Philly court vs. the Papacy

[Ming]

They could simply be stupid. That would also explain why they are Catholics.

You beat me to it

It's your typical cult... give money to the church so that it's leaders can live in luxury while you have to suffer.
What a scam...

[giblets]

That's not what you said earlier. So which is it? Do priests rape boys because they can't marry the woman of their dreams, or is it because there is a distinct lack of altar girls?

I never said, earlier, that priests raped boys because they couldn't marry an adult woman. It is, however, possible that pedophiles make an unusually large share of the candidates for the priesthood because normal people have reservations about taking a job that has a celibacy requirement. Please stop lying.

[Ming]

Interesting. So the priests who do rape boys have something fundamentally wrong with them that wouldn't change even if the celibacy requirement were removed.

And this matters WHY? The issue is that they do rape boys and girls. THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

[giblets]

Would you equate stupidity with voluntarily tithing to the pope to the point where you have to forgo worldly pleasures?

Yes. Giving money to people who are a lot richer than you is stupid.

[Ben Kenobi]

It's your typical cult... give money to the church so that it's leaders can live in luxury while you have to suffer.
What a scam...

Don't cults like, make it a requirement? Maybe I'm wrong about this, but I've never been forced to drop money in the collection plate in any Catholic church I've attended.

If people are willing to donate their hard earned money so that the Pope can live in a palace and travel around the world, is this wrong?

[Ben Kenobi]

Yes. Giving money to people who are a lot richer than you is stupid.

Which explains THIS Obama ad.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Obama-wedding-registry-donation/2012/06/22/id/443226

Clearly Obama thinks his supporters are stupid.

Hey, I don't see the Pope telling me to forgo wedding gifts.

[giblets]

Which explains THIS Obama ad.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Obama-wedding-registry-donation/2012/06/22/id/443226

Clearly Obama thinks his supporters are stupid.

Not as stupid as Romney supporters.

[Ben Kenobi]

And this matters WHY? The issue is that they do rape boys and girls. THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

Presumably addressing the actual problem would involve figuring out why it's occuring. If there's something fundamentally wrong with these priests, neither removing the celibacy requirement nor increasing the number of altar girls will fix the actual problem.

[Ben Kenobi]

Not as stupid as Romney supporters.

I thought Romney was the candidate of the 1 percent? Are you telling me this isn't so?

[Ming]

If people are willing to donate their hard earned money so that the Pope can live in a palace and travel around the world, is this wrong?

No... just stupid.

[giblets]

I thought Romney was the candidate of the 1 percent? Are you telling me this isn't so?

Romney is the 1% candidate, but he is part of the .01%.

[giblets]

Presumably addressing the actual problem would involve figuring out why it's occuring. If there's something fundamentally wrong with these priests, neither removing the celibacy requirement nor increasing the number of altar girls will fix the actual problem.

If you remove the celibacy requirement, then in the future you might have more recruits to the priesthood who don't have something fundamentally wrong with them.

[Ben Kenobi]

I'm pretty sure the 1 percent of the 1 percent is overwhelmingly democrat.

Table 4. Ideological groups listed most commonly by The One Percent of the One Percent, 2010 election cycle

Heh, this would make a good poll.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

You're asking that Catholic priests be tried under English law.

No I'm not. Try again.

[giblets]

I'm pretty sure the 1 percent is overwhelmingly democrat.

And you base that opinion on... what exactly? Are you going to give a couple examples of rich liberals? Yeah, John Kerry is rich, therefore MOST RICH PEOPLE MUST BE DEMOCRATS! That makes so much sense!