quote:Not only is pedophilia a gay thing; gay things are gay things; and with the majority of the abuse cases occurring with postpubescent teenage males; it hints strongly more toward male-male attraction; than actual pedophilia tendencies, although it is still an abuse of authority. 4392 clergy were accused of some form of abuse in the period between 1950-2002; 252 6% of them were convicted; which totaled .25% of the total number of Priests in the US. So on average; between 1950-2002; .25% of priests were convicted of a form of abuse; most of which occurred in teenage males.quote:Guess you didn't get the memo that the Catholic Church has been moving their pedo priests around from city to city for only God knows how long ... anything to keep the coverup going. The love must have been strong there.quote:Will you explain why your post makes sense? It seems like you just tried spiking the football in the endzone without realizing you're playing soccer. We're talking about morality here; if you change "gay" to "child molestor" or "person who is genetically predisposed to rape" would you be so flippant? Of course not; it's only because you don't see homosexual activity as being immoral; although it could be if we just wait around for society to change it's mind. We've already heard that being attracted to children is natural in this thread; just a few moments ago; if and when society decides that love-wins for pedos, will you be posting the same thing regarding Christians denouncing the practice?quote:It's his cross to bear. He was created that way only to suffer from not being able to act on that attraction. If he did so, he will have committed a terrible sin. His only option is to repent and turn toward God.quote:Not to mention that kids can show tendencies far before they have any understanding of sexuality. When I was growing up, my best friends little brother was always in his mother's closet.
No idea, but it sure seems like there has to be some kind of genetic component considering it just won't go away no matter how hard people have tried to make it.
We were only a few years older and just thought he was a little strange. As we grew older, it was more of a WTF is wrong with your brother.
He came out in high school, in the 80's. Hardly anyone was that open about it in high school back then. Looking back, he really didn't have a choice. The kid was way too feminine to hide it.
/Christians who just don't like homosexuality and use religion to validate their hatred of it.
6 brainwashed blue stars
Decades ago, many of these victims parents held the rug up while the church did the sweeping. That mess is being dealt with in a more effective manner in this decade. Proof that even the least moral organizations are less accepting of pedos.
If your opinion is correct, the Catholic Church is full of homosexual priests (since pedophilia is a gay thing), right? How do you validate Christianity as a moral compass when their largest and most powerful denomination was found guilty of systematically covering up homosexuality and pedophilia in their priesthood?
For the second part of the question; I'm able to tell you that systematically covering up pedophilia actions in the priesthood is immoral; and is being dealt with. Evil exists in every human society known to man; something that we're able to point to and call "evil" and you're only able to say "society doesn't seem to like that now". The actions of an immoral few don't tarnish the entire organization; unless I'm to be judged for the actions of Johnny Manizel or any other aggie who might act irresponsibly.