'Church Is About Forgiveness': Kissing Priest

Agreed. As a former Catholic, I see nothing but hypocrisy, graft, pedophilia - unable to manage its own, treat the abused, nor correct abuses = denial / baltant lies. A vow of celibacy is ludicrous; priest, nuns are human. To deny one's sexuality breeds temptation, contempt, loneliness, failure. If everything is a sin that is human, what's the point... (ie; masturbation, birth control)? I have a friend who was a priest - he said it was no different from working for 'Big Blue' (IBM), with all the politics and more found in the private sector (exception, celibacy which he said was something most couldn't maintain). The history of the Catholic church has been predicated upon oppression, manipulation, fear, hypocrisy (do as I say, not as I do). I couldn't take the fact that diocese around the nation and the world were bankrupt, yet their stance was denial. I stopped tithing and eventually left 20 years ago upon realizing the church was simply moving pedophiles around, like chess pieces, from parish to parish, with no intent of ridding themselves of these animal predators. G-d, in old testament, yielded amazing feats; but nothing for all the atrocities man has accomplished in her/his name. At this juncture, I'm either agnostic, likely atheist,t thanks to the church. No mas(s)...

Demi......your like a reed in the wind you blow in any direction. Your like that bug I just stepped on. At least that bug had a purpose. You on the other hand, are counted as useless and without purpose. Somehow I believe they kicked you out of the church. As the saying goes; there are no atheist's in a foxhole..........dude