tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post2105810406030847445..comments2023-08-21T03:51:17.425-06:00Comments on Enlightened Catholicism: The Vatican Sends In The Spinner To Respin The Spincolkochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-57939457310176053482009-12-20T11:27:30.813-07:002009-12-20T11:27:30.813-07:00Regarding transsexuals:
Once again the See's ...Regarding transsexuals:<br /><br />Once again the See's zeal for hatred against certain groups regardless of Faith has spilled over and destroyed any rationality. I'll leave the discussion of Paul to the previous comments and say this:<br /><br />In the last 15 years, neurology has made astounding findings regarding transsexual's brains. Key locations which are sexually dimorphic have been found to be structurally and functionally consistent with the self-identified gender rather than the one assigned at birth. And as an aside, there is little correlation to sexuality. 200-300 studies have confirmed and build upon the initial findings. The social movement of the 1960's and 70's that proclaimed gender was a purely social and environmentally-caused construct has been disproved. However, those who built their careers on the old school have been very reluctant to let go. One such person is Paul McHugh, who later became the "psychiatry advisor" to the Pope.<br /><br />Moving on from rational science, let's look at what the Bible has to say about transsexuals:<br /><br />For thus says the Lord, "To the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths, And choose what pleases Me, And hold fast My covenant, to them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off." (Isaiah 56:3-5)<br /><br /><br />Jesus said, "For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it.." (Gospel according to Matthew, 19:12). <br /><br /><br /><br />Acts 8:26-40, which describes how the Ethiopian eunuch was reading Isaiah and discussing it with the apostle Philip. They continued through to the passages in Isaiah mentioned above, at which point he mentioned that he'd like to join the Church and so Philip baptised him and welcomed him into the Church.<br /><br />The importance of these passages is that the Bible ties three very clear proclamations, from before Jesus (The Prophet Isaiah, circa 700 BC), Jesus' own words (Gospel of Matthew) and after Jesus' ascension (the missionary journeys in Acts, circa 3-400 AD). Equally important is that the Bible internally cross references and joins them together in such a way that there can be no doubt as to God's Will. His Will is clear; it is and always has been intended for us to recognize that transsexuals are His children, they are part of His Kingdom and they are to be loved as God loves them. <br /><br />Can someone please inform the Vatican?SarasNavelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14536453202054024597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-62898632547705478552009-12-08T19:10:40.690-07:002009-12-08T19:10:40.690-07:001. in re the national, Knights of Columbus funded,...1. in re the national, Knights of Columbus funded, anti-prop 8 type initiatives + all the millions spent by local dioceses on this foolishness......just imagine how many of God's poor starving thousands in the US alone could have been fed with this money?<br /><br />2. Do these 'oh so pious ones' ever consider that they hurt others....other men & women, created as they are, by the same loving God?<br /><br />3. As to 'gays will not go to heaven', here is just one example which de-rails that screed:<br /><br />In that case, St. Paul the Apostle - who wrote the numerical majority of the books of the New Testament & began the evangelization of non-Jews, spreading the message of Jesus far & wide.......cannot go to heaven. As anyone who objectively & prayfully reads his Epistles will come to the very clear conclusion that he most certainly had homosexual tendencies - and was attempting to impart spiritual advice therein to those with the same condition. <br /><br />N.B. those messages must be read carefully to be properly decoded & understood - as our 'pious Vatican translators' have done their best to obscure & obfuscate the message by editing & mistranslation! <br /><br />4. As to the (mis)conception of gayness as a 'choice'...who in their right mind would 'choose' this? To be thought of a a weirdo, freak....incurring the hatred of family, peers, friends & society at large? To live lives of 'quiet desperation' in the closet, hoping nobody will know? Thus creating from childhood a mode of "lie" and lying about yourself.....even to yourself? Often thus driving self to addiction and/or other self-destructive behavior?<br /><br />If one knew & observed all this in others - whether as a child or adult - who in their right mind would choose this? Much less willingly continue in this mode, once its ramifications were known?<br /><br />Nobody. <br /><br />It is no 'choice'; it is a very complex condition which is very integral to the person, from early childhood. It cannot be washed off with soap any more then it can be 'purged', 'cured', or 're-trained'. <br /><br />Christ said: "I desire MERCY, not sacrifice". <br /><br />The Vatican has yet to comprehend the Gospel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-19002047964812543902009-12-05T06:59:21.845-07:002009-12-05T06:59:21.845-07:00Terence I've written before that all these iss...Terence I've written before that all these issues seem to orbit around what used the be the assumed dominance of white European heterosexual males. Now, it's orbiting around hetersexual males who accept traditional white European cultural definitions of male supremacy.<br /><br />The largest promulgater of all the 'European male cultural supremacy' is and was Roman Catholicism.