Posted on 06/30/2006 7:35:59 AM PDT by mware
"Pedophilia is perfectly moral and acceptable, therefore I do not apologize because I have done nothing wrong."
Maybe you are not aware but this idea is gaining credibility among sexual scientists and in academa circles. Just as they normalized homosexuality look for sex with children to be normalized in a few short years.It is called generational sex (sex between generations).
Not sure, but I excommunicated, I mean extricated, myself from the catholic church years ago.
As a recovering catholic, my opinion is that it is a cult.
Yeah, but they sure did.
Raymoond Arroyo started it off by saying he is as happy as a Bishop at an immigration rally.
Kick 'em out. They don't like they rules, they can go join some other church. The Unitarians sound like their style. Or maybe they can see if the Muslims will take them. There's no exit for Muslim apostasy, save through the sword, they should be warned.
The cafeteria is closed, Guido.
Peggy Noonan coming up next on EWTN.
Duh, George. That why I put: correction.
A garbage collector could read the mass, but he doesn't the charism necessary to make it anything other than bread and grapes. Of course, the priest is chosen for this charism on the supposition he will be holy, so your point is largely valid.
I believe that many unfit men headed towards the priesthood in the 1960s in the expectation that not only would sexual morals soon be abolished, but that their position gave them authority to help form the "brave new world." In this way, Satan make a huge gain on the church, corrupting so very, very many of those who would become bishops. But I cannot penetrate the mystery of why Pope Paul VI placed such men in authority.
Was he Satan's greatest triumph? (No, Satan can triumph through the foolishness and mental defect of a pope without possessing him, or rendering him fallable.) Surely, no person in history, not Luther, not Calvin, not Marcion, not Nero, not Napoleon, not Stalin, ever did so much to devestate the Catholic church as did Paul VI.
Interdicts are issued against whole peoples. One might, for instance, issue an interdict against Boston. An anathema, however, may be more appropriate; essentially an anathema is similar to excommunication, but it took on a further meaning in that the anathematized was not only cut off from Communion (like Protestants), but even from Baptism (like pagans)!
Flush Ted Kennedy from the Church too. Politicians that endorse abortion should NOT be allowed to call themselves Catholics.
Yeah, but they sure did.
Hence, the word 'currently.':)
btt
Ummm....It is Christ's Church. HIS Mystical Body. He said things like "hate the sin but love the sinner." We are all allowed to repent of our sins. Even you. We are asked to forgive not 7 times but 70 times 7 times.
Frank
Peter denied Him. Judas betrayed Him with a kiss. The rest ran. And HE chose that motley crew one by one (who were all martyred, by the way, except for John).
You have a lot to learn about the way Christ works with the human element. He was human too. He knows our weaknesses. Like I said, it is His Church.
The scientists should just leave since they don't want them. Why complain? Stop supporting the catholic church and giving them money. Encourage other family and friends to leave the catholic church. Especially the women who disagree with the church on women priests. Why do they constantly complain? Just leave the church. The church needs you more than the other way around. The Catholic church continues to lose members in almost all developed countries and is trying to get new members from the third world. Yep good luck with that LOL
My name isn't George. :-0
Why not against whole political parties? Whole professions (ie, embryonic stem cell researchers)? Why not pronunce public televised anathemas against proabort politicians, and threaten them with civil lawsuits (ie trademark infringment) if they call themselves Catholic after that?
I'd really like to see the Catholic Church get a lot more aggressive on this stuff... maybe I'm subconsciously looking for an excuse to join it...
Vatican vows to expel stem cell scientists from Church.
Oh, really?
Well you can always decide to go to some other church, after all it's not compulsary to be a catholic, like it used to be in the dark ages.
What bothers me is that the church seems to have a double standard. Stem cell research does not automatically mean the use of embryos, there are other ways. At the same time, though, the church endorses sending large numbers of perfectly healthy people into harms way (yes, I mean our troops) by providing the military with a good number of chaplains, knowing that a good number will not make it back. We know by now that wars are fought for a reason, and that stem cell research takes place for a reason. Why does the church fail to concede that you have to break some eggs if you want an omelette?
Dear Bazooka,
As stated in the article, the Catholic Church opposes EMBRYONIC stem cell research.
Research on adult stem cells is generally considered morally licit.
sitetest
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