ext_209521 ([identity profile] kinvore.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics2010-04-02 07:14 pm
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It's like the Holocaust, no really

Wow. Pope Benedict's personal preacher Raniero Cantalamessa created a firestorm by comparing the scrutiny and pressure the Catholic Church has been experiencing lately in their molestation scandals to the "more shameful aspects of anti-Semitism."

This just further illustrates why the Roman Catholic Church will never take real steps to stop abuse. They aren't concerned with the children that are getting raped, they're only concerned with their own reputation. They see themselves as being wrongfully attacked, and never does it enter their minds that their actions (and lack thereof) contributed to what they are enduring now.

I hope the pressure never lets up but sooner or later the mainstream media will give up on it, only to flare up again down the road after more children have been raped, and the cycle will repeat again.

Pope Benedict, the only way this is going to end is if you take real steps towards stopping abuse. First of all stop protecting priests who molest children and treat it like the horrific sin (and crime) that it is. Throw them out of the Church and/or turn them in to law enforcement.

To help prevent this from happening as much you're going to have to allow priests to marry. Stop making excuses, stop covering up, and make a real effort to end this abuse.

[identity profile] a4honor.livejournal.com 2010-04-05 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't made fun of you yet, I only do that to people I like. Not that I dislike you either.

Education, does not necessarily beget wisdom. My Education focused on wisdom.

I would rather meet a man with a third grade education, that has the wisdom of years of relationships and watching the world around him than an over educated derelict. Just so I am clear, I don't think your a derelict, misguided but you do show the signs of a person who wants to be responsible. You genuinely care about your beliefs because you perceive danger from the opposing view. God is not dangerous my friend.

And just so we are clear, your breed of sarcasm is making fun:

Sorry if your education didn't cover things like that

That's demeaning.Must mean I am an uneducated hillbilly, I would rather you come out and say "Your are an uneducated hillbilly with no teeth, and you smell funny"

[identity profile] usekh.livejournal.com 2010-04-05 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Where is the wisdom in trying to make fun of someone for using the correct terminology?

[identity profile] a4honor.livejournal.com 2010-04-05 11:41 am (UTC)(link)
Ok, well I'm done. Go ahead and keep arguing and ignoring the facts you are presented with. Just remember you can't escape God any more than you can escape yourself.

[identity profile] usekh.livejournal.com 2010-04-05 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
You haven't presented me with one single fact. You have multiple times tried to threaten me with the wrath of god. And when I point out how I wasn't scared you called me fearful? wtf?