Matthew 18:8
“If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the everlasting fire.
Mark 9:45
And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame, rather than having two feet, to be cast into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched—
2006-10-03 05:01:11 · 9 answers · asked by Nerdly Stud 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Or does the church not consider boy-loving a sin?
2006-10-03 05:02:18 · update #1
pedophilia is a sexual deviant behavior and they are to be sent to psychiatrists for therapy.people who themselves were subject to abuse in their child hood become paedophilia's and another reason to become child abusers is sexual starvation , i mean religion forbids priests to have natural sex and as a result they become sexual perverts. they are to be sent to head shrinkers.
2006-10-03 05:06:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 0⤋
It wouldn't help - irrespective of the morality of the situation. Sexual orientation and the sexual impulse isn't just a matter of the gonads, and the causes are very complex: you're looking at a need for relationship, affection, power, and many other components of mutuality in a relationship. These needs almost certainly wouldn't go away.
It's a crying shame that the Church (and the Catholic church in particular) equates sexuality with genital relationships. This is why they so misunderstand what a big ask is celibacy - those of us in good sexual relationships know how much of the relationship depends upon cuddles, friendships, and all the things that come with being especially close to another human being. Good sex happens when you have something to say to each other and sex is one way of expressing that something. The demand for celibacy/chastity is for much more than the abnegation of genital relationships. And when the person has become fixated on children as the 'other' in relationships, removing the genitals won't remove the fixation or the need.
If the Church weren't so narrow-minded and perverted, it perhaps wouldn't attract so many people who are so damaged that they believe they've found a safe haven ... which of course they haven't.
2006-10-03 05:15:51 · answer #2 · answered by mrsgavanrossem 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LMAO michael... and to answer your question.. it also states eye for an eye.. correct? Maybe they just need a little does of what they were giving out.. preferably in a small jail cell and a very large inmate with serious insecurity problems :D
Also, do not worry about your spelling, like that person noted you on. And for them... here are the ways to spell it: pedophile, paedophile. dictionary.com also has the listing, but there is no listing for: paedophiles (with the "s", it appears that is not a word lol ) .. smarty pants.
2006-10-03 05:15:49 · answer #3 · answered by Vita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In modern times, that won't be a law that we'll ever see passed. However, for true pediphiles (all of them, not just the few that are priests) that's a great punishment.
2006-10-03 05:05:45 · answer #4 · answered by sister steph 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the Penal Code is more civilised than the bible. It has more humane punishments for the worst criminal. And these humane punishments keep the rest of humanity as better people than the criminal we're trying to punish.
2006-10-03 05:07:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmmmm. Treating the symtom not the disease. You're brain is where the decision is made to commit the sin so..........is a labotomy in order perhaps?
2006-10-03 05:07:19 · answer #6 · answered by PaganPoetess 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
pedophile
One entry found for pedophile.
Main Entry: pe·do·phile
Pronunciation: 'pe-d&-"fI(-&)l, 'pE-
Function: noun
: one affected with pedophilia
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Sorry. I just had too. This is for our English Scholars in here.
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2006-10-03 05:18:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why only priests? Why not ALL paedophiles (note correct spelling).
2006-10-03 05:05:50 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christians should just remove their brains then.
2006-10-03 05:03:08 · answer #9 · answered by Michael 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