re: Houma-Thibodaux Diocese releases names of child molesters

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I’m telling you that if the members of my church found out that generations of children had been sexually abused by preachers, not only would the overwhelming majority not go there or give them money, they would likely burn the damn church to the ground.

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Well I would hope so, since all your money goes right into that preacher's pocket. And spare me the "Baptists are more morally right" bullshite. Half my family is Baptist/non-denominational. I hear about all the shite that goes on there too.

Shall I tell you about the preacher who was trying his hardest to steal my fairly newly-widowed mother and get her to invest all of her savings and retirement into his Church? Or how about the other one who cast my mother away from his Church after my dad died and she needed him the most, all because he found out that she attended a Catholic mass a few times? Yet, he was open and willing to take (steal) her tithing, no questions asked. And then there's the preacher who fricked around on his wife and slept with the 18 year old intern receptionist - and conveniently decided to move on because "God was calling him to live somewhere else", all while he did damage to his family and to an 18 year old girl. My mom bounces between Catholicism and being Baptist, and she's Catholic again because she's tired of all the bullshite that comes from the Baptist side too.

Point is, there is ugly shite that goes on everywhere. Doesn't matter what denomination. If you are as Christian as you portray yourself to be...you'd realize that Jesus took a nail in each wrist for us, because of that. Not saying that as an excuse. But as a society, we all sin and we're sick. Some are much sicker than others, and they get to pay the consequences for their actions in one way or another. But that's a whole other discussion.

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Come on man. That's a loaded question

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It's not a loaded question. It's the exact same thing. Do you want to be a part of an organization that covers up child rape?

You don't know what a loaded question is. Look it up and get back to me. And no, it's not the exact same thing. My church does not employ me nor do my kids' next meal depend on the church paying me based on my services.

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Do you want to be a part of an organization that covers up child rape?

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I mean, the obvious fricking answer is no, ding a ling.


But you're asking that question to lead me to a point, which is exactly what a loaded question is. Your point is based on 5% of the big picture. There is a lot more to it than just that. For me to simply answer yes or no does not complete the big picture, and it does not mean that I agree that your point is complete either.

Do you want to live in a country that's ok with invading and killing innocent women and children in a foreign country - all to provide defense contractors with business and for a strategic position on the world's crude oil supply?


See how there's a real obvious answer to that? See how there's so much more to it than just that though?



There is a lot of good that the Catholic Church does, and there are terrific priests out there and parishes who do everything the right way. Mine is one of those. You don't poo poo over that because of the shortcomings of a few individuals near or at the top and/or in a parish where the priest is a terrible person.

Dude, I was raised a Baptist, but I’m not one. I have a problem with all religions, and religious doctrine, so you can stop with that any time. You say you feel like the offending priests SHOULD be prosecuted. Well they haven’t been, and your church has told you to your face that they don’t give a shite what you think should happen.

The only thing I’m being hateful toward is child abusing priests, and the church hierarchy and Catholics who cover up and enable it on behalf of the church and it’s image and power. If I have to answer for it to God, then so be it.

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Maybe. But, would any other organizations cover it up en masse like the church did/does? That’s just as evil IMO.

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Penn State.

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Penn State.

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And how many times worse comparatively does that make the Catholic Church? How many kids were abused at Penn State?

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There is a lot of good that the Catholic Church does, and there are terrific priests out there and parishes who do everything the right way. Mine is one of those

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Many of the parishioners of the abusive priests were probably saying the exact same thing about their priest.

Nope, I just think that people who abuse kids deserve a miserable if not sudden death, and those who enable them are almost as big a piece of shite as they are. So since you asked me, are you a kid fricking priest, or one of the sheep that helps them continue to frick kids?

Yeah, a down vote. The bitch response. I’ve been in a half dozen of these threads, trying to get Catholics to put kids above their almighty church, without giving anyone the bitch response.

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It’s funny to see the contrast on the OT between a story where a Muslim commits a crime and a story where a catholic priest commits a crime.

Don’t see near as many posters who extrapolate the priests actions to make a sweeping generalization about the religion they come from.

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Please point me to where in the Christian doctrine molestation of boys by men can be interpreted by anyone to be acceptably done in the name of Jesus.

Guys, the saints are on.