Abortion, the Church, and Obama

[myrrh]

Well, I used to be Catholic....

In any sense, I really don't have an opinion on this because it follows no rational idea that people should not receive communion because they voted for Obama.

I will say though that I think the idea that is perpetuated that the Church should not be listened too until the priests stop molesting boys etc, is not logical either. This is because the Church has it's position, and whether or not priests are following that doesn't mean that the Church should change it's position.

Now, if you want to suggest that the reason why the priests molest little boys is because of the Church's position on not getting married, then this I will agree with you on. I feel that the reason the boys get molested is because the Church demands that Priests not marry, which goes against the natural order in which God created humans. Meaning that He mades us with sexual urges and to institute a law saying that you need to suppress such an urge for your whole life is insane. To say that it is following Jesus, to me is even more insane, because the Church believes that Jesus is God, and we are not. So it is illogical for our example of how to live our lives is the example of God.

Furthermore, this practice wasn't actually part of the original Church teachings and wasn't started until the 12th century. Prior to that, priests, bishops and even popes had wives.

Anyway, sorry for the rant that went way off topic...

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Originally Posted by myrrh

Well, I used to be Catholic....

In any sense, I really don't have an opinion on this because it follows no rational idea that people should not receive communion because they voted for Obama.

I will say though that I think the idea that is perpetuated that the Church should not be listened too until the priests stop molesting boys etc, is not logical either. This is because the Church has it's position, and whether or not priests are following that doesn't mean that the Church should change it's position.

Now, if you want to suggest that the reason why the priests molest little boys is because of the Church's position on not getting married, then this I will agree with you on. I feel that the reason the boys get molested is because the Church demands that Priests not marry, which goes against the natural order in which God created humans. Meaning that He mades us with sexual urges and to institute a law saying that you need to suppress such an urge for your whole life is insane. To say that it is following Jesus, to me is even more insane, because the Church believes that Jesus is God, and we are not. So it is illogical for our example of how to live our lives is the example of God.

Furthermore, this practice wasn't actually part of the original Church teachings and wasn't started until the 12th century. Prior to that, priests, bishops and even popes had wives.

Anyway, sorry for the rant that went way off topic...

There's always the possiblity that many of the offending priests were never Catholic to begin with.

[myrrh]

Originally Posted by jOHN rODRIGUEZ

There's always the possiblity that many of the offending priests were never Catholic to begin with.

Holy Shit!!!!!

Is that an actual coherent statement that you just uttered?

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

I just made it up off the top of my head.

Sometimes, I'm just like a genius. But I don't spell very well. Mostly, Mostly.

[Deckard]

It must be infinite monkey theorem.

(j/k, jR )

On the original topic, yes it's the first time I've heard this line-in-the-sand being drawn by the Catholic Church, though from what I can tell it's only this South Carolina priest who's going as far as to suggest that parishioners shouldn't receive Holy Communion if they voted for Obama. It only takes one to make a headline. Not that I'm defending the stupidity.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Originally Posted by Deckard

It must be infinite monkey theorem.

(j/k, jR )

On the original topic, yes it's the first time I've heard this line-in-the-sand being drawn by the Catholic Church, though from what I can tell it's only this South Carolina priest who's going as far as to suggest that parishioners shouldn't receive Holy Communion if they voted for Obama. It only takes one to make a headline. Not that I'm defending the stupidity.

Oh come on, it's not the first time.

And no, I'm researching that for you after calling me a test monkey.

And don't wink at me, you're in a committed domestic relationship thing.