(June 11, 2014 at 6:11 pm)Vox Wrote:(June 11, 2014 at 2:40 pm)Minimalist Wrote: So why did the dickheads pardon Galileo in 1992?
There is little in life more full of shit than a catholic.
Eh..This is where the doublespeak comes in.
They admitted Galileo was right, and they apologized for the worse part of the treatment he suffered.
They've never apologized for actually prosecuting Galileo, since their actions "for the time" were correct in the light of things. I know, I know...But if they admit they're wrong, they're admitting they can screw up on matters of faith. That's not gonna happen, same way some of them argue that Pedopriests aren't pedophiles because that 15 year old was older and really wanted the D.
(June 11, 2014 at 4:35 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Not sure if this counts, but what springs to mind is the whole evolution thiing. Old Karol the Pole rather famously proclaimed it as true but I don't know what Palpatine and this new one think about it. Anything there for you?
Thanks, I did chase this one up. Apparently the CC has never ruled infalliably on that; from the 1800's they said they don't know how life evolved, and it may not have been in several literal days. Even today they say evolution seems likely, but they don't rule either way. The only thing they insist upon is that Adam and Eve were a literal couple, but they may have evolved from older soulless primates.
That surprisingly it actually pretty consistent, doesn't seem to be much on it prior to the 1700's.
(June 11, 2014 at 5:56 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Priestly celibacy.
Apparently they might be changing that later this year, there's a synod of bishops meeting to talk about "discipline" changes, primarily remarried divorcees receiving communion (Getting a divorce and then remarried makes you an adulterer in their eyes) but priestly celibacy is apparently also up for discussion.
There have always been married Catholic priests in the East, but in the west celibacy has been upheld as some sort of vetting process for the truley devoted. There's nothing to say there can't be married priests, it's just a tradition they admit they might change any time they feel like it, not a teaching, just an "extra".
Actually - the sects of Xtianity that represent over 75% of the xtians of the world have already accepted that evolution took place - and Catholicism has already admitted that the bible is not "literally" true - but more of a way to explain things to children and (stupid) uneducated people.
And of course - there were married priests for hundreds of years - and priestly celibacy was an economic situation - not a matter of faith.
