Could it have anything to do with that, do you think?
Nope. Don't project your rationale onto the media, they have their own.
I think this is only relevant to the members of whatever Christian denominations spend an inordinate amount of time teaching their members arguments to rund down other faiths. That doesn't include many people in the press, I'll bet.
The Catholics think they are right, just as you think you are right. As a non-Catholic, I don't think that's a reason to hate either one of you.
Many Christian denominations suffer moral crisis these days. Homosexuals and feminazis were let to run churches their preferred ways. The Catholic Church stood far ahead of the rest as a moral authority until very recently. Remember presidential visit to Vatican and the discussion on human cloning and stem cell research?
I hope all this will bring about much needed reforms in the Church.
Dan, your hatred of the Catholic Church is bigoted and hateful.
A Jekyll-side of your otherwise pleasant personna.
Could it have anything to do with that, do you think?
Not very Christian of you there, Dan.
Are you talking about the Roman Catholic Church or the LDS Church?
Shalom.
I dunno...
Jesus said, "by their fruits you shall KNOW them."
He also said "my sheep hear my voice and they follow me, and another will they NOT follow."
"beware of wolves in sheep's clothing" also comes to mind.
The author of this article is pathetic.
These are no longer baseless allegations. They are fact. The pedophile leadership in the "Church" is going to jail.
If the shepherds are pedophiles, and they are the one and only true voice speaking for God, all the while covering up or actively practicing the most hideous forms of sexual abuse... What does it say about Jesus? If the shepherds are following HIM and they are practicing pedophilia, HOW can that reflect them being followers or leaders for Christ, unless the Church believes that Christ was twisted?
I think we see the fruit of organized religion manifest in so many perversions and distortions, that NONE of them can be trusted. JESUS... can be trusted. The rest are going to have to produce INDIVIDUAL fruit that demonstrates they love God, instead of the "wolf in sheep's clothing" act we currently see.
A tree is known by its fruit. If pedophilia is the fruit, the TREE is a pedophilia tree. That goes for Catholic, Protestant, Jew or Islam.
Wisdom is justified by her children, or by what she produces. To date I am increasingly disturbed by the increasingly evil fruit we have flowing in organized Christendom. The catholics have their twisted priests. We have our swaggarts, bakers, and skirt chasers on evangelical TV.
Moral Authority, that this author bows down to in the final statement smacks of idolatry.
EVERY BODY KNOWS Moral Authority flows from MORAL BEHAVIOR.
There is NO OTHER WAY to demonstrate it, earn it or keep it.
Moral Authority does NOT flow from an organization.
It comes from lving a Godly lifestyle. And God, is NOT a pervert, a pedophile or a serial adulteror, drug addict or chronic alchoholic.
When leaders behave, moral authority is a given, and no article is needed to "prop up" the faithful. The Sheep have an ear for their shepherd, and I have it on good authority, that they will not follow after hirelings.
Nope. These aren't Protestant fundamentalists we're talking about, they're secular humanist hedonists. Their problem is that the Church preaches that abortion is murder and sex belongs within marriage.
Since you agree with us both of those things, I'm left wondering why you go out of your way to take the side of the Culture of Death against your brothers and sisters in Christ. Whom do you really serve?
You're quite adept at absurd.