally posted by Liberator
That is entirely an opinion. And to be quite honest, other posts are right, I've never run into an Athiest who forced his/her beliefs down my throat or even used their beliefs to start any form of strife, or even brought it up unless religion was brought up.
So, you have never had an atheist tell you that your religion is wrong?
And Symmetric Chaos there is only one thing I can say about your post:
*sticks finger horizontally between lips, and moves it up and down while making babbling sounds*
Originally posted by Mr. Rhythmic
After reading that article, I just have to post this one.http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100413/twl-vatican-slammed-for-blaming-gay-prie-74199cf.html
What I'm trying to figure out is "Are these guys THIS stupid, or is this some kind of ploy?"
They're trying to blame-shift and distract: "No, we don't have a history of hiding the truth, paying people off, protecting known pedophiles and knowingly putting children in harms way, it's all the gays fault; they're to blame."
There was an intereting take presented by an individual on an Al Jazeera program.
While the abuses are tragic, most come from decades ago, and when the first sort-of outrage at these acts came in the 80s-90s, massive reforms were undertaken to try and protect children (and priests at the same time). I don't know the specifics, but nobody challanged him when he said that the church had changed in serious ways.
The big question was: "why is the church reacting in this way?", especially given they could go: "no, look, we changed to address this". However, I think they are still trying to make the issue go away, get it out of the headlines. And besides, if we are talking about how ridiculous their excuses are, we aren't talking about how evil the church's actions were