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Roman Catholic Spin Machine
Here’s the latest attempt to try to spin the clerical celibacy/sexal abuse scandal issue: (link). One of the particularly odd attempts at spin was this: The Times continues to editorialize about the “pedophilia crisis,” when all along it’s been a homosexual crisis. Eighty percent of the victims of priestly sexual abuse are male and most…
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Vatican Denies Celibacy – Sex Scandal Connection
The Vatican insists that there is no link between celibacy and the various sex scandals (link to article). Their brilliant defense includes lines like “research has shown that priests guilty of abuse had long before stopped observing celibacy.” You think? Those guilty of abuse are not observantly celibate? Stay tuned for arguments about how those…
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If we dare suggest …
… that this news article (link) is in any way, shape, or form connected with clerical celibacy, we will be promptly attacked. However, rationally speaking, one should not be surprised to find a higher than average number of homosexuals among the population of men who are willing to promise never to engage in sexual relations…
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Clerical Celibacy Rebuttal – Extremely Short Version – Option 2
Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Genesis 9:7 And you, be ye fruitful,…
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Clerical Celibacy Rebuttal – Extremely Short Form
Proverbs 18:22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. To God be the Glory!
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Forbidding to Marry
There is a very old error that derogates marriage and attempts to forbid marriage. In its extreme form, it forbids marriage of all Christians. In a less extreme form, it forbids marriage of office holders. It is that form that we see in the Roman Catholic church today. Introduction 1 Timothy 4:1-3 Now the Spirit…
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Bellisario Providing Example of Mistakes to Avoid
How not to argue for Roman Catholicism – an example from Mr. Matthew Bellisario (link). Here are a few tips to avoid Mr. Bellisario’s mistakes (with a video presentation of the 10 points below): 10) If you’re going to cite statistics, don’t cite statistics that actually show Roman Catholic sexual abuse at about twice the…