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In reply to the discussion: Priest found guilty of raping dozens of children (and a sled dog) in Canada [View all]rug
(82,333 posts)53. I'm not dismissing the victims in the least.
I'm dismissing the bullshit talking point that because he's a defrocked priest he did it because he was a priest.
That is dismissing the very nature of child abuse and child abusers, all in the name of making a lame argument against religion.
And if you think grooming children as prey has any bearing to catechesis, you're falling into the same pit of illogic.
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cleanhippie
Sep 2014
OP
He certainly abused religious belief to acquire leverage over his victims.
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2014
#12
OK, you say the other organizations would have disassociated themselves from the individual.
Starboard Tack
Sep 2014
#64
You are confusing "an omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscience 'god'" with a human institution.
rug
Sep 2014
#35
A human institution that purports to represent, advertise for, and dictate doctrine/terms/etc
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2014
#44
That poster knows more about sexual predators than anyone should ever have to.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2014
#68
It concerns religion in the sense that the man USED religion to blackmail and coerce the children
LeftishBrit
Sep 2014
#66
Don't you like discussing atheism, which after all, is a meaningless concept without religion?
rug
Sep 2014
#13
I'm glad you like that. Look forward to keeping abreast on atheism in the Religion Group.
rug
Sep 2014
#16
I assume one of the faithful has stood up to defend this nonsense with some idiotic diversion.
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2014
#47
You two remind me of people wearing sunglasses and wondering why everything is dark.
rug
Sep 2014
#58
The "but everybody else rapes children too" defense seems to be popular.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2014
#69
I hope he's put away for a long, long time. But unfortunately he won't get the penalty he also
Louisiana1976
Sep 2014
#82