(February 1, 2016 at 7:32 pm)Cecelia Wrote:(February 1, 2016 at 6:24 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I have a question, what's the point of only posting this type of thing when it's a theist that does it?
People who molest children are people who are attracted to children. This has nothing to do with Christianity.
The point is that the Catholic Church has been protecting them. I doubt one would associate them much with their Christianity if the Church actually did something about it, instead of protecting them. If an Atheist group were protecting pedophiles (Not sure how that would happen) then they should receive every bit of attention and scorn for it. Especially if they claimed to be the bastion of morality.
Now in cases where the church isn't protecting them, then their theism isn't quite as relevant.
The Catholic church doesn't just protect these monsters, it attracts them and legitimizes them - they are what you get when you mandate a celibate lifestyle on your clergy! You make the job desirable to people who don't have normal adult relationships. Also, for an organization which condemns homosexuality, the incidence of the same is very high among priests because there's a lot of men there, and you don't stand out like a sore thumb in a society which looks down on homosexuality. Not that I have any issues with gays, it's just another example of the sheer hypocrisy in Catholic rules.
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