Preach with me
robert,
i don't know if you're familiar with philippine politics. this matter goes beyond mere choice of religions. this catholic hierarchy dictating national policy - openly intimidating democratically elected representatives to defend an outmoded dogma!
"If you want a church that allows artificial birth control, abortion, gay marriage, divorce etc. then why not just join the Anglican Church and be done with it?
Robert | Homepage | 07.19.08 - 10:50 pm | # "
For people who like all of the above except gay marriage, there's always Islam.
No I didn't miss what wasn't there.
In Europe, the black plague decreased the authority of the church because people realized it cannot solve or explain the death of 1/4 of the population from what we now know was a viral pandemic.
In our country, our problems are still attributed by the poor masses to the government or globalization or the rich, never the church.
Funny thing is, they might be correct.
If you want a church that allows artificial birth control, abortion, gay marriage, divorce etc. then why not just join the Anglican Church and be done with it?
djb,
you know i was quite ambivalent with the militantism of the church when it came to their critique of corruption in government. but this. this is another matter altogether.
trolly in sydney,
err, you missed the sarcasm?
C'mon sparks! Stop it with the priests never have sexual intercourse crap. We all know that 60% of priests are gay and have bakla sex in the puwet.
great post sparks!
as to what's the fuss, i really think it has to do with Humanae Vitae, in which this became an infallible Papal teaching.
which means the church has painted itself in a corner of hubris. the hierarchy knows that changing its position would give "flip flop" a whole 'nuther meaning, one that would be dangerously subversive to the Church's most dearly guarded claim to perfection and omniscience.
it's not really even about "sex" but "power"
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