tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671521.post7324707392925803210..comments2023-10-26T05:03:32.201+13:00Comments on BIG NEWS: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671521.post-61253904944946430812010-04-24T23:14:10.140+12:002010-04-24T23:14:10.140+12:00sounds like this cardinal cares more about job sec...sounds like this cardinal cares more about job security than justice and truth.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05656956423924982169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671521.post-8615651237774458432010-04-17T16:38:32.731+12:002010-04-17T16:38:32.731+12:00I've had this discussion previously with stron...I've had this discussion previously with strong Christian ex-homosexuals whom I know and trust. They don't agree with me either. Perhaps I'm wrong. I personally haven't done the study. But it "just makes sense" that unrepentent deviancy in one area indicates an on-going propensity to deviate in others. <br /><br />How do we know paedophilia and/or homosexuality and/or adultery and/or fornication is "wrong"? The Bible is the absolute moral standard on this. So a willingness to deviate from it in any one area demonstrates to me a weakness that can be expanded. "By their fruits, you shall know them." <br /><br />Doubtless, you will have readers who will disagree with me and suggest "judge not, lest ye be judged" however the rest of that verse is relevant: "for by the measure you judge, so shall you also be judged." I'm willing to be judged in this area. <br /><br />I'm not defending the Catholic Church. I am defending essential doctrine. "In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberality."JamesHiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12895611676412133978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671521.post-62082139808535985272010-04-17T15:27:57.347+12:002010-04-17T15:27:57.347+12:00James, the post makes it quite clear that he is no...James, the post makes it quite clear that he is not referring to scientific studies but he specifically said he is referring to what somebody told him. So does his claims still make sense to you, if so why?Swimminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12913329810121951824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671521.post-78702097572429106772010-04-17T13:10:49.854+12:002010-04-17T13:10:49.854+12:00At least he appears to be referring to scientific ...At least he appears to be referring to scientific studies upon which to base his claims. To what do you? If one takes the Bible as ones standard of morality, then homosexuality is deviancy from God's perfect plan for the world (no more, nor less than is adultery, theft, murder, lying). Therefore his claims makes sense to me. I don't think he's attempting to divert attention away from the priests. I think he's attempting to explain that within the priesthood, a faction who have experienced certain tendancies have chosen a celebate lifestyle, and failed to suppress their urges. <br /><br />Am I a homophobe for saying this? Not when I "love the sinner, hate the sin" including hetrosexual fornicators, adulterers, liars, thieves and/or murderers. They are all deviancy from the perfect plan and "there but by the grace of God go I."JamesHiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12895611676412133978noreply@blogger.com