tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795176.post8989049258673941071..comments2023-09-22T13:07:59.106-05:00Comments on Jim's Thoughts: An Ordinariate QuestionJimBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795176.post-79258571896470998122011-10-24T10:34:21.672-05:002011-10-24T10:34:21.672-05:00Chris,
No that is not the "main thrust"...Chris,<br /><br />No that is not the "main thrust" of my post. You miss-read it. Sorry, clearly I need to work on my writing. <br /><br />In any case, if that is what you got, it was not what was said. The problem in the Roman Catholic Church is systemic and the man on top refuses to admit it. That is a problem that goes well beyond a single bad actor.<br /><br />FWIW<br />jimBJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795176.post-1997798158964101302011-10-24T09:44:39.410-05:002011-10-24T09:44:39.410-05:00First, the question at the end of your post assume...First, the question at the end of your post assumes that nobody who disagrees with you has a brain and that is also not a place where useful dialogue can be had. It's arrogant and unfair. Liberals turn off an argument with a conservative if the conservative brings up Spong. I do the same when people bring up brains or IQ because it makes you a genius and anyone against you an animal. <br /> Your main argument is that because some Catholic priests are bad, nobody should be Catholic. If that is true then people must only belong to perfect churches and TEC isn't perfect, it has bad priests too. "You're bad too" is the same argument your using from the other direction.<br />Finally, neither of us knows for certain that the Episcopal priest WASN'T told to get out of Dodge. Few people run 3/4 of the way across the country for no reason. Our previous bishop had an affair and it was hushed up until he retired. While the crime was not as bad as child abuse, he had help covering it up. Cover ups happen in TEC,too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795176.post-36748063030492588212011-10-19T10:43:40.225-05:002011-10-19T10:43:40.225-05:00Chris, like most intellectually dishonest "yo...Chris, like most intellectually dishonest "you are bad too!" arguments, this one does not hold up. <br /><br />Episcopal priests who retire are not sent anywhere by the church. They are free to move where they will. While they are generally asked not to stay where they served, that is not an absolute. Our bishops have a lot less authority over the lives of their priests than RC's do.<br /><br />FWIW<br />jimBJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795176.post-5583246070433806512011-10-18T22:56:25.089-05:002011-10-18T22:56:25.089-05:00There was a retired Episcopal priest from out of s...There was a retired Episcopal priest from out of state arrested here earlier this year for child abuse. Since he never worked here I can't help thinking that like the Unibomber, those who knew what he was up to, sent him out here to get him away from them. Why would anyone be Episcopalian?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com