JUST IN: Satanic Temple member found guilty of possession of 'very disturbing' child pornography in Idaho: police. "Numerous files of very disturbing child abuse and child pornography were found in Russell's possession during the investigation. Russell is a member of the Idaho chapter of The Satanic
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Ok. I apologize for not being clear in my comments. I sincerely was not trying to make it seem like the Catholic Church has any noticeably different percentage of pedophiles than any other religion. And the only reason why I didn't lump it in with Christianity is because I've seen too many arguments start here when they are lumped together. I was trying to avoid that from happening, not trying to pick on the Catholic Church.
I'm still interested in what your take on missionaries is, btw.
Ah, the sweet relief of reconciliation.
This is what I meant by that. Was hoping we could come to some understanding. I appreciate the apology.
And I suppose I could have been a bit nicer. Sorry if I was a bit too hard-nosed here. On the one hand, I don't want to bend over when I don't feel I'm the one who made the error, but on the other hand, I don't want to be a domineering asshole who gives no leeway and acts all self-righteous over other people making mistakes while not acknowledging his own.
Now frankly, it wasn't really a big mistake, it just made the difference in this case for how I think the comment comes across. I'm not too bent out of shape over it, if I gave off that impression. Just a minor spraying of shit, a dusting if you will... kek
And I have to say, I feel kind of bad now. I also usually try to put in that extra effort to avoid trivial arguments over how I word something, and now I'm the one starting the, one could argue, trivial argument.
And my case is somewhat the opposite, I guess. When I do see people mention Catholicism here, it's usually some kind of dig, so I am admittedly a bit on edge.
I kind of feel a bit of a fool, as well, to be honest. I'm sure it wasn't all your typo that got my defenses up, if I'm being fair.
Also, I responded to the missionary question. Really liked that question. I usually don't feel like I ever have to think twice about my positions (that's the ego), but with that one and the prior response I did. So thanks for supplying me with some intellectual stimulation :).
Yet another reason I mentioned reconciling. While I felt compelled to defend the Church due to our prior complications, I still prefer the more intellectual kinds of discussions versus the arguments.
How about if we both promise to try to do better in the future? 🙂
I actually agree with you on this. I'm pretty sure this board skews heavily towards Protestants. At least, those who are vocal on their particular church seem to be.
The entire reason why I listed Catholics separately in my comment was because whenever pedophiles in Christianity is a topic here, there always seems to be at least one or two people who argue that it's the Catholics who are the pedophiles, and they don't count as Christians.
So trying to avoid that argument lead to this argument. Now that I've sat and thought about what I said, and why I said it, I realize I was basically pandering to those types of Protestants. Because since there seems to be fewer Catholics here, I formed my comment with the reactions of Protestants in mind. And in doing so, played right into the idea that Catholics have higher rates of pedophilia than other religions/denominations.
So, yes, I did shit on Catholics, though it wasn't my intention to do so. But it does show a distinct bias against Catholics.
If nothing else comes out of this conversation, having to think more about why I said what I did has brought on some much needed self reflection.
I apologize for that, sincerely.
I saw your post about missionaries after I made my post. It's an interesting take.
I can certainly promise to always try to do better. I'm already so much better now than I was before I became a Protestant. Becoming Catholic only heaped on more improvements from there. God truly does wonders.
And while that's always the sense I got, you've gotten an awful lot of downvotes and my comments seems to be favored here. Not that votes matter, but it is interesting since it seems opposite what I'd usually expect regarding a discussion on Catholicism here. To be fair, I have noticed that we have a good few Catholic users in some threads. I'm pretty sure there exists a decent contingent of us that just usually don't make that explicitly clear unless someone goes after the Church. And even then, sometimes it's just easier to not cause even more division than there already is. Infighting helps no one.
Also, very insightful, that makes a lot of sense. Damned if you do and damned if you don't I suppose, kek.
Thanks again for the apology, I appreciate it and all is good. Props for the self-reflection as well. In my experience, most people would just stop responding rather than think about their side or admit to doing anything wrong. I often feel like I stand somewhat alone in being willing to do that, at least online. I really do try to be as fair as possible, though sometimes I do better than other times, of course.
And as for my 'missionaries' take, well I'd much rather it be interesting than expected/predictable ;)