RE: What's the most face-palm-worthy statement you have ever heard from a priest/preacher
August 20, 2015 at 6:10 pm
(This post was last modified: August 20, 2015 at 6:18 pm by Randy Carson.)
(August 20, 2015 at 12:19 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:(August 19, 2015 at 8:24 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: That's a separate issue that doesn't answer the question: Why is distinguishing between the two "stupid" in your opinion?
It does answer your question, by making the point that the behavior is wrong in a moral "leader" no matter what you call it. Ergo, focusing on the verbiage is stupid.
Interesting. I wonder why professional psychologists use these different terms then.
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Still, have to ask...would you make any distinction between a college senior having sex with a 18-year-old co-ed v. an eight-year-old girl?
'Cause those two different terms apply to those two females differently. So, maybe it does matter...
(August 19, 2015 at 8:24 pm)Randy Carson Wrote:Quote:Oh, wait, I almost forgot...you only get upset about the smaller per capita percentage of Catholic priests who have violated that trust.
And why is molestation reprehensible to you when teachers or Protestants commit it, but defensible when a Catholic priest commits it? And why is "But Daddy, they do it more!" a sound defense, in your eyes?
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As you know (but fail to acknowledge), I have said repeatedly in multiple threads that the priests who committed the crimes should be prosecuted and sent to jail. The bishops who failed to act appropriately in their handling of these cases should be retired.
Quote:I get upset about all molesters. It just so happens that we're here on an atheist forum discussing religious issues, and that means your church is going to be one of the targets.
The ONLY reason I have invoked a tu quoque defense at all is to point out the hypocrisy of those (well, you actually) who absolutely lose all sense of reason when it concerns the Catholic Church, but you're silent as the grave when it comes to secular leaders who commit the same crime in greater numbers.
I just did a quick search...the Jared/Subway scandal got a whopping 14 posts.
If a Catholic priest had done what he did, y'all would be going hundred for hundreds of pages....
Quote:You can do better than this. 4/10, will lose audience soon if game doesn't improve.
