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To: steve86

I understand your point, but I just don’t believe one can be sufficiently clear so that those whose minds are clouded by sin can’t pretend to misunderstand.

These are people, after all, who proclaimed that the Church had abandoned its condemnation of contraception when Pope Benedict said that using condoms during homosexual prostitution activity didn’t make homosexual prostitution more sinful ... that in fact, a concern to avoid spreading disease was a positive sign of human decency, under the circumstances.

I think one either has to avoid the topic at all, thereby entirely conceding the issue, or simply accept that evil people will proclaim that you’ve said something very different from what you said.


24 posted on 08/01/2013 8:04:45 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Ask me about the Weiner Wager. Support Free Republic!)
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To: Tax-chick

Leaving to take the kids to VBS — Southern Baptist but all the churches seem to use the same commercial materials anyway.

I don’t think the pope should ever appear to “concede the issue” but he can simply make reference to an existing Catholic document which clearly explains the position of the Church.


26 posted on 08/01/2013 8:19:31 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture™)
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