(Ron) Catholic sexual ethics

Steve Kolb skolb@treko.net.au
Thu, 2 Apr 1998 21:16:26 +0800 (00891544586, 01BD5E7C.992C12C0.skolb@treko.net.au) 


On 02 April, 1998 8:46 PM, April Dorsey-Tyler [SMTP:adorsey@netusa1.net] wrote:

> 

> > April

> > 

> > Nobody said they were ALL pederasts.  But you keep insisting 

> > that people are atheists MAINLY so they can do sexual things 

> > you disapprove of (many of which most people, religious or not, 

> > would not find necessarily objectionable), but avoid the fact that 

> > being Catholic does not prevent sexual behavior you don't approve 

> > of by Catholics (at least one or two in your list by most!) 

> > nevermind the relatively high percentage of pedophillic behavior 

> > (which nearly EVERYBODY, religious or not finds immoral) by, 

> > of all people, Catholic priests.  So not only does your argument 

> > for the reason people become atheists fall completely apart but 

> > you fail to explain why being Catholic doesn't prevent such 

> > perverted behavior!

> > 

> > RON

> >   Since you insist that the percentage of pedophiliac priests is high

> perhaps you can

> > tell us what it is and explain how this 

> > percentage was determined?

> 

> April

> 

> Don't avoid the issue!  It doesn't matter whether the percentage of priests

> who sexually molest kids is 1 or 50 - the POINT is that being Catholic does

> NOT prevent people from engaging in sexual behavior that you (and most

> people with regards to pedophillia) find immoral!  Answer the issue, Ron -

> if people are atheists primarily to avoid sexual restrictions, and if being

> religious (Catholic) keeps people on the sexual "straight and narrow" then

> why are there ANY pedophillic priests, let alone as many as there are?  And

> why aren't we seeing large numbers of atheists being convicted for

> pedophillia?


STEVE

Ron,  in Australia the figure quoted in the papers was about 7% of priests
being charged...  I dont know of any other profession with such a high%
of child molestors.