Coreeece 2 #76 May 29, 2015 Andy9o8defeat for humanity Maybe it was in response to quotes like: "Yet another loss for the bigots" "Gay Jesus Rainbow approves same sex marriage" Lets make this a religious issue, eh? Plenty of resentment to go-round...Never was there an answer....not without listening, without seeing - Gilmour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #77 May 29, 2015 Coreeece***defeat for humanity Maybe it was in response to quotes like: "Yet another loss for the bigots" "Gay Jesus Rainbow approves same sex marriage" Lets make this a religious issue, eh? Plenty of resentment to go-round... Bullshit. An institution whose clergy and vocationists are populated by social and psychological oddballs who take cover behind a facade of celibacy, and who engage in serial sexual abuse of juveniles, racketeering and obstruction of justice, is hardly in a position to lecture others on sexual morality, family stability or lifestyle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coreeece 2 #78 May 29, 2015 You may be right...and tho I don't agree with the idea of a priesthood, I would say that your description isn't representative of most priests....you know, that whole 95% thing you like to bring up when people bash a particular group.Never was there an answer....not without listening, without seeing - Gilmour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #79 May 29, 2015 CoreeeceYou may be right...and tho I don't agree with the idea of a priesthood, I would say that your description isn't representative of most priests....you know, that whole 95% thing you like to bring up when people bash a particular group. Because of the combination of the (ostensibly) celibate lifestyle (thus attracting a higher proportion of social misfits), and 1,000 years of having a highly centralized and rigidly disciplined hierarchy and governance, I think it's probably more representative among Roman Catholic clergy and vocationists than, by comparison, non-Roman Catholic Christian or Jewish clergy. (I don't know enough about Muslim clergy to opine about them.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterblaster72 0 #80 August 16, 2015 A long but fascinating read on Pope Francis' efforts to reform the church's rotten-to-the-core financial institutions. Be humble, ask questions, listen, learn, follow the golden rule, talk when necessary, and know when to shut the fuck up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,384 #81 September 16, 2015 Pope Francis Calls for Ending Tax-Exempt Status of Churches That Don’t Help the Needy http://usuncut.com/world/pope-francis-calls-for-ending-tax-exempt-status-of-churches-that-dont-help-the-needy/"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
