(August 3, 2012 at 1:26 am)Shell B Wrote: The link is that the Catholic Church is an institution that harbors pedophiles. They keep them employed, cover up their crimes and otherwise help keep them out of jail. They are given the opportunity to abuse up to hundreds of children (yes, this has happened) before anyone does anything. Who lets this happen? The Catholic Church. I'm amused that you are even arguing it. Most Christians I know that aren't Catholic hate Catholics.
Hmm. What, exactly, do you think I'm arguing? All I did was ask you for the basis of your inference.
I'm wondering what to make of your statement here. It makes sense on its own, but it doesn't explain why you think, for example, that "There just happens to be an awful lot of Catholics doing it", because the Church's response to abuse is a separate issue from the rate of abuse among Catholics (and the rate of Catholicism among abuseres). (And you still haven't answered my question about what exactly "an awful lot" meant.)
“The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.”
