[Cold Iron]

Resulting in a violent yet alluring game of football?

http://www.abc.net.a.../16/2218250.htm

Seriously though, how in hell *cough* could he possibly fix this?

[Dancer+]

The power of God...

I'm not quite sure, perhaps he thinks saying it will make it happen. Perhaps they are just going to have more thorough checks before admittance, and keep a fiercer check on them whilst they are priests. It's an odd one.

[Cold Iron]

Odd indeed. I'd love to see if catholic rates of abuse drop in comparison to other denominations after this.

[caladanbrood]

[cerveza_fiesta]

I think the answer will be what most people in political positions do in situations like this. Say you're going to do something about it and then lose the "solution" in beurocracy and committees until everybody forgets about it.

[Cold Iron]

everybody but the victims that is...

[cerveza_fiesta]

I didn't say it was a good solution...just saying that's what happens. Barring that, make a bigger deal about something else to completely obscure the fact that you screwed up in the first place.

When you subsequently screw up the thing you made a bigger deal about, and then screw up the thing you made a big deal about to obscure the big deal you made to obscure the thing you were covering up in the first place...then you're called George Bush and everybody REALLY hates you.

more or less.

[Darkwatch]

So is he going to crack down on sex abuse or go down sex abuse's crack? Because I think that we need to know for our own good.

I realize that making a joke that bad is wrong.
I also realize that making said joke about the Pope probably makes it a sin.
I continue in my realisations that being officialy a roman catholic, I'm most likely condemned to hell.

But I don't care!

[Lost Marine]

Maybe if they let priests get married they wouldn't get so many peepee touchers in there.
Or make a requirement for being an altar boy that says you have to look like comic book guy from the simpsons and smell like a bucket of month old garbage.

Just saying.

[Macros]

I don't see why priests arent allowed to marry, how can they give out marritail advice if they arent allowed to be married?
Having never read yee olde book of the faith I don't know if it says anywhere that priests must be celebate, but i don't see why god would make it so.

[Dancer+]

Darkwatch;290258 said:

So is he going to crack down on sex abuse or go down sex abuse's crack? Because I think that we need to know for our own good.

I realize that making a joke that bad is wrong.
I also realize that making said joke about the Pope probably makes it a sin.
I continue in my realisations that being officialy a roman catholic, I'm most likely condemned to hell.

But I don't care!

Heretic, burn him! He's a witch! He turned me into a tiger! And uttered the words, "you shall be born anew with nought but memories, the passage of human time shall reach five and then you shall return to your previous human body which is trapped against the recesses of time. finally, you shall be given the ability to veer into your creature's ultimate form, henceforth you shall meet the Emperor in a clash of wills".

Just saying, also. Bloody witches.

[Darkwatch]

The edict of celebacy was handed out long after the book was written and canonised. Hence why protestants clergymen and women can marry.

[Lost Marine]

Macros;290263 said:

I don't see why priests arent allowed to marry, how can they give out marritail advice if they arent allowed to be married?
Having never read yee olde book of the faith I don't know if it says anywhere that priests must be celebate, but i don't see why god would make it so.

It's not in there, in fact early Catholic priests were allowed to marry, and up until recently they allowed priest in Africa a special dispensation to marry because otherwise no one would have gone there to be a priest.

Kind of sad when your religion forces you to go all the way to Africa for a little nookie.

[cerveza_fiesta]

IMO that rule was inviting disaster from the get-go. Unless it's accompanied by castration, celibacy is going to be pretty tough on a gender that's hardwired to fuck everything in sight. Its like not neutering your male dog and then getting pissed at it for humping your leg.

[Macros]

if its not in the book the faith is based on its a stupid ruling then.

[Abyss]

Macros;290281 said:

if its not in the book the faith is based on its a stupid ruling then.

There's a Scientology joke in there somewhere...

- Abyss, alien prophet...

[Obdigore]

Abyss;290303 said:

There's a Scientology joke in there somewhere...

- Abyss, alien prophet...

Now now, there is a Scientology joke everywhere....

Nuns and Priests marry jesus/god. GoGo homosexuality! No, seriously, its a rediculous ruling and I don't understand why the Roman Catholic church still embraces it.

[Macros]

they don't want people to realise they've been lieing for years!

[Illuyankas]

Why would the Pope vow to abuse his sex tackle?

[cerveza_fiesta]

I think the Inn pope is going to vow to put this in the religion forum.