<br /><br />The most potent opponent of this assumed cultural supremacy is real democracy and it's notions of the equality of all of humanity. I think it's really ironic that it's a political system which is most vocal about the basic tenants of Christianity. Democracy is more or less based on 'seeing Christ' in others, not Institutional Roman Catholicism, which as we all know, is not a democracy and also pathological mysoginistic.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-14853874557415608392009-12-04T11:00:27.341-07:002009-12-04T11:00:27.341-07:00Done.Done.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-72790283123816628802009-12-04T09:57:58.767-07:002009-12-04T09:57:58.767-07:00Pontifex News is not the Italian version of LifeSi...Pontifex News is not the Italian version of LifeSiteNews. Please correct the error.<br /><br />John-Henry Westen<br />Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief<br />LifeSiteNews.comJohn-Henry Westenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358404347860378382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-13683410565930820752009-12-03T13:34:18.609-07:002009-12-03T13:34:18.609-07:00I want to know which of these Cardinals is going t...I want to know which of these Cardinals is going to wear the cappa summa.<br /><br />Wild Hair, Davey is a cutey. He doesn't need to cover much of anything.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-82639919674047585852009-12-03T11:55:31.656-07:002009-12-03T11:55:31.656-07:00It gets tiresome trying to respond to all these cr...It gets tiresome trying to respond to all these crazy statements like the one yesterday from Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan.<br /><br />Thank you for keeping up the cause here.<br /><br />Yesterday I posted this video from Davey Wavey on my little blog as a respose to the Manhattan Declaration.<br /><br />It seems like it would fit better here as a response to Cardinal Barragan.<br /><br />So here's the link.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usF2HOn8R_Qwild hairhttp://www.wildhair95.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-828747739926507582009-12-03T11:36:25.492-07:002009-12-03T11:36:25.492-07:00Michael, great pix. I am convinced these "lea...Michael, great pix. I am convinced these "leaders" of the RCC are truly dinosaurs going extinct. It's the final act & performance of their lives and they are truly exiting the stage with all of the colorful drama-queen pompousness as exhibited by the dragging of their long red tails (cappa maximus giganticus grande).butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684946870144030594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-43427782605255435502009-12-03T10:54:50.086-07:002009-12-03T10:54:50.086-07:00Michael, that's got to be a cappa maxima not a...Michael, that's got to be a cappa maxima not a cappa magna. This one looks like it's been designed to cover the asses of the Budweiser Clydsedales---all of them.<br /><br />Speaking of covering the asses of Clydesdales, I be that's what Fr. Lombardi feels like. No wonder he wants to retire.<br /><br />coolmom, this is just more proof of what some of us who have actually worked with pedophiles have been trying to state all along--it's a matter of access not orientation.<br /><br />500,000 was spent in Maine to bolster the authoritative and political voice of the hierarchy. It had nothing to do with children, no matter what the deceitful commercials said.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-4043508007035025682009-12-03T10:52:16.742-07:002009-12-03T10:52:16.742-07:00## "I am almost speechless with this one.&quo...## "I am almost speechless with this one." <br /><br />Too damn right. In the words of Kent Brockman, "what in the the name of holy hell" do these jokers thinkthey atre playing at ? <br /><br />After all, this is supposed to be the Holy See, the top see of the One True Church(TM) which alone contains the fullness of truth. So why the Hell are these people telling whoppers ? Truth ? What's truth, when it makes the Church look bad ? That's right - it becomes an allegation. Nothing more. <br /><br />Talk about an Orwellian appoach to reality... :( This is horrible, horrible, horrible.Rat-biternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-31847073891872554022009-12-03T10:50:59.227-07:002009-12-03T10:50:59.227-07:00Great photo, Rat-biter.
It gives a whole new mean...Great photo, Rat-biter.<br /><br />It gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, "dragging up the rear," as applied to the church.<br /><br />I'm convinced that the church is determined to drag up the rear these days, when it comes to showing even a modicum of human decency to its gay children. But I didn't know how committed the church is to showing its hindquarters and dragging behind, until I saw that photo!William D. Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246026074693891965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-65424739648120796072009-12-03T10:36:51.605-07:002009-12-03T10:36:51.605-07:00Colleen,
Leaving today's helping of moronic R...Colleen,<br /><br />Leaving today's helping of moronic Roman bilge on the side for one second - here is another photo for your collection of pictures of Vatican frou-frou:<br /><br />http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLQO2VTh8mw/SwMVJN1J9-I/AAAAAAAAAC0/pNl-ymKTqrc/s1600/P3213888.jpg<br /><br />I don't *think* it's on your weblog.<br /><br />MichaelRat-biternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-43371431104013637882009-12-03T10:28:49.559-07:002009-12-03T10:28:49.559-07:00The Maine Diocese just paid out $200,000 to a woma...The Maine Diocese just paid out $200,000 to a woman who was abused as an altar girl. Was Fr Vallely's offense worth less in a settlement because it was against a female? Was she less traumatized because it was heterosexual abuse?<br />And over $500,000 was spent to stop gay marriage because of the damage to children?coolmomnoreply@blogger.com