Apart from his handling of the sexual abuses of the priests, his declaration that catholic church is the only true church of Jesus leaves a bitter taste.Instead of using religion as an instrument to bring solace to people, he is, like medieval Popes, trying to score one up over other denominations thus belying the purpose of religion.
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CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20001699-503544.html
That’s telling them!Sexual abuse is a trivial matter so is keeping quiet during “Final Solution”.
You continue this line of argument.Long Live priesthood.
Hope Pope contributes his might to this argument.
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ROME — A senior Vatican priest, speaking before Pope Benedict XVI at a Good Friday service, compared the world’s outrage at sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church to the persecution of the Jews, prompting angry responses from victims’ advocates and consternation from Jewish groups. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/world/europe/03church.html?src=mv&ref=general
Any set of rules which is difficult to follow must not be imposed.It must be left to the individual.If an individual is not inclined to follow Celibacy,but spiritually inclined may be inducted.In this way one can avoid perversions.It must be understood that Sex is not a sin.
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Pope Benedict XVI has defended celibacy among priests, saying it was a sign of “full devotion” to the Catholic Church.
He was speaking at a theological conference before meeting Germany’s top bishop for talks about a new crisis over the sexual abuse of children
German Bishop Robert Zollitsch apologised again to victims of abuse by German priests.
The Archbishop of Vienna had suggested that the Church should examine celibacy and priests’ training. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8564074.stm
If you want to find fault with The Bible, you should provide an alternate which is better, not with the same (perceived) denigration.
Which part of Bible denigrates women?-that women is a part of man or women and men are bound in matrimony unto death?
If you can not differentiate between parables/allegories and philosophy one can only pity you.
First read the Bible;well,it is too much to ask of you as you seem to be doing everything in the University except studying.
A healthy and inquiring mind would have searched for a better system of Philosophy and religion,but not a sick mind obsessed with porn.
Believers, do not give them any recognition for them or for their acts.Best to treat them with indifference.
One more question in what respect do you want women to be respected more than what is given in the Bible?
By allowing them to be flirts, with loose morals , drink ,smoke pot, go in for Divorce, leave children and family ?
Woman occupies most precious position in a society, that is of a Mother.
This has been stressed in the Bible.
Well. You can wake up a Man who is asleep, not one who pretends to be asleep. <
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A stand set up by students on the college campus of the University of San Antonio, Texas, caused quite a stir last week: a group of atheist students were giving out free porn magazines and books in exchange for…bibles.
Their message: the way women are portrayed in Holy Scriptures is as degrading as it is in porn literature, so why not trade ‘smut for smut’? Needless to say, Christian students on campus were unimpressed by the initiative.
"Some see me as a kind of antichrist"
We founded our group five years ago, and every year we organise the ‘smut for smut’ campaign. This year the event got more attention than ever: after just three days, we had collected 42 bibles, two Korans and several other sacred texts, including a sort of satanist bible. We ended up running out of porn magazines to trade them against! The campaign also got a lot of media attention, including in the foreign press.
Our goal isn’t to shock or offend people but to get them thinking: why are women portrayed in such a misogynistic way in so many religious texts? The Bible is full of excuses used by society to belittle women, it’s just as bad as porn in that sense. So, for us, inviting students to trade bibles against porn is a way of pointing out the flaws in religious texts.
Things sometimes got tough on campus. Never violent, but Christian students took the initiative really badly. There were a couple of arguments, but also a lot of genuine, interesting debates. Some students now see me as a kind of new antichrist, which I think is kind of funny.
Apart from his handling of the sexual abuses of the priests, his declaration that catholic church is the only true church of Jesus leaves a bitter taste.Instead of using religion as an instrument to bring solace to people, he is, like medieval Popes, trying to score one up over other denominations thus belying the purpose of religion.
That’s telling them!Sexual abuse is a trivial matter so is keeping quiet during “Final Solution”.
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