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Posted on 08/27/2010 11:45:13 AM PDT by Hank Kerchief
A NBC report on chastity and the clergy found that "anywhere from 23 percent to 58 percent" of the Catholic clergy have a homosexual orientation. 7
Author and sociologist James G. Wolfe estimated that 48.5% of priests were gay. 8
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That article by John Shuster, the married RCC priest appears on my screen as clipped off at the right; can’t make it all out. Can we find a link specific to that article?
means I'm reading an article at the link given in the post I'm replying to.
I’m not going to help my opponents draw me into a rope-a-dope. They have to do some of the work.
LOVE IT. LOL.
The question is waaay more simple than you’re making it out to be. It’s not a trick question. Honestly. It’s a question that was asked of me and I thought it was pretty interesting.
Why does one man believe and the guy next door doesn’t?
Is one man more pious, less stubborn, more intelligent than the other guy?
Certainly all men have different experiences. But that doesn’t explain it. Some men have horrible, painful lives and they are brought to faith. Others slide by with hardly a hair out of place and they can’t be bothered.
Or the other way around.
So what is it? We’re all human. We’re all fallible. What makes one of us believe and another of us rebuff that belief? What is it about these two human beings that is different; that leads us down separate paths?
No, it is the means by which all men are fallen. The reason is so that we must choose and achieve Salvation.
PRICELESS.
SEVERAL BELLY LAUGHS.
But you didn’t give us the link, the post, your reply or the author of the quote.
A car full of singing family would have been precious.
What a ridiculous statement. Did you think that up all by yourself?
JPII acknowledged the Abrahamic roots of the Bran. He hated the sin, but loved the sinners.
That is not what Scripture says. That doesn't even make much sense.
If the "reason" all men are fallen is that we must choose salvation, and yet some men DO choose salvation, then all men are not fallen.
You've negated your own assertion.
"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned" -- Romans 5:12
Besides, New Advent agrees with me and Paul...
From the earliest times the latter sense of the word was more common, as may be seen by St. Augustine's statement: "the deliberate sin of the first man is the cause of original sin" (De nupt. et concup., II, xxvi, 43). It is the hereditary stain that is dealt with here. As to the sin of Adam we have not to examine the circumstances in which it was committed nor make the exegesis of the third chapter of Genesis.Original sin may be taken to mean: (1) the sin that Adam committed; (2) a consequence of this first sin, the hereditary stain with which we are born on account of our origin or descent from Adam.
Different experiences, different people, different circumstances, different times of life: different choices; everyone has a story. Explains it to me.
It’s a question that was asked of me and I thought it was pretty interesting.
I find people's stories interesting, but they vary a lot. Some are similar to mine, but very few.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2578704/posts?page=4855#4855
Post 4855, I truly enjoyed reading that, thanks so much.
God bless you and your entire family.
HE KISSED THE KORAN!
A book that MANDATES the death of all Christians.
Insanity. I have more respect for the Roman Catholics who say JPII was old and enfeebled. At least that makes some sense.
To defend the indefensible only leads to more of the same.
It was at the link in the post I replied to. If you’d asked for more specificity I’d have given it. Sheesh.
Try reading it slowly. I can't dumb it down just for you.
I’m not talking about people’s stories. I just want to know what you think is the reason why one man accepts Christ and another doesn’t.
That’s all. It’s not a difficult question. Think about it.
You’ve already dumbed it down and everyone who can read can see for themselves the nonsensical nature of your post.
Read New Advent. It agrees with me and not you.
Old Jewish saying:
God created man because He loves a good story.
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