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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostThat's exactly what I was thinking, and why I thought, in a weird way, the Pope is excusing the sexual abuse.A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
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Originally posted by Catholicity View PostWhile I'd still like to see confirmation on it, I'm not holding out much hope here. Next, the church to declare this one an antipope.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
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So, we have a report of a private statement that we don't really know the exact context of and, even if being reported accurately, is fully in line with Catechism 2358.
Not really news when you get down to it. Not that misrepresenting or misquoting a pope's statements has ever stopped the media from going crazy whenever they get an opportunity to report on something "shocking" supposedly said by a pope.Last edited by Terraceth; 05-21-2018, 05:54 PM.
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Originally posted by Terraceth View PostSo, we have a report of a private statement that we don't really know the exact context of and, even if being reported accurately, is fully in line with Catechism 2358.
Not really news when you get down to it. Not that misrepresenting or misquoting a pope's statements has ever stopped the media from going crazy whenever they get an opportunity to report on something "shocking" supposedly said by a pope.A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostYeah, in a weird way, it's almost like he's minimalizing the abuse -- "it's ok, God made you that way", so maybe He made the priest that way, too.
Originally posted by Catholicity View PostNo its not in line with 2358. 2358 points out that homosexuality is intrinsically disordered, and that those who are, are called to fulfill God's will in their lives. That's a far cry to say "God made you this way" to say it's in line when that part of the Catechism states that homosexuality is disordered. It is disordered. The temptation to sin is the human condition and its part of our imperfect fallen nature. God didn't make us "imperfect" its part of our fallen self.....bear in mind having a propensity toward something doesn't mean we are actively committing a sin. But that's also a problem to say "God just created us that way. He did not. And that's where I have an issue. The Pope did go against centuries of church teaching.
Of course, that's assuming his statement is being reported accurately. I stick by my statement that based on past experience with the media making "shocking" claims about statements by a pope (which are generally done by taking things out of context, relying on secondhand information, or misrepresenting what they said), any media report on "shocking" statements made by a pope should generally be disregarded as likely misrepresented unless it was made on the record and we have the exact context. Actually, that's not a bad idea for reports on quotes from people in general.Last edited by Terraceth; 05-21-2018, 07:37 PM.
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What did he mean by "gay"?
In his recent bestselling book on homosexuality, evangelical Preston Sprinkle insists that we should always ask what is meant by "gay" before answering these questions.
But, from an evangelical perspective, I don't know that I would have said "God made you like this". There probably is a genetic component to homosexuality in many cases, but a better approach would have been to say that God loves you too much to allow you to live in sin."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by KingsGambit View PostWhat did he mean by "gay"?
In his recent bestselling book on homosexuality, evangelical Preston Sprinkle insists that we should always ask what is meant by "gay" before answering these questions.
But, from an evangelical perspective, I don't know that I would have said "God made you like this". There probably is a genetic component to homosexuality in many cases, but a better approach would have been to say that God loves you too much to allow you to live in sin.Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostDown's Syndrome indubitably has a 'genetic component'; I think it's safe to say that genetic errors can be attributed to effects of the curse, not God's creation."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by Terraceth View PostNot sure how you arrive at that interpretation. As for the claim he's minimalizing the abuse, Francis recently got the various bishops who allegedly covered up the abuses to resign. Not sure how someone can claim he's "minimizing" it after taking what seems a relatively grand step against those allegedly culpable.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostDown's Syndrome indubitably has a 'genetic component'; I think it's safe to say that genetic errors can be attributed to effects of the curse, not God's creation.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by KingsGambit View PostIt's difficult to argue that harmful mutations are a result of the Fall if you are not a YEC (which I'm not).A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
George Bernard Shaw
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Originally posted by Catholicity View PostNot necessarily. 'the fall' doesn't have to be thought of as entirely literal. That said things like The genetic division in trisomies are VERY different as they happen because of a fault during meiosis as opposed to something such as being gay which is closer related to the environment in which one is raised, hormonal issues (possibly) and early sexual experiences and has no genetic component despite all efforts to prove otherwise.
I know William Lane Craig made this exact point somewhere, and agreed that reverse causality was implausible, but I'm having trouble finding it on his website.Last edited by KingsGambit; 05-21-2018, 11:13 PM."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostYou're making my point - he's all over the place, and seems to say whatever makes him more likable to the masses.A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
George Bernard Shaw
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