Posted on 03/29/2010 2:17:12 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
GOOD ONE!! They were formed by a MURDERER!
Get real.....what religion are YOU?
A clerics sexuality is moot in the Catholic Church.
Sexual perversion however is another thing entirely, psychologically and otherwise.
How many of the bishops involved in the cover-ups were gay?
“Weakland, a Benedictine, plans to move to St. Mary’s Abbey in Morristown, N.J., this summer.”
He is a criminal and belongs in a jail cell. Not only is he a homosexual; but he is a liar, a theif and an imposter. Literally a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
True. There is a lot of variation among individuals regarding sex drive. There are significant numbers of people of both sexes who are essentially asexual. In the past a sizable proportion of people never married: maiden aunts, bachelor uncles, etc.
For a long time this worked pretty well. It gave people with homosexual proclivities an opportunity to be valued members of the community. However, then came the sexual revolution. The love that dared not speak its name became the one that would not shut its mouth.
Why, anti-Catholic, of course.
You must be SO proud.....so what religion are you???? Too embarrassed to tell us???
“It seems blatantly obvious that the Catholic church environment attracts homosexuals and pedophiles into their priesthood.’
The public schools with their teachers aren’t doing so hot in this regard and they can marry all they like.
How many get church sponsored protection?
I was raised Catholic, I am now a Christian but not Catholic due to the problems within the Catholic Church.
Growing up they closed our Catholic High School due to “funding issues” and two years later built a multi-million dollar “community center” for the old fogies to play bingo in. When they went to close the school during a “meeting” a local sucessfull nationwide businessman came up in a meeting laid his checkbook down on the pulpit and asked what amount he could write a check for to keep the school open. THEY IGNORED HIS OFFER!
The problem is in ROME and the ADMINISTRATION and we are seeing it’s effects NOW especially. I am not saying the Catholic Church is bad but they need reform of one manner or another See post#55 for what options they have, and pick which one you think they should do. Or come up with your own option, the Church as an organisation is flawed as the people who make it up are flawed. How do you fix it, post ideas please.
>> Then how do you explain the married fundamentalist ministers, like Ted Haggard, who have been involved in homosexual scandals in recent years?
Sin is everywhere. But, if one accepts the premise that heterosexual Christian men would typically marry a woman, and Christian men with homosexual tendencies would typically not marry at all ... a celibate priesthood is the logical hiding-place for flawed believers attempting to resist homosexual tendencies, but who do not want to relate to a woman.
Ted Haggard (a homosexual man married to a woman) strikes me as more of an anomaly than does an unmarried homosexual man. Celibacy is a disinvitation to men who are interested in women/ marriage ... and an open invitation to men who are interested in perpetually resisting sexual urges. This option is necessarily more attractive to people whose sexual urges are universally sinful (homosexuals) rather than those whose sexual urges are allowed a sin-free outlet (married heterosexuals).
Thus, celibacy invites homosexuals.
SnakeDoc
That’s the one. The church mirrors the man’s soul.
>> Then how do you explain the married fundamentalist ministers, like Ted Haggard, who have been involved in homosexual scandals in recent years? <<
Ted was a Meth Head sex Addict who could have used a daily dosage of finistride.
The Catholic Church needs NO reforming, thank you very much,,,,,,BUTT OUT since you don’t belong!! You are on the side that WANTS to bring down the Church.....you must be so proud of yourself. And your name is GRACE!!!
>> How many of the bishops involved in the cover-ups were gay? <<
Make you wonder how much of the cover up is “covering up for their own kind” and ignoring the service to the church in doing the coverup.
Wrong.....there are some EVIL Priests....I’ve met some and have REPORTED them....the Pope has NOTHING to do with this. They are trying to bring him down because he’s HOLY and CONSERVATIVE.
You mean, "I was raised Catholic, I am now a Protestant and both Catholics and Protestants are Christians."
Right?
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