Gerry Adams on the Catholic Church

The Sinn Féin president on understanding religion.

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Science & Technology

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• bigthink

[Arborem]

Ah, a man who sees Christianity for what it is, a peaceful spiritual religion. Modern day "Christians" are nothing like what Christ had in mind, in my own humble opinion.

[ImperialGeorge]

You believe in fetishism, then?

Me too, all hail the sun god Ra!

[sidvidkid]

@bcharville

Celibacy has nothing to do with the bible, it is simply about finance. When a priest bishop monk dies without a legal partner or children then all his possessions fall back into the hands of the church whereas if he had children or a spouse they would be entitled to some part or arguably all of his possessions.

[NKDP1]

@bcharville Thanks! looks like I'll be doing some reading. You have a good one too!

[bcharville]

@NKDP1 No problem. :) There are rites(such as Byzantine) that use different rules than the Latin(Roman) rite. byzcath0org :)

I think it has done good things though, like preventing clergy from forming, theocracies, bishoprics etc; in effect they were establishing their own monarchies and families like the Borgias and the de Medicis were using their clerical positions to gain power so I think their intentions for requiring celebacy were good... In any case, have a great weekend! :D :D :D

[NKDP1]

@bcharville That's interesting, and good to know. I never really got into the complexities of it, I didn't realize that there were different, disciplines(?), of Catholicism. I still hold firm on my belief that celibacy is wrong though. No good comes out of it. But, thank you for telling me, I'll make sure to be fully informed before I voice my opinions from now on!

[bcharville]

@NKDP1 Priestly celibacy is not a Dogma, it is a discipline. Catholic Priests in the Eastern Rites are not required to remain celibate. That is something that is really only had to be enforced in the West/Latin Rite, because of the formation of Bishoprics, etc.

The Catholic Church and its nearly 2000 year history is more complex than perhaps you have dared to imagine.

[bcharville]

@jamesrp007 People have said that for nearly twenty centuries. The problem for you is that your side has and always will be wrong... Mwahahahaha...

[AndyJackson1776]

let's all pick and choose what we like from each religion and form a one-world religion with a single person or governing body at the head claiming they finally know the truth. then we can all worship ourselves or the elements or whatever and be finally united in the truth we/they made up. Gee...I wonder where we've seen this happening before...Oh! I remember! that book us Christians call "Revelations". Chapter 13 to be exact. I pray you all find Jesus before the end. God Bless you all.

[MrDromaeosaurid]

He is not a true Catholic. Kill him.