All entries for Wednesday 30 November 2005

The Catholic church vs. homosexuals everywhere

Writing about web page http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4480588.stm

The Catholic church has renewed its convicton that homosexuality is a tendancy rather then an orientation and that practising is a sin. It has renewed the ban on gay priests, saying that those who have indulged in homosexual practises must have renounced their former activities and been celibate for at least three years before being considered for the cloth.

But why the surprise?!

Would we not criticise the church for backing down on one of its fundamental beliefs? Wouldn't the headlines then read something like:
'Church abandons its teachings in favour of pandering to the general feeling of society'?

Surely an organisation cannot be strong without believing emphatically in the rules upon which it is based. Surely one of the reasons the church has become weaker, particularly during the past century, is because some of its fundamental principles have been challenged, for example by the theory of evolution. So why should the church be expected to backtrack on another of its beliefs when presumably, as a result, it would be weakened?

: 30 Nov 2005 14:19 |  Tags: Religion |  Comments (11) |  Close comments |  Report a problem