Posted: Jun 26, 2013 9:31 am
I think my point would be along the lines of nunnington's, even if we accept that rates of child abuse with the RCC are no different to rates of child abuse in the general public, what does that tell us about the RCC?
Is it sufficient to say that all men are just weak fallible humans or should we expect members of a church which makes grand claims about an omnipotent, judgemental god and objective morals and so on to behave significantly better than the general public. Is it acceptable that this self-proclaimed divinely-supported organisation is no better than ordinary mortals?
Mick, even if you succeed in demonstrating that the RCC is no worse than the next cult, what sort of victory does that give you?
Is it sufficient to say that all men are just weak fallible humans or should we expect members of a church which makes grand claims about an omnipotent, judgemental god and objective morals and so on to behave significantly better than the general public. Is it acceptable that this self-proclaimed divinely-supported organisation is no better than ordinary mortals?
Mick, even if you succeed in demonstrating that the RCC is no worse than the next cult, what sort of victory does that give you?