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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (106873)	1/17/2007 2:07:13 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Respond to of 132070

Agree with all 4 points. Seen it all too many times. The Frontline piece was quite good in that it details clearly the human impact of the priest abuse scandal on one family and one small town.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (106873)	1/17/2007 3:31:54 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Mike Now that your poker activities may be curtailed , watch that Frontline ,it is not the run of the mill priest ask little boy "do you want to kiss Jesus?" edit you could not write a novel like this as it is so UB

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (106873)	1/18/2007 7:59:35 PM
From: Freedom Fighter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

I was "raised" Catholic. Here's some thoughts. 1. Celibacy for the priests - I believe the idea here is that a priest can't give his best effort to both his parish and family because his attention will be divided. I have mixed feelings about that. I would have a much bigger problem with it if the vast majority of the sexual abuse cases being reported weren't priests with little boys. When it's priests with little boys, that suggests emotional problems and other issues that allowing marriage would not eliminate. 2. Contraception - The idea here is to simply produce more Catholics. There was a time it was probably sensible for the Church to have this rule, but it makes no sense in an overpopulated disease filled world. 3. Why is the Catholic Church rich and Catholics poor? - The church is not nearly as rich as it used to be. Catholic schools all over NY are closing down and most priests do not live particularly well. Perhaps Rome has a lot of wealth, but no one else does. 4. The Doctrine of infallibility - Interesting reading on what Papal_infallibility actually is. I thought it was that everything the Pope says or believes must be right (which is preposterous to me). en.wikipedia.org