Reply #119: Good luck to you and yours. [View All]

As for this thread...of course there is no rule that says you must post something about what people on DU are currently talking about. I never said there was. Let's walk through, shall we?

Skepticscott and others on this thread (including myself, at this point) have accused you of posting this OP simply to deflect criticism from the Catholic Church through the use of a logical fallacy known as ad hom tu quoque. In this subthread, I have repeatedly asked you to prove us wrong and give us another reason for your motive in posting this here. Your only answer to me and others who have asked this question is that it is "germane to the discussion," but you can't show WHICH discussion.

So why did you post this here?

Was it to start a whole new discussion on the moral failings of the church? It doesn't seem so, after reading everything you have written thus far.
Was it to deflect criticism from the church by saying that "other people molest children just as much as priests"? That's certainly what it looks like, and with those cheering you on also being the ones who are so vehemently spouting about "anti-catholic bigotry" every time a detractor of the Church says "boo" anymore, this thread is difficult to see as anything other than apologetics for the Church.