So you are a believer. Interesting. :-)
Well, the opposite of love isn't hate. It's indifference. Atheism in my eyes, is really little more than an indifference to religion and whether or not a god exists. There is a thread here, a sticky I think? That describes the distinctions between atheism and agnosticism, subtle nuances etc.
Regarding the priest scandal. The Catholic faith didn't create pedophile priests, it rather hid them and their crimes. I believe those priests were pedophiles prior to entering the seminary.
The Catholic Church shouldn't have protected them. What it shows is that religion is a cult that protects its own over doing what is right. In this case, so it wouldn't lose membership with Catholics and tarnish its "image."
Well, the opposite of love isn't hate. It's indifference. Atheism in my eyes, is really little more than an indifference to religion and whether or not a god exists. There is a thread here, a sticky I think? That describes the distinctions between atheism and agnosticism, subtle nuances etc.
Regarding the priest scandal. The Catholic faith didn't create pedophile priests, it rather hid them and their crimes. I believe those priests were pedophiles prior to entering the seminary.
The Catholic Church shouldn't have protected them. What it shows is that religion is a cult that protects its own over doing what is right. In this case, so it wouldn't lose membership with Catholics and tarnish its "image."
