(April 30, 2014 at 10:02 pm)ducketto Wrote:(April 30, 2014 at 9:58 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: I have no expectations at all for the Church. Except that it history will likely repeat itself with Christian policies of denying and persecuting anything that doesn't fit their worldview. I seriously couldn't give a shit about Catholicism unless it impinges on my life.
And don't you dare compare the systematic cover up of child rape to a kink that needs to be worked out in practice. That is offensive, if nothing else.
By all measures, the Church's mission is first and foremost to protect itself. Apparently by any means necessary.
No my friend, there you are wrong. The Church's mission is the salvation of souls, and She only fights back because she has fallen under a two-thousand year siege by all of the rest of the world. But I thank all of you for awakening the Sleeping Giant.
(April 30, 2014 at 10:01 pm)Minimalist Wrote: The motivations of anyone who remains a catholic after all the revelations about their crimes certainly are suspect, though.
Would you have revoked American citizenship after the Watergate Scandal? Be honest.
I'm a democrat. I'd have had the motherfuckers shot! Do you know the criteria for revoking citizenship?
