One of the two biggest problems with the Cahtolic church is they care too much about money. Sell everything. use the money to get therapy for the 100,000+ children you raped. Feed the poor. Make priests get a job as a carpenter.
They won't, because they aren't God's church, and they'll be out of business in a generation.
Jesus was sent by his father, to die and spill his blood for our sins, so that we could live in Paradise. How on earth can any human being be compared to Jesus? God did not send his son to earth to create an institution, especially one that is comparable to corporations or political institutions. The congregations that Peter, Paul, Timothy established shortly after Jesus' resurrection were created so that like-minded individuals who were moved by Jesus' teachings could gather and strengthen each other with discussion and display of the principles that Jesus taught. This talk of religious leaders lying to cover up the sins of the other church members/leaders should be a wake-up call that something is seriously wrong with this organization. It is not in any way like what Jesus intended, by virtue of his examples. Follow the Bible. Follow the truth. It's the only thing that you can trust, since it comes from God.
If we just get a Pope who follows the 10 commandments of God, that would help! The primary commandment the Church has been breaking for years with their GREED, making money and power their "gods", superior to the God they are supposed to be representing, is the very FIRST one. Then, we have 9 more that haven't even been considered yet! Celibacy was mandated for the primary purpose of money, when the Church was going broke, during Medieval times, but that loss was recouped in no time, and the insane mandate, absolutely AGAINST God's creation of human nature, has been continued, to make the Church one of the most wealthy organizations in the world. For what!? That wealth, accumulated with much accommodating sinfulness, IS the "god" they have represented. Wives, children, and separate housing cost LOTS of money, which could not be hoarded, worshipped, and used for "CONTROL", like it has been, IF they were following the example of Christ! Remember? Christ was born in a stable, NOT a palace full of gold!
It is this thwarted, squelched, natural gift of our human sexuality, which has caused the aberrations in so many very good men's lives. The alcoholism, affairs, illigitimate babies, broken marriages they were supposed to be counseling,drug addictions, mental illnesses, homosexuality, etc., and the nice little refuge the mandated celibacy provides for pedophiles, are only SOME of the perversions this abnormal mandate has caused. Countless lives have been ruined or victimized to accumulate so much wealth and power by this inhumane mandate. Now these riches can be spent paying attorneys and legal settlements, but the ruined lives will never be restored. It is a very RARE man who can successfully sublimate 100% of his sex drive into glorifying God, yet this inhumanity is MANDATED on all who have the vocation to priesthood, even before many barely know the power of a normal sex drive. Celibacy is a great and holy sacrifice when it is voluntary, but mandating is cruel punishment. Even Christ did not MANDATE His apostles to be celibate! Yet, the Church continues this quest for riches!
Voluntary vs. "MANDATORY"! Exactly. Many of the apostles were married, AND even many of the early Popes. But, check out the history in the Medieval times, when the Church got a taste of wealth and GREED, and THAT became their REAL "god"! As in: "I am the Lord, thy God; thou shalt not have strange gods BEFORE Me." They started loving those new gods of POWER and the MONEY! That POWER and CONTROL is a BIG part of the political and financial mess they have. Priests are even rewarded and punished with very difficult poor parishes or very lucrative , easy ones, depending on if they did the right or wrong brown-nosing. Can it get cleaned up by only ONE Pope?? Only with much prayer, wisdom, and the power of God! So, let us PRAY!
Yes, almost all the apostles were married. The mandate for celibacy didn't get created until the Medieval times. Christ did not expect His apostles to ALL be super-human, and live without sex. After all, God created sex, as part of our humanity.
I think that the new Pope should listen to the directives spoken by the church reformer, Dr. Marin Luther over 500 year ago. Free the Church of Rome from it's bondage to religious legalism and anti-Scriptural practices/beliefs. Allow the laity to enjoy the freedom of Christ's Gospel. Let's hope he will read "The Power and the Primacy of the Pope" for his own enlightenment.
I can see the newspaper ad now: "WANTED: middle-aged man, never married, devoted to his mother and used to the exclusive company of men. Excellent accountancy skills a plus and highly developed public relations abilities a necessity. Turning water into wine and feeding multitudes distinct advantages if coupled with knowledge of capital markets, credit default swaps and rigging LIBOR. Good grooming and formal dress unnecessary. Beard O.K."
1. Because having an MBA would add something to being the Son of God? 2. Economics work differently (than capitalism) in God' kingdom. e.g. lend without expecting return, give to anyone who asks (Luke 6); the story of the shrewd manager (Luke 16); the widow's two coins (Mark 12). 3. In light of number 1, number 2 isn't necessary.
So true. That is the most defining statement made over this whole business of cover-ups. That, to me, is on par with the behavior and the disappointments of the perps in the first place. When will they ever learn?
I agree with Cheese. The last thing the Church needs is a business-school type. Hell, the last thing the world needs is more MBAs. These institutions teach exactly the short-sighted, narrow-minded kind of decision-making that has caused so many problems recently in politics and economics. It's bad enough when businesses are run by those people, but religion? No.
It's not a coincidence that so many of the most successful modern businesses were started by people without college degrees, let alone MBAs.
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They won't, because they aren't God's church, and they'll be out of business in a generation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Peter
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2. Economics work differently (than capitalism) in God' kingdom. e.g. lend without expecting return, give to anyone who asks (Luke 6); the story of the shrewd manager (Luke 16); the widow's two coins (Mark 12).
3. In light of number 1, number 2 isn't necessary.
there is no merciful god or pope.
It's not a coincidence that so many of the most successful modern businesses were started by people without college degrees, let alone MBAs.