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I've always said the public schools have had a far worse and ongoing sex abuse problem that the left has covered up. Your post confirms what I've thought.I was a journalist at the time. The first thing I learned was that public school teachers/administrations were doing the exact same thing with much higher numbers. Further, all faiths/denominations were in the same boat, along with a number of pediatricians and psychiatrist/psychologist. It was certainly time for society to face this problem.
The powers that be, in my opinion, made a huge error/mess of things. They didn't want to scare people and cause a panic among public schools and other professionals. They believed a narrow focus of just one church--the largest--would catch the most attention (and therefore ad dollars). Even at that time they knew no other church, temple, synagogue had the deep pockets for attorneys to go nuts over, start lawsuits (meaning the news cycle could continue). Law suits against public schools would be viewed unfavorably as those are funded by local tax dollars.
Even today, have you ever seen a TV ad that begins with, "If you were abused by your poor uncle, please call us and we will give you the compensation you deserve!" No. The only organization ever named is the Catholic Church because it can be milked. No one ever mentions that the changes the Catholic Church immediately made became the role model for others--particularly childcare facilities.
While I deplore the shortchange of media coverage on how widespread this was throughout society, if it is so that only one organization can be "fixed" in this regard, I am glad it is the Catholic Church. No organization is perfect, but many wonderful priests were tarred and feathered along with the small percent who were guilty.
Like EVERY Politician.It's astounding how many people claim to understand Christianity, but do not.
Like EVERY Politician.
Even you ^^^^ SweetSue92
Do you totally understand Christianity, or just FAKE it?
Wow. So you know more than nearly all historians who say Jesus existed?
But yet you absolve yourself from following these teachings? Isn't that rather hypocritical?
I find it comical how atheists believe in the biggest sky fairy of all; they mythical unsubstantiated global warming predictions.
Antarctic ice caps reached record ice levels for three straight years betweein 2012-15. Odd. lol.
If your stories are not exaggerated, that has to be the case. All of the nuns I had knew how to field the questions you say you asked with both knowledge and humor. Heard our class clowns asking similar "gotcha" type questions and none of our teachers missed a beat while answering with a smile or a wink. Never once was anyone whacked. Our nuns carried "clickers". The worst trouble we ever got in was having a nun "click" at us.
Might have been harder if you accessed information that covered Biblical cultures, languages, histories, and Old Testament commentaries by knowledgeable Rabbis.
I've always said the public schools have had a far worse and ongoing sex abuse problem that the left has covered up. Your post confirms what I've thought.
That's another reason it's the greatest organization in the history of the world.
Even today, have you ever seen a TV ad that begins with, "If you were abused by your poor uncle, please call us and we will give you the compensation you deserve!" No. The only organization ever named is the Catholic Church because it can be milked. No one ever mentions that the changes the Catholic Church immediately made became the role model for others--particularly childcare facilities.
While I deplore the shortchange of media coverage on how widespread this was throughout society, if it is so that only one organization can be "fixed" in this regard, I am glad it is the Catholic Church. No organization is perfect, but many wonderful priests were tarred and feathered along with the small percent who were guilty.
Obviously the Bible was written by men of their age! Who do you think wrote it? And while they may have lived through some savage times and did not have the scientific understanding we have today, it many ways they outdo us in knowledge and philosophy. They certainly outdo us in presentation.The bible was written by men. Men who were bronze age savages. (Okay, a few of them were Iron Age savages.)
Those who understand the languages, cultures, and histories of the time have incredible knowledge. Certainly they are heads and shoulders above those who look to the Bible for jokes and comic relief, a level that rates about as high as a Kindergartner. Comparatively speaking, they haven't yet made it through the alphabet."Knowledgeable Rabbi" (or Priest or Minister), is an Oxymoron.
Actually, we were taught a very healthy attitude towards sex. What was wrong with your school?First and foremost, as stated above, the Catholic Church has a recruitment program that ELIMINATES anyone with a healthy attitude towards sex.
Karl Marx saves?The churches are losing the people
They need to change their message
I attended Catholic school through eighth grade. I had a lot of tough but loving nuns who did such a great job preparing us. In my six-plus decades, I've never taken time off from Mass, always been involved in a church and have never seen nor heard about one iota of inappropriateness from a member of the clergy in any of the churches I've been a part of. One would think if it were as prevalent as the atheist left projects, I would have heard a whisper about something at some point. But I never did.That's nice. It's also BS.
First and foremost, as stated above, the Catholic Church has a recruitment program that ELIMINATES anyone with a healthy attitude towards sex. If you are a straight male who wants to have a relationship with a straight female, then the Catholic Church doesn't want you.. unless you belong to another denomination and will bring your flock with you, because it's always about money with these people.
Back in the bad old days when I had to suffer through Catholicism, it was still a common practice to take the gay kid and steer him towards the priesthood. This is what created a LOT of the problem. While the straight kids were all trying to get to Second base, the gay kids were being hammered with a lot of Dogma! So essentially, their sexual development was retarded for a decade or so. Then you drop one of these people into a parish... maybe even make him youth minister because he's young and hip. And wonder why he gets into an inappropriate relationship.
