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[Max White]

Some have handled these matters very poorly (as evidenced in Boston) while others have handled these issues very well.

From wikipedia. Seems this wasn't some evil mass cover up at all. This was a strange event that gave positions of power to several men, some understanding and acting well on it, others not so much. The fault was not of the church, or even the faith, but the men who did not know how to handle these circumstances.

According to Crikey, The Age of March 19 reported that the Vienna Boys Choir “has been caught up in accusations that pedophile priests systematically abused their choristers.” On the same day, The Australian reported that “the crisis over sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has intensified” as a result of the choir scandal. However, once it became apparent that the Vienna Boys Choir is a private organisation, and "the complaints of abuse were made against teachers and older choristers, not priests.... the media dropped the story: the choristers’ suffering ceased to be interesting without a church angle... no apologies, retractions or Media Watch denunciations."

See, the media just wants to hype anything from the church, they don't care about any other group.

[ECrownofFire]

Interesting.
I like new beleifs. If you don't think of it as offencive, would you mind telling me a little more about your own? Between most of the people I know being christan, and a few with eatern beleifs, I have never talked to somebody that beleived in Wicca, and a big part of tolerance is understanding.

ITT: I explain my beliefs for the tenth time.

What do you want to know?

Basics first: Reincarnation, pantheism AND panentheism, duotheism (God and Goddess), Rule of Three (karma-like thing, but three times), Wiccan Rede (piece of advice, really), self responsibility is big, gods are neutral and natural, blah, blah blah. Just ask me what you want specifically.

[Max White]

Such a wide open question, I feel like a kid in a candy store!
Well, were I to ask a christan about he's church, he starts with god. Were I to ask a Muslin, they would tell me about Allah, and were I to ask a Buddist, they would tell me about inner sanctum.

So, do you beleive in a diety?

[ECrownofFire]

Such a wide open question, I feel like a kid in a candy store!
Well, were I to ask a christan about he's church, he starts with god. Were I to ask a Muslin, they would tell me about Allah, and were I to ask a Buddist, they would tell me about inner sanctum.

So, do you beleive in a diety?

Look above and you'd see it, but yes. Well, two, actually, the God and Goddess, dualistic view, two sides of the same coin (but not the same deity), and so on. But I'm pantheistic and panentheistic. I don't want to explain it, you can look pantheism and panentheism up on Wikipedia if you want. Also look up immanence and transcendence.

[Max White]

Wow, somebody encoraging me to look up a specific religen on wikipedia?
Every other person I have ever met has shot down wikipedia for misrepresenting there veiws.

I find so very few people who have the exact same vales and beleifs as there church would teach.

[ECrownofFire]

Wow, somebody encoraging me to look up a specific religen on wikipedia?
Every other person I have ever met has shot down wikipedia for misrepresenting there veiws.

I find so very few people who have the exact same vales and beleifs as there church would teach.

No, not the exact same, just the pantheism, panentheism, immanence, and transcendence pages should do fine for this part.

[Max White]

I shall try to stick to those parts.

[Urist is dead tome]

Condoms prevent unwanted children and lessen STD rates. Why would you think of them as bad?

I am religiously opposed to condoms. I like to clarify that I am not Catholic.

I have a developed a foolproof method of preventing unwanted children and stopping STD's.

But those secrets will die with me!

[Realmfighter]

Gay sex after through STD testing is never the answer.

Or is that always......

[Urist is dead tome]

Are you saying gay sex is the answer?

[Realmfighter]

No, I'm just saying that gay sex is never not the answer.

[Urist is dead tome]

No, I'm just saying that gay sex is never not the answer.

I've been wrong all these years....

[Max White]

I'm going to have to tell my girlfreind it isn't going to work out. We all have to do our bit to stop the spread of STIs, so I need to find a gay bar.

[CoughDrop]

How can you be opposed to condoms?

It's not like 99.99...% of sperm cells are wasted regardless if you... hit the mark.

[ECrownofFire]

How can you be opposed to condoms?

It's not like 99.99...% of sperm cells are wasted regardless if you... hit the mark.

You know, the pope actually said that condoms are sometimes okay. More specifically, to prevent HIV. I don't have a link, you can Google it yourself if you want. There was a link a while back in this thread.