I don't live in the sudan but I'd still prefer if they don't kill each other. have you no interest in the greater good?
Are Mormons Christians?
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I don't live in the sudan but I'd still prefer if they don't kill each other. have you no interest in the greater good?
By whom?
The planetary population just turned 7 billion. Perhaps we should let people so inclined do the thinning for us.
It was not a nice try. Your theory is still flawed. I would describe it as morally lazy. MLK Jr. once said (and this is the second time I've used this quote in like 20 posts), "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." does one really need a reason to protest injustice other than that it's injustice?
I think you'd need a full other thread to explain how what people choose as a religion of their own free will is injustice. The issue I was discussing is not one that threatens public safety. It is entered into only by choice, and membership is raelly only by active participation. Someone believing they are married to God hardly constitutes an injustice.
They plagiarized the OT while in captivity in Babylon. So no, no copyright. Unless Gawd tells me personally, he can't have it either.
I'm sorry but I think your whole conversation to me is pointless. I gave an opinion and that's what you did too. My OPINION is that priests should be allowed to marry. Your OPINION differs. What does it matter? You have a right to state yours and I have a right to state mine.
Really? so nobody in that or any religion is there because they are forced? Interesting.
And someone believing they are married to God can constitute an injustice. You could make a strong case that these people have been coerced with lies and manipulation into living lives that don't provide basic human needs. It may not be genocide but it is still an injustice. Not only that, it is still debate worthy. People may not have a rooting interest in the result but there is still something noble about having the debate.
I guess it comes down to wording and intent. You stated that you want them to be allowed to marry, which made me wonder why the investment of desire into something you don't belong to. But if you're not willing to discuss, don't worry about it, feel free to ignore the conversation and walk away.
Anyone who truly believes in God and then believes they are married to Him does not abuse children.
Anyone who desires to be a better person never sins? I doubt that very much.
Also, married men still abuse children in the same population percentages as priests do, so I don't get how pedophilia factors into your desire to see them marry. So they have children of their own to molest? It doesn't make much sense to me.
Hahahaha, sorry this is just absolutely ridiculous.
Where are you getting your statistics?
Explain concisely how it is an injustice to you for someone else to believe differently than you do.
Religious beliefs do not over ride a person's basic character make up. There are pedophiles in every race, creed and political leaning. It is part of human nature (not everyone's of course, but they are there) like rapists, murderers, psychos, etc. Every group has them all from saints to monsters. Part of the job of civilization is to figure out what to do about it. It has nothing to do with being a priest or a baseball player.
Where exactly is the "injustice"? Roman Catholic Priests enter into the Priesthood knowing full well what is expected of them. That being the inability for them to marry, since they are married to the Church, and abstinence. They have enetered in to the Priesthood with full knowledge and acceptance.
This forum has more than once covered the population statistics on pedophiles comparative to the priesthood. Feel free to do the research for yourself.