For once I am ahead of you, James. I read it a couple of hours ago. (wow, he's good, innit?)
To my main point:
I have been exercising my mind over what you have been hinting and feel that, if you have the proof there that you suggest, then it has to be recorded in more then one place. I like to think that it should be saved and it should be made available. So, how are you going to disseminate it?
It is a good rant, with lots of good points. And I'm Catholic.
The sooner we get married clergy the better, but I don't think it will be in my lifetime.
I think it's obvious from the birth statistics in Catholic countries that the people are making up their own minds about contraception and it's not the party line.
I like to think I'm pro choice on abortion, although once you've been a mother it's not so simple. It does distress me when I see that in some places the abortion rate is the same or higher than the live birth rate. I think that is sad. I hate to see abortion used as contraception and I hope that better contraception and education will lower the numbers. Thanks for sharing the post with us. jmb
In a previous life, I was married to a Catholic, and I had to do some relijus reedukashun in order to wed into the Holy See. One of the things that I couldn't do, because I was in Colorado and she was in Washington DC was the weekend course on the responsibilities of marriage along with sex education training. My former wife told me that there was a large room full of hypocrites, who were living together prior to marriage, using condoms (scandal).... and were generally tagging along in order to get the certificate of CatholicMarriageWorthiness.
I am still glad I missed that one.
Great article.
I still have vivid memories of the itinerant priest who came to the local church where my former wifes family lived in Vermont. Sometimes I would go and listen, even although I was not Catholic He thundered on many times about how Catholics were better than everyone else.
That may well be, but their attitudes to human sexuality and married priests is out of touch with most peoples realities.
Yes, the church really has to reassess its relevance today. Whilst certain things are eternal - faith, hope and charity for example, other aspects which are clearly an impossibility - well, one needs to be on firm ground theosophically e.g. celbate priests. I don't see where that was prescribed in scripture. And how can a celibate priest advise a married couple?
ScotsToryB - i ahve it in four volumes but it's not collated and there's an awful lot, like the eyes of horus on the American money which will not make the grade.
I need to go back over the material and make it much more watertight - maybe this summer - and then hit the blogosphere with it.
One was named Sophie North 
For once I am ahead of you, James. I read it a couple of hours ago. (wow, he's good, innit?)
ReplyDeleteTo my main point:
I have been exercising my mind over what you have been hinting and feel that, if you have the proof there that you suggest, then it has to be recorded in more then one place. I like to think that it should be saved and it should be made available. So, how are you going to disseminate it?
STB.
well said, and well written. thank you for passing it along.
ReplyDeleteIt is a good rant, with lots of good points. And I'm Catholic.
ReplyDeleteThe sooner we get married clergy the better, but I don't think it will be in my lifetime.
I think it's obvious from the birth statistics in Catholic countries that the people are making up their own minds about contraception and it's not the party line.
I like to think I'm pro choice on abortion, although once you've been a mother it's not so simple. It does distress me when I see that in some places the abortion rate is the same or higher than the live birth rate. I think that is sad. I hate to see abortion used as contraception and I hope that better contraception and education will lower the numbers.
Thanks for sharing the post with us.
jmb
In a previous life, I was married to a Catholic, and I had to do some relijus reedukashun in order to wed into the Holy See. One of the things that I couldn't do, because I was in Colorado and she was in Washington DC was the weekend course on the responsibilities of marriage along with sex education training. My former wife told me that there was a large room full of hypocrites, who were living together prior to marriage, using condoms (scandal).... and were generally tagging along in order to get the certificate of CatholicMarriageWorthiness.
ReplyDeleteI am still glad I missed that one.
Great article.
I still have vivid memories of the itinerant priest who came to the local church where my former wifes family lived in Vermont. Sometimes I would go and listen, even although I was not Catholic He thundered on many times about how Catholics were better than everyone else.
That may well be, but their attitudes to human sexuality and married priests is out of touch with most peoples realities.
Yes, the church really has to reassess its relevance today. Whilst certain things are eternal - faith, hope and charity for example, other aspects which are clearly an impossibility - well, one needs to be on firm ground theosophically e.g. celbate priests. I don't see where that was prescribed in scripture. And how can a celibate priest advise a married couple?
ReplyDeleteDear James, and all,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words. I'm glad you found it thought-provoking if nothing else.
RS
RS - :)
ReplyDeleteScotsToryB - i ahve it in four volumes but it's not collated and there's an awful lot, like the eyes of horus on the American money which will not make the grade.
I need to go back over the material and make it much more watertight - maybe this summer - and then hit the blogosphere with it.
Eh? Am I missing something?
ReplyDeleteRS
No, RS, you're not. ScotsToryB was cross-commenting on my recent anti-cabal rant.
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