Damned Christians

[God of Mr. Hanky]

Ah, that's the thing. I believe they are rising quickly. And because no one knows anything about them, they can't prove they aren't rising quickly. Therefore, they are rising quickly.

I was hoping a theist would have asked :p

I have faith that around 9 out of 10 crimes against women and children at the hands of the clergy go unreported, and it's probably higher in some countries.

[God of Mr. Hanky]

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.

[Minimalist]

[God of Mr. Hanky]

[vorlon13]

I've been known to go for the butt too . . . . .

[Fake Messiah]

[Minimalist]

There is nothing stupider than a theist, F/M.  In the 12th century that rationale might pass but this is the 21st century so, yes.  Those fucktards are to blame.

They willfully choose to be stupid.

[The Grand Nudger]

And when you think about it are they really to blame? 

Jury of their peers seemed to think so.  

Many of us were taught strange things by our parents, most of us don't pay any attention to "it;s my mommy's fault" coming from a grown ass man. My moms a fuckin loon. I love her to death, she knows I think she's a loon. I sure as shit haven't been raising my children the way I was raised. I already know how that turns out.....

[Fake Messiah]

And when you think about it are they really to blame? 

Jury of their peers seemed to think so.  

Many of us were taught strange things by our parents, most of us don't pay any attention to "it;s my mommy's fault" coming from a grown ass man.  My moms a fuckin loon.  I love her to death, she knows I think she's a loon.  I sure as shit haven't been raising my children the way I was raised.  I already know how that turns out.....

You're right, but the religious training functions that they teach you total bullshit and then expect you to be smart enough not to take it TOO seriously. Not to cut off your penis if you can't stop masturbating, or to have sex in a marriage although they'll teach you that St. Paul said that it's better for a married man to live like he's not married, or not be crazy enough and actually use contraception etc.

[The Grand Nudger]

I don't think religious institutions or training expect their marks to take them anything less than completely seriously.  That's how they manage to suck the life out of their human livestock.  It doesn't work if the flock thinks you're joking, wink wink.  I think they know they have plausible deniabilty and multiple layers of legal protection between themselves and whatever their flock may do on their advice...and so they don't give a shit.

If a doctor had advised them to do what they did, he'd be standing trial with them..but because it was their church, their religious communities.........