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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
There is merit in what you say, but I see a super-natural problem as well as the natural problem you posit. The Church ash always been assaulted by Satan, he even tried to tempt and subvert Our Lord. It appears that Satan has taken a beachhead in the Church and is running amok. The failure to properly provide the Sacraments (the new Mass translated -perhaps deliberately with errors- calling into question the validity of the Sacrament, confession abandoned in many places, marraige seen as disposable, Baptism performed casually and even incorrectly) -- these things are a turning away from God by His own people. Just as the Israelites did with the Golden Calf, many are choosing to worship the world and its pleasures rather than God. Is there a price to pay? You betcha. Is there a cure, you betcha. Return to God. Sadly I didn't see many in Dallas express themselves towards that.
47 posted on 06/26/2002 7:39:18 AM PDT by narses
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To: narses
All sin takes place within the supernatural drama.
But that doesn't preclude psychiatric and developmental dimensions to "psychic disorders" (recognized by the Church). As expressions of original sin and fallen nature, they are also manifestations of human vulnerability to evil. It just doesn't make much sense though for someone to suggest that mere ideological "dissent" from Church teachings is an exhaustive or causal explanation of the homosexual epidemic in the current headlines. The ultimate explanation, of course, would be incomplete without reference to the "mystery of iniquity." Sex abuse is certainly demonic.
49 posted on 06/26/2002 7:47:34 AM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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