I heard on the radio this morning that owning a cat can lead to you get a parasite in the brain that lowers intelligence in men and makes them boring, and can also lead to schizophrenia.

I would say "Render unto Caesar". Give to the state what is the state's and give to God what is God's. I think the bible is clear that helping the poor and giving up your wealth is a spiritual decision regarding your closeness with God. He never said anything about Caesar taking wealth from the rich ...

Interesting take on this from the Priest who was in charge of the investigation...

http://catholicanchor.org/wordpress/?p=601

Then-presiding judge for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee gives first-person account of church trial

By Fr. THOMAS BRUNDAGE, JLC

For CatholicAnchor.org

To provide context to ...

How then, would you decide who is a pedophile? If they are found guilty in a court of law, they go to jail. If not, they're innocent until proven guilty, right?

Another point this article fails to mention is that one, the reports were decades old, two, there had been no allegations of abuse after ...

I don't understand how anyone could identify as a member of that organization. How could anyone believe that these men are representatives of their god? The Catholic Church has way too much blood on it's hands to be the "one true religion". I think kids would be safer with jihadis than with ...

Just to play devil's advocate (pun? poor choice of words? you decide)...

What do you really expect the Vatican to do? As the article itself says, they were only informed of allegations of abuse years after the acts occurred. By the article's own admission, the criminal justice system declined to ...

This is pretty silly. If you have two X chromosomes, you check female. If you have an X and a Y then check male. And if you have XXY, then put whatever you like.

Or better yet...which public restroom do you use, male or female? Write that answer down. This isn't hard, people.

Just a couple items. One, I rarely have trouble posting on the forums when I come out from lurking...except when I am writing something either against gay marriage or about gays in general. It's funny that's the only time I have technical issues with my web browser.

Second, this topic is about the ...

WRONG. Only when you look at the church do you see that disparity. In general girls are just as likely to be molested. In fact if want to get down to brass tacks women are probably far more likely to be sexually assaulted within their life time than men.

So if the Pope ever manages to weed out ...

The only defensible religion is agnosticism?

I'm not sure I agree. If you accept Jesus as a hitorical figure and you're willing to concede that there are forces that operate outside laws of nature as we know them, then Christianity is a defensible religion.

Consider, that you've got a person that ...