lordofdabu ([info]lordofdabu) wrote,
@ 2008-12-23 03:33:00
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"Pope puts stress on gender roles"
"Pope Benedict XVI has said that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour is just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction."

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7796663.stm

While I think he was making an analogy and not trying to equate the two as the article implies (or maybe he really was, I certainly wasn't there), the point still stands. "Self-destruction of the human race." Really? It's good to see that the Catholic Church has its priorities straight, isn't it?

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(Anonymous)
2008-12-24 07:30 am UTC (link)
"Gender theory explores sexual orientation, the roles assigned by society to individuals according to their gender, and how people perceive their biological identity."

With regard to every species on the planet but our own, we accept gender-based psychological differences as inherent and biological. But then we place our own species in a bubble and theorize that any differences must come from "the roles assigned by society to individuals." It's amazing how some people can be so out of touch with nature and willfully ignorant just to advance some non-existent ideal. That being said, the church's stance on homosexuality is simply pushing against the tide and will eventually have to be renounced like so many of its past stances. It's a shame, because the more progressive Jesuit teachings are very reasonable.

-Dan

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[info]lordofdabu
2008-12-24 08:34 pm UTC (link)
The premise that the Catholic church is using, from what I understand, is that the only reason people should have sex is if they are trying to have a kid. From this their ban on birth control and ban on homosexual acts follows, given that neither can lead to a newborn.

This premise is of course absolutely ludicrous, and it amazes me the number of people who take it seriously. But to push it further and say that people not following it is a huge concern that will somehow lead to the self-destruction of man-kind is just laughable and incredibly behind the times.

I don't have a problem with most religious organizations (including most Christian denominations), but Catholicism can really get to me. I went to a Catholic high school for four years and so many of the things I heard are just way out there.

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