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AlbertCat

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15. "Modern society is the problem,"

Reply to Act_of_Reparation (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 10:08 PM

Oct 2014

Said a man still wearing medieval clothes

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The Synod on the Family, by the minute [View all] Act_of_Reparation Oct 2014 OP

"If one can prove that their partner entered marriage with the 'intention' of being unfaithful" trotsky Oct 2014 #1

It goes to show how intractably out-of-touch these clergy are Act_of_Reparation Oct 2014 #2

This is so Gelliebeans Oct 2014 #7

Can you see the lawyer's Gelliebeans Oct 2014 #8

This is Francis' chance to show that he can walk the walk. deucemagnet Oct 2014 #3

Isn't he a Jesuit? With whom Oct 2014 #13

This cracked me up... onager Oct 2014 #4

I love how those old boys think that a roomful of celibate old men Warpy Oct 2014 #5

Annulments---the most perverse idea to come out of the RCC Curmudgeoness Oct 2014 #6

So... I'm just not getting this theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #9

It requires a lot of mental gymanistics Act_of_Reparation Oct 2014 #11

Delicious. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #10

Oh, lordy, it gets better... Act_of_Reparation Oct 2014 #12

Omfg Gelliebeans Oct 2014 #14

And they don't even serve peanuts anymore! Sad little sack of pretzle-things. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #16

"Modern society is the problem," AlbertCat Oct 2014 #15

DUzy!! theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #17

And a here we go! Act_of_Reparation Oct 2014 #18

What the hell is he smoking? theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #19

Well.... AlbertCat Oct 2014 #20

Well, this is encouraging. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2014 #21

"first step to solving a problem is denying you have a problem" trotsky Oct 2014 #25

How do we as a church ... AlbertCat Oct 2014 #41

waiting for the usual suspects to say a peep Lordquinton Oct 2014 #22

I think there's a movie about those suspects... onager Oct 2014 #23

You're absolutely right; and this whole thing is a farce. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2014 #24

And just to reinforce that... trotsky Oct 2014 #26

At leas the didn't compare it to a bicycle. Lordquinton Oct 2014 #27

According to the OFFICIAL church teaching... trotsky Oct 2014 #28

Here's how it goes... theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #29

Precisely. trotsky Oct 2014 #30

But you can't include logic or evidence in debates with those who endlessly rationalize theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #31

The latest from the USCCB on the issue theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #32

This is encouraging. I love it. Very good stuff. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #35

right of children to grow up in a family with a father and a mother. AlbertCat Oct 2014 #42

Not only is this incredibly insulting to gay parents... theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #45

Women rise up at the synod!! theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #33

WOW, I totally fell for that. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #34

We should probably try it on a larger audience theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #36

Is that an atheist convention? Lordquinton Oct 2014 #37

Atheism has a "shocking" woman problem! trotsky Oct 2014 #39

Speakers ask pope, synod to clear up 'confusion' on contraception trotsky Oct 2014 #38

Well, that must be the problem, then Act_of_Reparation Oct 2014 #40

That's absolutely right! After all, who knows more about "natural methods of family planning" mr blur Oct 2014 #43

But you are forgetting TEH HOLY SPIRIT, mr blur! Act_of_Reparation Oct 2014 #44

Any one of these comments is enough to be front page worthy Lordquinton Oct 2014 #46

Seismic shift or much ado about nothing? theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #47

Wanted to point out some specific passages in the usnews article... theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #48