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21 Mar 10
Originally posted by 667joeWhy do you need to have sex in order to be knowledgeable about it? Do you need to be a heroine-addict to know that drug-addiction is dangerous?
Why should we take advice on sex from the Pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't. George Bernard Shaw
21 Mar 10
Originally posted by Conrau KAnd as I was typing, *poof*, a Catholic. What are the odds?
Why do you need to have sex in order to be knowledgeable about it? Do you need to be a heroine-addict to know that drug-addiction is dangerous?
Life is dangerous. Previous herion addicts make the best counsellors, not that I dont see merit in your point
22 Mar 10
Originally posted by 667joeWhen I first saw the title of this thread I was afraid to look and see what it was about.
Why should we take advice on sex from the Pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't. George Bernard Shaw
"The Pope and sex?" I would really not want to see that! 😳
22 Mar 10
Originally posted by Conrau KFair point.
Well, I don't think the Pope coaches people on how to have sex.
Although looking at the utterly shameful debacle engulfing the Catholic Church at the moment, i don't see how that man or even the entire organisation can lecture anybody on matters of a sexual nature.
23 Mar 10
Originally posted by Proper KnobBut surely if the topic is abstention, he should be able to lecture on the subject. Further, if it is a question of what God says on the matter or what the Bible says on the matter, then there too, I do not see why he should be excluded. You don't tell him he is not an authority on the rights and wrongs of murder just because he lacks experience in that matter.
Although looking at the utterly shameful debacle engulfing the Catholic Church at the moment, i don't see how that man or even the entire organisation can lecture anybody on matters of a sexual nature.
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23 Mar 10
Originally posted by Proper KnobI don't think that is fair. Pope Benedict, unlike any of his other predecessors, has shown a lot more commitment to rectifying this problem. He has personally met victims in Australia and America. He has written to victims in Ireland just recently. It was also amongst his first actions as Pope to remove two high-profile priests accused of sexual abuse.
Fair point.
Although looking at the utterly shameful debacle engulfing the Catholic Church at the moment, i don't see how that man or even the entire organisation can lecture anybody on matters of a sexual nature.