Faced With an Ongoing Sexual-Abuse Crisis, What Are Catholic Parents to Do?

[MineralMan]

37. Well, if they don't want to, then they'll fall back on scriptural evidence

to support their lack of desire. That's where old Paul comes in. I mean, this is the church that won't allow gluten-free altar bread for the eucharist, because "bread" must be made of wheaten flour. It's a silly doctrinal rule, but it remains the rule. I once argued for some time with one 'rug' here about that doctrine, which he defended with whataboutisms and personal attacks.

Now, of course, I don't really care about the constitution of the host bread. I was merely arguing about useless, outdated doctrine that doesn't even have scriptural support. But, defending the doctrine was very important it seems. There's a lot of that going on.

Another favorite of mine are discussions of transubstantiation where the question of whether the eucharist involves a metaphorical or a literal conversion of the bread and wine to flesh and blood or not is involved. Nobody seems to want to talk about that crucial issue any longer in this group.

I would also enjoy a nice chat about predestination, a hallmark of Calvinism and Presbyterianism, but there appear to be no takers for such discussions any longer here.

A great pity, that...