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- I feel as though I've said everything that needs saying already. So here are the voices of others......

"This is what has troubled me over the years: the church's sanction of sexual predation. I cannot think of a more grave violation of trust and faith...Abusers will at times declare, "They wanted it," "They tempted me," "I couldn't (or can't) help myself," "I really love them," and so forth. When the church turns a blind eye to this evil by transferring the rapist rather than reporting them to legal authorities and pulling them out of their office and getting him or her therapeutic help, the church becomes a sexual predator as well." -- Emilie Townes, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Yale Divinity School - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emilie-townes/the-church-as-sexual-pred_b_505471.html">link

"Popes, like Republicans, are NEVER guilty of anything. In fact, they’re all as pure as freshly driven snow so anything which paints them in an unfavorable light is merely a lie and an attempt by evil-doers to smear them. Got that? They’re innocent. They’re always innocent." -- Mario Piperni - http://mariopiperni.com/religion/can-they-impeach-a-pope.php">link

"It is possible for individuals and even for whole cultures to care about the wrong things. Which is to say that it is possible for them to have beliefs and desires that reliably lead to needless human suffering. Just admitting this will transform our discourse about human morality." ~ Sam Harris http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj9oB4zpHww"> link

“Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed” ~ Steven Wright

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