Original Sin?
August 13th, 2018 at 4:33:35 AM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
Says the guy who runs away angry and doesn't want to talk anymore. It turns out atheists are much more rattled by logic and facts. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
August 13th, 2018 at 11:24:56 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
It's the opposite of harmless on so many levels. This is from yesterday: The Vatican Continues to Struggle With Sex Abuse Scandals VATICAN CITY — With revelation after revelation, a new wave of sexual abuse scandals is rocking the Roman Catholic Church and presenting Pope Francis with the greatest crisis of his papacy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/why-the-vatican-continues-to-struggle-with-sex-abuse-scandals/2018/08/12/483e16e2-9439-11e8-818b-e9b7348cd87d_story.html?utm_term=.b85343f426b2 If you read the article, it's just the Church covering up again, it's all a secret, bishops investigating other bishops and lifting the rug for the sweeping. Such an awful and corrupt organization, yet they have the gall to present themselves as the moral arbiters of the world. What a cruel joke the Church has played on the humanity for the last 1000 years. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
August 13th, 2018 at 11:45:44 AM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | Are you saying that your church approves of divorce in an abusive relationship? The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
August 13th, 2018 at 12:47:11 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
The Church goes one step further and says that not only is there a civil divorce, but a marriage properly understood did not even exist. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
August 13th, 2018 at 2:47:22 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | Thomas Jefferson was so offended by the supernatural in the NT, that he took a razor and cut out anything that referred to a supernatural act. No miracles, no raising from the dead. He made his own Bible with what was left, called the Jefferson Bible. It's on display at the Smithsonian. This makes me feel close to Jefferson. The supernatural nonsense offends me no end, good for him that he took it a step further. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
August 13th, 2018 at 6:47:04 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | Imagine for a moment being offended by the supernatural. What a sad state? There is so much in us that rises above our nature. Our staggering intellect that allows human beings alone to create such amazing technology, music, and art. Our will to sacrifice and often times go against or above our nature's call to self preservation to save another. The love of family and friends can be miraculous. We know that our natural world cannot have a natural cause so running from the supernatural is to never understand why we are here or just importantly who we are and what we are called to do. Jesus reveals the fact that the supernatural nature of humanity is the most real and most important aspect of who we are. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
August 14th, 2018 at 1:58:29 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | In today's news: 301 ‘Predator Priests’ Named In Pa. Grand Jury Sex Abuse Report: ‘They Were Raping Little Boys & Girls’ “One boy was forced to stand on a bed in a rectory, strip naked and pose as Christ on the cross for the priests. They took photos of their victim, adding them to a collection of child pornography which they produced and shared on church grounds,” Shapiro said. Shapiro said the priests would mark their victims by giving them gifts. “To make it easier to target their victims, the priests gave their favored boys gifts – gold crosses to wear as necklaces. The crosses were markings of which boys had been groomed for abuse,” Shapiro said. Is it any wonder that atheists hate this hypocritical church? The cover up was 'massive and sophistacated' and the only reason it's been curtailed somewhat is they got caught. These 'men of god' would still be at it if not for that. Sickening. 'Men of God Hid it All': Church Protected More Than 300 'Predator Priests' in Pa. https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/08/14/pennsylvania-diocese-sex-abuse-grand-jury-report-released/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/pennsylvania-report-on-alleged-child-abuse-by-priests-set-to-be-released-1534261690 https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2018/08/14/pa-grand-jury-report-catholic-clergy-sexual-abuse-names-details-catholic-dioceses/948937002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/08/14/grand-jury-report-pennsylvania-details-abuse-catholic-priests/980687002/ If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
August 14th, 2018 at 6:11:23 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | I can't help but the kids that are molested may grow up to be abusers themselves, getting raped as a kid would mess up your head forever. How can there be so many, that have been getting away with it for so long? https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/more-2300-suspected-online-child-sex-offenders-arrested-during-operation-broken-heart The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
August 14th, 2018 at 6:23:07 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | It's not just the Catholics: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qbe8bp/the-child-rape-assembly-line-0000141-v20n11 The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
August 14th, 2018 at 9:08:09 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | I feel like crawling under a rock and dying. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |