(February 9, 2016 at 2:03 pm)athrock Wrote:(February 9, 2016 at 12:43 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Source? Other institutions have similar problems, but I'm interested in knowing what study determined that the rate is lower in the RCC.
And those other institutions don't claim to represent God on Earth.
Google it.
In addition to child molestation issues, the Protestant clergy also has problems with divorce and adultery that the Catholic priesthood does not have for obvious reasons.
And no, those groups don't represent God on earth, but the Church doesn't claim to BE God on Earth...just to be the people of God on earth. The people - all of them combined - are the Church, and we've never claimed to be perfect.
Nope, doesn't work like that. ALL people who claim Jesus is there hero are all CHRISTIANS. How you would like others to behave, or which book you think they should read, or how to interpret it the right way, does not change that they hold the same position you do.
Same with Sunnis and Shiites. Same with Japanese Buddhists and Tibet and Chinese Buddhists.
You simply like what you believe and your particular sect of Christianity. Just like Baptists and Mormons.
If any one sect of any one religion magically made an individual good, there would be no prisons. But in reality all nations in the world, regardless of religion, all nations have prisons. Religion is a delusion, not a cure.
