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Vatican document challenges Church to change attitude to gays
Associated Press Photo, Reuters and Yahoo News ^ | 13 Oct 14 | Philip Pullella

Posted on 10/13/2014 10:54:05 AM PDT by SkyPilot

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1 posted on 10/13/2014 10:54:05 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot

Only if they get God to change his mind about sin.


2 posted on 10/13/2014 10:55:21 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: SkyPilot
the document, known by its Latin name "relatio" fellatio

There we MUST strive for accuracy...

3 posted on 10/13/2014 10:56:04 AM PDT by Old Sarge (TINVOWOOT: There Is No Voting Our Way Out Of This)
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To: SkyPilot

No, we will not “accept” them demanding the Church accept their continuing to sin.


4 posted on 10/13/2014 10:56:08 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Jim Robinson
Amen.

Romans 1:26-27

"For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error."

5 posted on 10/13/2014 10:57:28 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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In my opinion the Gay Priests and Cardinals and Bishops are trying to completely ruin the church and cement their power base....

That is what the synod is all about...


6 posted on 10/13/2014 10:57:56 AM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: SkyPilot

I wonder if this is related to the number of homosexual clergy members? Besides those that cost the Church millions in homosexual rape cases, there are plenty more out there.

Benedict XVI banned them from the seminaries (I was shocked that wasn’t already in place for centuries); will this undo the ban?


7 posted on 10/13/2014 11:00:29 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: SkyPilot

Of course a vicar of Christ’s main responsibility is to be among the sinners.So “shunning” homosexuals is a violation of that duty.But when they’re among sinners they must calmly,clearly and forcefully explaining to them that their acts are sinful and greatly displease their Creator.OTOH,”celebrating” a sinners acts is beyond ridiculous.


8 posted on 10/13/2014 11:01:19 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: SkyPilot

Celebrate sexual deviancy, right Pope? We’ll all have a “gay” old time.


9 posted on 10/13/2014 11:01:30 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Ebola and Enterovirus-D68. Proud members of Viruses Without Borders.)
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To: SkyPilot
This is a difficult issue. Homosexuality is both wrong, and more importantly it is a sin. I do think we can have compassion toward practicing homosexuality without condoning their action. If we cannot, then we need to spurn those who are currently living together, or who live together and have children, along with a myriad of other sins.

So if this is all the Catholic church is saying, I think this is fine, although many people are rightly suspicious of this pope right now. Let's see if there is more to this, or if there are any other “translations” we haven't yet seen.

10 posted on 10/13/2014 11:01:34 AM PDT by Obadiah (None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.)
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To: SkyPilot

The great falling away (apostasia) is taking place before our eyes.

With the falling of the RCC, there are no major Christian denominations remaining that oppose the sodomite agenda.


11 posted on 10/13/2014 11:02:39 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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To: Old Sarge

Good one.

I hope this isn’t a case of desperation because the RC church has a shortage of priests. Is this the first step towards accepting homosexuals as priests?

I feel for my conservative RC friends who will be shocked and dismayed by this.


12 posted on 10/13/2014 11:02:48 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: SkyPilot
Q: What will Catholics do when the Magisterium tells them that homosexuality is no longer sin?

A: The same thing they always do - accept their church tradition over God's Word.

13 posted on 10/13/2014 11:03:56 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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All 57 states can approve the gay lifestyle. The Catholic Church and anybody else can approve it. God still disapproves of it.
So which side would you prefer to be on.
You are either on the side of the Cross or the side of Nimrod who had his tower destroyed because he thought man had a better idea
Freegards
LEX


14 posted on 10/13/2014 11:04:10 AM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: Westbrook

Not major ones, but God promised He would preserve a remnant of believers.


15 posted on 10/13/2014 11:04:38 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: SkyPilot

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church:

“2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.” They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.”


16 posted on 10/13/2014 11:05:06 AM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: SkyPilot
asked if Catholicism could accept gays and recognize positive aspects of same-sex couples

Sure. They just have to accept that the difference between "A" and "not A" is not absolute but subject to interpretation. Actually, here it's more "A" and "thou shalt not A"

Celebrate diversity: lust, greed, gluttony, envy, anger, pride, sloth

17 posted on 10/13/2014 11:07:41 AM PDT by omega4412
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With the falling of the RCC, there are no major Christian denominations remaining that oppose the sodomite agenda.

Orthodox Church.
18 posted on 10/13/2014 11:10:13 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: kearnyirish2; Gamecock
I wonder if this is related to the number of homosexual clergy members? Besides those that cost the Church millions in homosexual rape cases, there are plenty more out there.

LOL you may be right, but that's not what Catholics are saying elsewhere.

19 posted on 10/13/2014 11:17:55 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: SkyPilot

They are already accepted, as sinners and must repent. They should never be allowed to marry and/or practice their choice openly. That would spell the end of the church.


20 posted on 10/13/2014 11:18:52 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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