Posted on 04/23/2002 7:04:16 PM PDT by Mo1
Looks like I missed the fall of the Church...
It was a busy day and I am just now able to get on the puter and see what you have all been up to. I missed lots of fun today.
Ozzie's best buddy had surgery today for prostate cancer and all went well. Looks like he will be in hospital until Sunday or Monday at which time Ozzie will journey forth to SOCAL to help his buddy ( who helped him after his two hip surgeries). What does this mean? :) More time for me to play right here and catch up with all youse guys and gals.
gogeo... Ozzie's buddy had surgery this afternoon. I guess it was a 4 hour procedure! At 5 tonight he was in the recovery room. Tomorrow he will be feeling like bloody hell.But at least now he is cancer free and well on the way to a healthy life. Oh, he got hell scared out of him this week...doctors called and said the CT scan showed a spot on his lung..( he is a big smoker). Further tests indicate it is not cancer of the lung actually everything is ok and the film was defective...I hope he quits smoking now.
A prisoner escapes from his prison where he had been kept for 15 years. As he runs away, he finds a house and breaks into it. He finds a young couple in bed. He gets the guy out of bed, ties him up on the chair, ties up the woman to the bed and while he gets on top of her, he kisses her on the neck, then gets up, and goes to the bathroom.
While he is there, the husband tells his wife:" Listen, this guy is a prisoner, look at his clothes! He probably spent a lot of time in prison and has not seen a woman in years. If he wants sex, don't resist, don't complain, just do what he tells you and give him satisfaction. This guy must be dangerous, if he gets angry, he will kill us. Be strong, honey. I love you."
To which the wife replies, " Iam so glad you feel that way. Sure, he has not seen a woman in years, but he was not kissing my neck. He was whispering in my ear. He told me he found you very sexy, and asked if we kept any Vasaline in the bathroom. Be strong, honey. I love you too...
No, it is not you .. The left in the Media have an agenda where the Catholic Church is concerned. The pro-abortion folks want to discredit the church .. the NOW gals want women to become priest .. along with other issues.
Val is right .. there are pedophiles teaching in public schools but yet you never hear about that .. there are no out cry from the media or the public to clean up the teachers in the public schools. ... Hello Union Leaders
The NOW gals want women Priest .. and some want Priests to be allowed to marry .. But what they fail to notice is that these Priests are in majority of the cases were abusing boys and not girls .. which now can also mean it is also a gay problem. Gay priests are the big secret that for years no one wanted to discuss ... and yes I have heard the stories over the years about it.
But I will say whether they are gay or straight .. it comes down to the vow of celibacy that these priests make to God and to the church .. and if they can't make that vow then they should not be priests .. about the closest thing I can compare this to is like a vow a man and women make when then get married .. they vow to honor each other and not cheat on each other ... if the couple cannot keep that vow .. they have no business getting married .. I know that abuses against children can't be compared to that .. but that is the closets thing I can think of .
Prentice is right in the fact that this will not bring down the church and we will survive this .. Because in the end it is the faith that Catholic's rely on and our belief and love for God and his son
But Swervie is also right that this will also become a big financial hit on the church .. I don't know if it will go as far as bankruptcy. but it can and will cause a big financial hit and yes there will be all kinds of people coming out of the woodwork claiming they were abused just so they can cash in. And like everything else in this country .. the true victims of these abuses will end up being hurt again.
I don't claim to be a great catholic and know everything .. many here on FR are much better catholic's then I and have much more knowlege then I .. but a post I once read seemed to make sense and that maybe this was God's way of cleaning house.
These abuses of children is a huge problem and cannot be tolerated or even covered up. They need to be exposed and some how make right what what was wronged.
I hope all that made some kind of sense .. I tend to ramble at times ...
And see Swervie .. I don't always disagree with you .. does this mean I lose my gold star .. lol .. SMOOCH
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