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And all this time I thought

shawn — Wed, 04 May 2011 19:20:33 +0000

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And all this time I thought "spare the rod, spoil the child" was about beating kids, I guess I misunderstood which "rod" they were refering to

And all this time I thought

shawn — Wed, 04 May 2011 19:20:27 +0000

In reply to Pope John Paul II's final miracle - making child molestation seem like no big deal

And all this time I thought "spare the rod, spoil the child" was about beating kids, I guess I misunderstood which "rod" they were refering to

Will he be the patron saint

AndrewSB49 — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:18:42 +0000

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Will he be the patron saint of wolves I wonder ?

Wolves in sheep's clothing of course!

There are metaphors within

Atheist — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:22:32 +0000

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There are metaphors within metaphors. For the priests, the metaphor was fairly clear: if there was no other way to stop their depravity, they should have voluntarily undergone chemical castration. (I'm not a psychiatrist, but my understanding is that this helps cure sexual desires, although I expect it's not a perfect cure.) For the church, however, there's a metaphor on top of that metaphor - that of its members being like body parts. They should've "cut off" the priests who were engaging in these acts. (NB: I expect we're in complete agreement on this, so don't take this any other way than as commentary.)

It is figurative. To

Resistance — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:02:30 +0000

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It is figurative.

To illustrate the “eye,” is what you focus with, focusing your attention on something. The hand; what you do with your hands, good deeds or bad.

Because they failed to “ walk with god” they stumbled, tripped up, by their lust

If you review the preceding verses, it warned those pedophile priests (Mark 9:42) . . .But whoever stumbles one of these little ones that believe, it would be finer for him if a millstone such as is turned by an ass were put around his neck and he were actually pitched into the sea.

The pedophile Priests would have known this scripture and understood the figurative nature, even if you don’t. The pedophiles knew the importance of making sure they didn’t stumble a little one.

These pedophile priests knew what to do. They knew their choices

Which will leave you fit only

jollyroger — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:26:21 +0000

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Which will leave you fit only for pushinhg yourself around on a skateboard...I knew a guy in this condition once, but he stepped on a landmine in Nam...I don't think he would have done it to himself.

Of course, per contra, Oedipus.

If your foot makes you

CVille Dem — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:07:14 +0000

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If your foot makes you stumble you probably need new shoes. Actually buying a new pair of shoes would probably be less traumatic than cutting off your foot ( and it would ABSOLUTELY be more likely to make you stumble LESS than having only one foot).

I mean, is there a prohibition of using logical thinking in these verses?.

ie: The cure for stumbling is this: cut off your hand (?), or your foot (?), or throw away your eye(?). Brilliant

I think the Beatles said

jollyroger — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:46:35 +0000

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I think the Beatles said that....

I've got blisters on my

jollyroger — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:45:08 +0000

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I've got blisters on my fingers and calluses on my knuckles!

If your hand makes you

CVille Dem — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:42:36 +0000

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If your hand makes you stumble you,re probably some kind of an ape.