Here's some sad stuff:
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2003/11/30/ god_on_the_quad/
Towards the end there's a bit about the growing number of gay evangelists, and the conflicts they have with the straight groups.
I imagine it's difficult enough exploring your sexuality as an undergrad at MIT without being preyed upon by some spacy goon (straight OR gay) who's decided he sees God as the answer to all those nagging questions left over after the equations run out.
On Dec 10, 2003, at 1:17 PM, Jonathan Cass wrote:
"As a [somewhat] practicing Catholic and member of the de Sales community, I
feel that people think it's okay to make fun of Catholics."
I would agree that Catholicism is the brunt of many jokes (and based on
recent developments, probably deservedly so), but I would posit that this
humor is not so much directed at Catholics -- meaning the individual who is
a member of the Church -- but rather at the hierarchy that controls the
Church (the "Church") and whose actions, or inactions, have created the
current problems.
I am curious -- how do practicing Catholics reconcile the Church's official
position on certain issues (women in the priesthood, birth control, for
example), when one's own personal position on these issues differ? Can you
be a "good" Catholic (as defined by the Church) and still pick and choose
those aspects of Catholic theology that you choose to follow?
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In a message dated 12/10/2003 9:57:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, Benseraglio2
writes:
Hi, I'm not a "Catholic" myself, but I think I can speak for all Catholicswhen I say that I believe you owe an apology to the Pope and all his
Cardinals for your weird and negative catholic-bashing. And perform some
acts of contortions -- the *real* catholics on this list could probably
suggest some.Just sayin
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