[boatbums]

You know, if those qualifications were good enough for the first century Christian leaders, then they sure better be for those today! What utter inanity to suggest that we should “look beyond the faulty human tool”! God sure didn't expect them to back then and any person, leader or parishioner, who violated the standards we have been given by God should find themselves cast out of the fellowship until real, true repentance was demonstrated. Even then, for one who was in a leadership position, they should not just be given back that position, if ever!

[caww]

I know...this “faulty” stuff is Priestly garbble they speak to one another within the Priesthood I think. And that’s coming from the top down.

[Cronos]

And how many of your pastors exactly meet those standards?

[metmom]

Historically, God has always been harder on those specially called out to be representatives of His. They’re representing GOD, for crying out loud, to a lost and dying world who need to see what a difference Christ can make in someone’s life.

A life of debauchery and sin totally nullifies the verbal testimony of the man claiming it. Someone like that is rightly called a hypocrite. And that is what those priests and those who protect them are.

They preach one thing and practice another.

The RCC’s outspoken stand against abortion and homosexuality is admirable and ought to be done. And I’ll be the first to admit that Protestant denominations need to speak out more.

However, what good is it for the Catholic church to speak out against those evils when they allow the homosexuality in their midst and do nothing to protect the children from harm by their own homosexual clergy AFTER they’re born?