“Sexually progressive cultures gave us literature, philosophy, civilization and the rest, while sexually restrictive cultures gave us the Dark Ages and the Holocaust.”,
(25,000 Years of Erotic Freedom, by Alan Moore Abrams.)
You can find no more sexually restrictive culture than the Catholic Church. Its views on women, premarital sex, recreational sex, abortion, homosexuality, sodomy, oral sex, contraception and celibacy for the clergy are straight out of the middle ages.
Lately, the pedophilia scandal that seems to be wide spread throughout the Catholic clergy has begun to surface.
Celibacy is an unnatural state for an adult male, and it begs the question as to the mental state of those willing to commit to the life style; and also asks of the attraction that some must desire for inclusion in an all male community.
It is now known that the Vatican has been knowledgeable and complicit in the cover up of priest pedophiles; and, perhaps we will never know the extent of the problem. Sexual predation by the clergy has undoubtedly gone on, undocumented, for hundreds of years.
Pope Benedict XVI has announced his resignation without any real explanation. Joseph Ratzinger’s involvement as a combatant in the Nazi army during the Second World War was known by the church elders before his selection as Pope and must have been resolved to their satisfaction. We also know that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, before becoming Pope Benedict, was charged with collecting and overseeing all accounts of clergy pedophilia and sexual misconduct.
The Vatican has denied that the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI is due to health issues, so the obvious question is: has something surfaced that would be a further embarrassment to The Church?
Notice that the national news media and pundits are avoiding any investigation. This is a hot potato issue that no one wishes to broach.
Bless you
the Ol'Buzzard
When I was 12, I had a life changing moment. I was raised a catholic, but I had moment of cosmic insight while having my head bashed into a tiled wall by a deranged nun. That was the day I ran far, fast and never looked back. I hope that I am Sister Mary Noreen's worst nightmare because I can only thank the black robed bitch for beating religion out of me. I really think that the lid has cracked and the wall of silence that the Vatican has relied on to protect itself is fina;ly breached. The Legion of Christ Scandal is finally breaking this week. The trial is starting in Rhode Island...this is one of the biggest pedophile cases yet, but it's the tip of the iceberg...it involves bilking hundreds of millions of dollars out of people for years. The inquisitor in chief who was the enforcer was none other than Benny The Rat. Stay tuned, this is going to get very ugly! Does the name Marciel Maciel sound familiar? It will be all to familiar soon and rthe 60m million he bilked Gabrielle Mee out of and the legions of kids he raped and abused over his 50 year scam as a "living saint"......
ReplyDeleteI don't know when the light came on for me, but it was pretty damn young. I lived in a Mississippi Southern Baptist town and we were required a semester of Bible to graduate from high school.... and the stories didn't make sense to me.
Deletethe Ol'Buzzard
Just starting to catch up. According to what I read it was for health reasons he is stepping down but given what has been going on and the fact that prior to becoming Pope, he was in charge of dealing with the pedophile problem, I guess there might be more to it than that. Do you think they will have the balls to elect a new pope who will clean up the place and bring the RC into the 21st century?
ReplyDeleteThat would be an eleven century jump - I doubt it.
DeleteO'B
I think I will pass on the donation.
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