The Catch-22 of religion

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by Skuzzy
The measure of a troll.  Someone that starts a thread and never comments in it, never attempts to manage it, and never attempts to keep it on topic.  Just FYI.

This topic has the earmarks of being extremely volitile.  Just a side step in the hopes of keeping it civil.

What else is there for me to say?  Except for S.O.B.'s comments, it has been fairly on-topic and not yet uncivil.  I haven't found much else to chime in about - except that I'm glad muckmaw brought up the Catholics changing interpretation of the WoG.  I would have addressed it in my initial post, but I couldn't think of any examples....

Anyway - my post was not intended as a troll for the sake of trolling, I enjoy a more serious discussion of potentially volatile subjects

[miko2d]

Skuzzy: The measure of a troll.  Someone that starts a thread and never comments in it, never attempts to manage it, and never attempts to keep it on topic.  Just FYI.

 I think you are confusing a forum discussion with a live chat.
 While an hour and a half silence in a live chat is conspicious, there is nothing strange about a person dropping some idea in the morning and then getting back hours later to see what responce it elicited and commenting on the replies.

 Some of us do have to work during the day hours...

 miko

[DiabloTX]

Work?  Oh hell no, I am a 14th year sophomore at a community college majoring liberal arts living off of Gov't loans and grants.  Or so my instructors tell me...

[Skuzzy]

Never accused anyone of anything, and I think the defination of "never" is pretty clear miko.  Again, just FYI.  No reason for being defensive, is there?

[Saurdaukar]

Hey, I just won a free bottle of Coke.

[bustr]

The Catholic Church in the Middel Ages outlawed marriage in its ranks because when preist died his lands and or holdings reverted to his wife and or eldest son rather than the church. Since that time the church has had an ongoing problem with child molesting and homosexuality in the ranks.

The Protastant derivitives allowed marriage for the latter types of reasons, and because practicing what you preach works better in the long run if you want to promote the traditional concept of family.

The Papal Wars came about because the Church at one point owned more land holdings than those of the combined European Monarchal community. Which ment the Catholic Church had a bigger cash flow, ie, more political control.

[hblair]

Originally posted by MasterBlaster
So here you have the Episcopalians confirming their first openly gay bishop.  While I applaud their coming into line with contemporary societal views, how can any religion maintain any credibility when they change their interpretations of the “Word of God” to suit their needs?

Where are episcopalians mentioned in the bible?

[Frogm4n]

wait wait, did someone just say

how can any religion maintain any credibility when they change their interpretations of the “Word of God” to suit their needs?

well you just discredited every single organized religion in the word.  I knew you religious boys were not that brainwashed.