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Originally Posted by PullMyFinger
I feel bad that is all you have in your heart for the church. You have to know as a Catholic that Satan is trying to destroy our faith in any way he can.
No, that's not all, there's a lot of blatant lies that were taught in Sunday School when I was a small child. And I find what the church hierarchy did to protect its priests inexcusable, criminal behavior is criminal behavior, wearing a priestly frock doesn't change that. And trying to pass off inexcusable human actions on Satan is at best a lame excuse. The church destroyed my faith in it, nothing and no one else.
I feel bad that is all you have in your heart for the church. You have to know as a Catholic that Satan is trying to destroy our faith in any way he can.
I think catholic priests who like to sodomize children have/are doing more damage to anyone's faith than satan ever could.
You all are aware that condoms have a higher failure rate, even when used properly, than other forms of BC, right? They protect from a lot of STI's, so, I mean I'm not belittling their value. But, other types of BC work better if pregnancy is all you're worried about.
they may not work as well as other forms, but they do protect a large % of the time. Remember there was a time when they were the only form of BC and families still kept the number of children down to what they felt was right for them if they followed directions.
No, that's not all, there's a lot of blatant lies that were taught in Sunday School when I was a small child. And I find what the church hierarchy did to protect its priests inexcusable, criminal behavior is criminal behavior, wearing a priestly frock doesn't change that. And trying to pass off inexcusable human actions on Satan is at best a lame excuse. The church destroyed my faith in it, nothing and no one else.
Just to clarify - and not to condone the Church or ANY other organization for covering up sexual abuse - it has been determined (and that's difficult) by several studies that the incidence of pedophilia (this does not include other forms of sexual abuse) in the general population is somewhere between 3-5 percent of the male population. The Catholic Church's incidence of sexual abuse (not limited to pedophilia) is about 4 percent of the clergy. Like I said, this includes other forms of sexual abuse, not just pedophilia. How many men are paedophiles? - BBC News
For comparison, about 1 in 10 students in public schools report some form of sexual abuse FROM TEACHERS during their school careers. That's ten percent of public school students. Is sexual abuse in schools very common?
30 percent of children who are victims of sexual abuse are abused by family members.
As in any 'crime' - it depends on a lot of circumstances.
If the court decides that having one is murder, then she suffers the punishment of a convicted murderer as judged by the court.
If the court doesn't rule it a murder, then a less than felony sentenced needs to be applied.
And guess what? If it's seen as a murder and she serves a life sentence, then most likely, unless the night guards pay her a conjugal visit, she'll not murder any more...
So you would lock a woman up for life if she procured an abortion?
Just to clarify - and not to condone the Church or ANY other organization for covering up sexual abuse - it has been determined (and that's difficult) by several studies that the incidence of pedophilia (this does not include other forms of sexual abuse) in the general population is somewhere between 3-5 percent of the male population. The Catholic Church's incidence of sexual abuse (not limited to pedophilia) is about 4 percent of the clergy. Like I said, this includes other forms of sexual abuse, not just pedophilia. How many men are paedophiles? - BBC News
For comparison, about 1 in 10 students in public schools report some form of sexual abuse FROM TEACHERS during their school careers. That's ten percent of public school students. Is sexual abuse in schools very common?
30 percent of children who are victims of sexual abuse are abused by family members.
But priests aren't supposed to be like all the other males, right?
You said you aren't condoning it, but it does seem like your suggesting that because a portion of the general population statistically abuses children that a portion of the priesthood will too. I'd think they'd be held to higher standard and their faith would prevent such atrocities.
Pro-life women were discouraged and in some cases excluded for the abortion, HRC supporters march.
Apparently there was a checklist requirement for the previous march.
If you didn't agree with everything on the checklist you were excluded.
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is at best a lame excuse. The church destroyed my faith in it, nothing and no one else.
