(June 28, 2015 at 3:07 pm)francismjenkins Wrote:Quote:You tell me that yours is a church guided by a holy spirit, but how can any reasonable mind view this behavior as consistent with the idea of divine guidance (much less guidance by a benevolent and loving deity)? Fucking ridiculous.
Why is this difficult? It is not Catholic doctrine that individual priests and bishops are infallible (prevented from teaching error) nor are they impeccable (faultless, free from all sin).
These were individuals who made sinful choices of their own free will apart from and in opposition to the teaching of the Church and the will of God.
How convenient .... plausible deniability LOL (the RCC is as good at political spin as anyone)
The Church is made up of people, Francis.
God has given people free will, and sometimes they misuse it. Christians, too.