johnmc
Well-Known Member
pominoz said:Come on John,if it was a couple of cases you would have a point,but it was widespread and global.Celibate men in frocks raping children in the UK,USA,Ireland,Australia,Canada,Mexico,France,Germany on and on it goes.
So celibate men in a position of power over children (because of the religion),rape kids and those rapes are covered up by even more powerful members of the religion (so as not to tarnish the "good" name of the religion),but it has nothing to do with the religion? Sorry not having it.
This is a religion that see women as brood mares to churn out as many of their number as possible (no contraception allowed and whose only role,apart from having kids, within the religion,seems to be to brew up and make butties,no female priests).
Its not just your religion i have the shits with by the way,the genital mutilation of children within some sections of the Jewish and Muslim factions of religion are just as foul.
Having said that,i still would not like religion gone from the world,just reigned in.Personal belief shoud be just that,personal.No tax relief,no say in any law or goverment,no separate schools and no moralizing to the rest of us.Is that too much to ask?
Sorry but its not the actual religion thats the issue here. Its the wrong people using the religion as a guise for seedier acts. There is no where that any religious teachings tell these beasts to carry out such acts. There has been widespread abuse in boarding schools, in the Scouts or equivalent, in Homes for Children with learning difficulties. Now people in these industries require quite a few stringent checks now but still it happens. I would fully agree that these people being in a position of trust and having children in their presence need stringent testing which has not usually taken place.
These people are taking advantage of the position they have put themselves in to satisfy there own sordid actions but it is not the religion that tells them to do this. Whilst abuse in the church has been widespread it has also been so in non religious areas