tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764224575243520295.post5152562369682479121..comments2023-10-08T05:39:47.622-04:00Comments on Bright Nepenthe: Teflon Pope ReduxMarziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11095675159000283648noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764224575243520295.post-91200355712151355242010-03-21T12:25:10.180-04:002010-03-21T12:25:10.180-04:00BTw. that St. Mar bit is really priceless.BTw. that St. Mar bit is really priceless.Mariellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09276286373160055302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764224575243520295.post-23423316801672687782010-03-21T12:24:42.460-04:002010-03-21T12:24:42.460-04:00I gave up on the internal consistency in the churc...I gave up on the internal consistency in the church long ago (right around the time I heard that St. Christopher wasn't really a saint after all and that babies that died before baptism weren't in limbo after all). I guess now I'm focused on accountability.Mariellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09276286373160055302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764224575243520295.post-19985804113744334152010-03-21T12:14:52.905-04:002010-03-21T12:14:52.905-04:00When reading about the horror that is this epidemi...When reading about the horror that is this epidemic of abuse, I tend to think it must be <i>very</i> interesting to be in my Catholic high school's religion classes with Fr. Lopez these days. He's an interesting mixture of open-minded and dogmatic, and he teaches mostly the seniors in ethics-centered courses. (At least, he did over ten years ago.) One of his favorite lines was, "You cannot hold Mother Church in her current incarnation responsible for the wrongs of past incarnations." Which was always terribly confusing to me, since, isn't the Pope infallible?<br /><br />I was out of high school before the big news of U.S. abuse started coming out, though some of the Irish 1998 news broke when I was a sophomore/junior. I don't remember it even really coming up in class. We were too focused on trying to get Mr. Siler (another religion teacher) to please explain why it made any sense that Jews (etc.) who were truly good people would <i>still</i> not have eternal life if they didn't take the body of Christ.<br /><br />Yeah.<br /><br />(In other news, my word verification is St Mar, which is just hilarious, given the context. :D :D :D)Cynical Nymphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601814894895238102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764224575243520295.post-91772062833752149122010-03-21T12:10:19.920-04:002010-03-21T12:10:19.920-04:00The typical excuse is that these problems result f...The typical excuse is that these problems result from men in the Church making mistakes. It is not a Church problem, right? If you want to believe this, you are a bit naive. So many of the Catholic Church's rules and a good fraction of its dogma were fully made up by its rulers, centuries after the Gospel's events allegedly took place. So, I submit that this is a serious Church problem, which the hierarchy insists on dragging under the rug with half-hearted apologies. If they had any decency, the Pope and all Bishops involved would have resigned a long time ago. The fact that they don't tells us enough about their lack of decency and the corruption prevalent through the ranks of the Catholic Church. <br /><br />Shame on them and those who believe in them!!Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00965052001394645444noreply@blogger.com