[Doctor Stochastic]

It appears to have been both a spiritual and intellectual abberation that grew out of the Catholic church, but I would hardly count this as indicative of religious people as a whole...

Why do you consider it to be an aberration?

[Fester Chugabrew]

"Why do you consider it to be an aberration?"

Because it is inconsistent with the history, teachings, and practices of the Catholic Church in general. Just like pedophilia is an aberration the Catholic Church must deal with. A negative. A "mutation" that proves destructive as do most all mutations.