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Thread #128156   Message #2876879
Posted By: Joe Offer
31-Mar-10 - 06:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: Clerical child abuse Part 94....
Subject: RE: BS: Clerical child abuse Part 94....
Boy, that opens a can of worms, Mary. I've seen many "religious" people who are heavily burdened with psychosexual problems. But for them, their religion seems to be part of their psychosis.

If there is no joy in a person's religious faith, that's not what I would consider faith. Maybe it fits the general definition of faith, but it's certainly not what I've experienced as faith. I see religious people who are judgmental and selfish and full of anger and prejudice and weird sexual thinking - to me, these things are the very antithesis of true religious faith. For me, faith is about joy and generosity and love of fellow man.

-Joe-