The right thing to do? I am not so sure.
You did say that some children will suffer. Is that a good thing? Oops. This
discussion probably belongs off-list.
From: Rick Duncan
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In a message dated 3/10/2006 11:16:20 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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This was the right move for the Archdiocese to make. Really, it was the
only move they could make. It's sad that many children will suffer, but the
Archdiocese has to obey its conscience.
Isn't
At 07:32 AM 3/11/2006, you wrote:
In a message dated
3/10/2006 11:16:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
This was the right move for the Archdiocese to make. Really, it was
the only move they could make. It's sad that many children will suffer,
but the Archdiocese has to
I believe the Church properly sees race as irrelevant to sexuality and family formation. But homosexuality is much different from race.Here is the current Pope's position on adoption by homosexual couples:But a conflict between the Catholic bishops of Massachusetts and Beacon Hill has been
Whoops! The link in my previous post to the Pope's views about homosexual adoption did not work. Here is the correctedlink.Cheers, Rick[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/10/2006 11:16:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:This was the right move for the
In a message dated 3/11/2006 10:17:25 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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My point--which focused only on thereligious liberty
issue--was that when faced with a choice between obeying God or Caesar,
the Church must obey God. That is what the Church did in this case.
Bobby: I am not a Catholic theologian (but the current Pope is a very serious theological scholar). But a very quick answer, based upon my knowledge of Scripture, is to say that homosexuality, unlike race,strikes atthe very essence of the Created Order, from Genesis 1 to the teachings of Jesus in
Slavery was prevalent in biblical times and many references were cited to support slavery. And so, Rick, are you saying that you will only join a church that sides with the South in the Civil War on the slavery issue because the Bible says so? Or is it that interpretations have changed or that
In a message dated 3/11/2006 12:27:28 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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The
issue is whether we should believe God's moral teachings or the moral
teachings of secular elites. That is an easy choice for me, as it appears to
be for Benedict XVI.
Rick, isn't the
Rick; aren't you cherry picking? There is one line in Lev. restated in Deut.
saying men should not lie down with men, like women. The Bible devotes far
more effort to ordering the execution of witches or dietary rules or how
to conduct animal burnt offerings. It is hard to see how you think
I suppose it is about time to start stoning people to death as taught in the old testament . . . .As noted by Bobby Lifkin, perhaps the gulf is just too wide. Outsiders see gross and inexplicable inconsistencies that insiders see as obviously correct and consistent positions.I think the Solomon
I don't want to argue Catholic (or Protestan)ttheology on list. Let me just say that many students of the Bible believe that it is not so much what the Bible says is evil that definesmarriage as a one-flesh, dual-gender relationship. Rather, it is what the Bible says is the goodof marriage and
On Mar 11, 2006, at 5:12 PM, Rick Duncan wrote:I don't want to argue Catholic (or Protestan)t theology on list. Let me just say that many students of the Bible believe that it is not so much what the Bible says is evil that defines marriage as a one-flesh, dual-gender relationship. Rather, it
Well, as long as Rick is invoking what "many
students of the Bible" think about "true" sexual union, I think it's worth
pointing out that in his original post in this thread, Rick quoted the first
five paragraphs of today's Boston globe story. But there's a sixth
paragraph, too, which Rick
From the Boston Globe: The Boston Archdiocese's Catholic Charities said Friday it would stop providing adoption services because state law requires them to consider gays and lesbians as parents.The social services arm of the Roman Catholic archdiocese has provided adoption services for
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