But wait... there's more. Let's get to the sanctity of the Confessional. If a public school teacher admitted to doing a nasty to little Molly, his fellow teacher would make a beeline direct to the principal. If a Catholic priest confessed to doing a nasty to little Timmy, the first reaction would be to cover it up.
I saw a great documentary called "Deliver us from Evil", about how one pedophile priest was repeatedly relocated at parishes throughout the California Archdiocese. They would settle with the family, get them to sign NDA's, and move the priest.
Wow. So an anonymous chat jockey knows more than nearly every historian. Amazing.Um, yeah. There's really no actual evidence Jesus ever existed. The Gospels were all written long after his supposed life, and the references in other sources were inserted by later Christian Scribes in acts of desperate FanFic.
Doesn't really sound like that's the case.Not at all. I generally treat people the way I'd like to be treated and I try not to hold grudges. Beyond that...
How do crazy predictions for 50 years hence relate to 'verifiable evidence'?I'm sure you do... Except for all the verifiable evidence.
Oh, damn. lol.
I attended Catholic school through eighth grade. I had a lot of tough but loving nuns who did such a great job preparing us. In my six-plus decades, I've never taken time off from Mass, always been involved in a church and have never seen nor heard about one iota of inappropriateness from a member of the clergy in any of the churches I've been a part of. One would think if it were as prevalent as the atheist left projects, I would have heard a whisper about something at some point. But I never did.
Also, in my six-plus decades, I have never been personally asked for a donation to the church, nor has my giving ever been discussed with me. Sure, there have been churchwide appeals from the pulpit annually. The priests and sisters I have known were some of the finest individuals on the planet, all working selflessly for the betterment of their fellow man for basically nothing.
So you know what this tells me? Most of the crap you hear from leftwing atheists is a bunch of hooey. All politically or financially motivated. There are just some students in Catholic Schools who can't follow the rules. There were always a few unruly kids. Those were usually the non-Catholics sent by parents who wanted the kids "straightened out". I encountered a few of those. They always had, what I call an ugly sophistication. They knew way more than they should have known at those ages. And they often did their best to corrupt the good kids. Usually they didn't last, and I suspect those are the ones coming out today against the Catholic Church and Catholic Schools, but they were never really a part of it.
Poll adult Catholics and find out how many were terrorized by pedophile Priests vs how many were terrorized by NunsA picture from childstarlets.com is supposed to prove a point?
I am an adult Catholic who attended Catholic school. No one struct. Ever. No priest who had been in our parish--or the entire town--was accused. Ever.Poll adult Catholics and find out how many were terrorized by pedophile Priests vs how many were terrorized by Nuns
Obviously the Bible was written by men of their age! Who do you think wrote it? And while they may have lived through some savage times and did not have the scientific understanding we have today, it many ways they outdo us in knowledge and philosophy. They certainly outdo us in presentation.
Those who understand the languages, cultures, and histories of the time have incredible knowledge. Certainly they are heads and shoulders above those who look to the Bible for jokes and comic relief, a level that rates about as high as a Kindergartner. Comparatively speaking, they haven't yet made it through the alphabet.
You don't know what is missing. While you look down your nose and sneer at our ancestors, I hold great respect for them.
Actually, we were taught a very healthy attitude towards sex. What was wrong with your school?
People refuse to accept that moving people around and non-disclosure was what was happening throughout all of society! Every church who was working the problem was doing this. Every school. Every profession. Why do you think I am so critical of the media presentation? While the Catholic Church had one of the lowest percentages, often the lowest percentage, the media saw the biggest payday (ads and lawsuits) by a single focus on Catholics.
So you know what this tells me? Most of the crap you hear from leftwing atheists is a bunch of hooey. All politically or financially motivated. There are just some students in Catholic Schools who can't follow the rules. There were always a few unruly kids. Those were usually the non-Catholics sent by parents who wanted the kids "straightened out". I encountered a few of those. They always had, what I call an ugly sophistication. They knew way more than they should have known at those ages. And they often did their best to corrupt the good kids. Usually they didn't last, and I suspect those are the ones coming out today against the Catholic Church and Catholic Schools, but they were never really a part of it.
Poll adult Catholics and find out how many were terrorized by pedophile Priests vs how many were terrorized by Nuns
If you went to Catholic school, you were taught that the Bible was inspired by God, written by man.Then if it was written by ignorant Bronze Age sheepherders, why hold it up as the word of God?
You were also sleeping through classes where it was pointed out that the Bible was presented in story form? I suppose your nuns skipped over the parts that were what were currently known as Just So stories; as Fables; Myths; Songs; Poetry; Plays. Sounds like you were asleep in both religion and English classes.Archeology is already proving most of it wrong as history.
The rules in the bible are ones no one follows anymore, because they'd probably be arrested for child abuse, murder, animal cruelty and who knows what else.
