Catholic Leadership

dalakhani · #1 04-01-2010, 08:46 AM

You used quotation marks Joeydb. If you use quotations, you are supposed to be quoting someone not paraphrasing. Your implication is that someone actually said exactly what you quoted. That was not the case regardless of the accuracy of your translation.

For the record, I don't think Scuds meant that "all Catholics are idiots" as you wrongly implied. I think he was just saying that the Catholic Church needs to modernize and realize that some of the expectations of the clergy are unrealistic.

Unrealistic expectations aren't limited to the "idiots" of the world. Look at horse racing. Filled with unrealistic expectations from people that you would hardly classify as dumb.

joeydb · #2 04-01-2010, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by dalakhani

You used quotation marks Joeydb. If you use quotations, you are supposed to be quoting someone not paraphrasing. Your implication is that someone actually said exactly what you quoted. That was not the case regardless of the accuracy of your translation.

True. I should not have used quote marks for a paraphrase. Sorry for any confusion the phrase in quotes had caused.

Danzig · #3 04-01-2010, 10:04 AM

why would this require equal time as far as religion bashing? the point is, the catholic leadership is very much a problem insofar as this topic goes. abuses have been systematically ignored or swept under the table for decades. and it wasn't just on a diocesan level, it's on every level. and i doubt that anyone could successfully argue that it's catholic bashing. this is a very real and sickening issue. it's got nothing to do with islam or farrakhan. they may have their issues, but why should they get drawn into this particular fray? the fact is, this is a huge problem with the catholic church, and with the catholic hierarchy. any other leader of any type would be facing serious charges-why is the pope untouchable? he shouldn't be. this issue is one of the reasons i left the catholic church-and the problem only seems to grow; it doesn't seem to be something they have been able to take seriously after all these years.

randallscott35 · #4 04-01-2010, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Danzig

why would this require equal time as far as religion bashing? the point is, the catholic leadership is very much a problem insofar as this topic goes. abuses have been systematically ignored or swept under the table for decades. and it wasn't just on a diocesan level, it's on every level. and i doubt that anyone could successfully argue that it's catholic bashing. this is a very real and sickening issue. it's got nothing to do with islam or farrakhan. they may have their issues, but why should they get drawn into this particular fray? the fact is, this is a huge problem with the catholic church, and with the catholic hierarchy. any other leader of any type would be facing serious charges-why is the pope untouchable? he shouldn't be. this issue is one of the reasons i left the catholic church-and the problem only seems to grow; it doesn't seem to be something they have been able to take seriously after all these years.

AeWingnut · #5 04-01-2010, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Danzig

why would this require equal time as far as religion bashing? the point is, the catholic leadership is very much a problem insofar as this topic goes. abuses have been systematically ignored or swept under the table for decades. and it wasn't just on a diocesan level, it's on every level. and i doubt that anyone could successfully argue that it's catholic bashing. this is a very real and sickening issue. it's got nothing to do with islam or farrakhan. they may have their issues, but why should they get drawn into this particular fray? the fact is, this is a huge problem with the catholic church, and with the catholic hierarchy. any other leader of any type would be facing serious charges-why is the pope untouchable? he shouldn't be. this issue is one of the reasons i left the catholic church-and the problem only seems to grow; it doesn't seem to be something they have been able to take seriously after all these years.

I agree. Saying they all do it doesn't cut it at all. They didn't care what their fellow priests were doing until it cost them money. All the current Pope did was blame the US. Said we were an immoral country.