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To: scottjewell

The Catholic Church is not experiencing these wrenching changes. Orthodox are doing pretty well, too. It helps when you have 2000 years of continuous traditionn and your beliefs are not subject to a congregational vote.


2 posted on 07/16/2012 6:34:21 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson)
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To: arthurus
The Catholic Church is not experiencing these wrenching changes.

Father Donald B. Cozzens' book "The Changing Face of the Priesthood" conservatively places the percentage of Catholic priests who are homosexual from a minimum low of 23 to a high of 58% - and even that upper number may be low.

This isn't just one priest making the claim either. I have spoken to at least two priests who agreed the percentage was at least half, and approaching two thirds as well.

Surveys of priests claim the number approaching 50% to include the existence of a "homosexual subculture" within the ranks.

15 posted on 07/16/2012 6:59:28 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: arthurus

Given that the Roman church is still wrenching—world wide—from the so-called “pedophilia priest” crises (which was really a homosexual-priest crises, though no one wants to say so...), I think it’s quite dim to crow that your church is not experiencing these issues.

Probably a higher percentage of Roman Catholic laity support the homosexual agenda than among Protestants—seeing as how the overwhelming majority of RC’s vote for Democrats.

Most Protestants though who are faithful to the bible however, leave the “progressive” churches and join conservative denominations or independent churches. Evangelical churches are still growing—and all stand against the homosexual agenda.


19 posted on 07/16/2012 7:12:31 PM PDT by AnalogReigns (reality is analog, not digital...)
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To: arthurus

BTTT for your comment.


27 posted on 07/16/2012 7:35:15 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: arthurus
correct. When folks can vote on dogma or have their own interpretations on anything, then anything is possible.

with orthodoxy it's comfortable to say "well, Holy Tradition says we don't do that, so it's not possible to change."

78 posted on 07/18/2012 2:45:06 AM PDT by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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