Tried to edit... and this is my opinion -- I should let PP answer for himself.InnerPhyre said:I think that could have been put more diplomatically.
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Tried to edit... and this is my opinion -- I should let PP answer for himself.InnerPhyre said:I think that could have been put more diplomatically.
Toney said:Oh, I think he is crafty when it comes to us Catholics. There are things he cannot say, so he invites guests to say them and allow the remark to stand. By keeping quiet, his viewers assume the expressed views are valid and Pat agrees with them.
How do you arrive at such a figure? Many "accused" priests are not guilty.RhetorTheo said:Homosexual abuse by a priest is not the kind of thing that is likely to be reported, and I think the percentage of accused priests at 4% probably suggests 10%+ have abused.
Bastoune said:Many "accused" priests are not guilty.
Would you mind backing up your assertion with documented facts?RhetorTheo said:What are the percentage of Protestant churches in America relative to the percentage of Catholic churches? To say that more charges of abuse are coming from Protestant churches than Catholic doesn't say much.
Homosexual abuse by a priest is not the kind of thing that is likely to be reported, and I think the percentage of accused priests at 4% probably suggests 10%+ have abused.
Because several cases, like that of Cardinal Bernadin in Chicago, were dismissed because the plaintiff lied... many use this as a way to "get revenge" on priests, or have had therapists "suggest" so-called repressed memories of sexual abuse that never occurred. I don't have stats on those but have seen plenty of reports on this on secular TV news.RhetorTheo said:How do you arrive at such a conclusion? Sexual abuse is underreported.
Bastoune said:But does he also report than 80% of all sexual abuse cases are done by married men, 95% done by a member of one's own family.
Bastoune said:Making one's personal interpretation of Scripture one's God...everything is relative in Protestantism based on personal interpretation and what it means to an individual alone apart from the Body of Christ and teaching authority -- cf. Eph. 4 & 1 Cor. 12; Luke 10:16... (Calvinists and Arminians read the same Bible and come to totally opposite conclusions, for example...)
Scripture as one's God....lol. Well, Scripture is from God. They are God's words to us. You are mistaken about personal interpretation by Protestants. We all believe that there are absolutes. We may disagree about them, but that is difference of opinion, not relativism. Big difference... Also as humans, we have ALL committed sin, we all need salvation from God. When you go to heaven, you will have to answer to God alone. That being said, I think Christians need to build each other up and keep each other accountable.
Now I know why there are few protestants that hang around OBOB. Just when I thought I was getting along with you guys......oh well.
No... it would be MANDATORY CASTRATION!!!!!!!!!KennySe said:(sarcasm time)
And the solution to all this molestation, is for men to NOT marry and NOT have families.
The "relativism" comment offended me too. If you put it that way, then every Protestant is "relativistic," and, according to that post, commits idolatry.InnerPhyre said:I think that could have been put more diplomatically.Bastoune said:Making personal interpretation of Scripture your God...everything is relative in Protestantism based on personal interpretation and what it means to you apart from the Body of Christ and teaching authority -- cf. Eph. 4 & 1 Cor. 12; Luke 10:16... (Calvinists and Arminians read the same Bible and come to totally opposite conclusions, for example...)
Bastoune said:No... it would be MANDATORY CASTRATION!!!!!!!!!
RhetorTheo said:What are the percentage of Protestant churches in America relative to the percentage of Catholic churches? To say that more charges of abuse are coming from Protestant churches than Catholic doesn't say much.
Homosexual abuse by a priest is not the kind of thing that is likely to be reported, and I think the percentage of accused priests at 4% probably suggests 10%+ have abused.