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A new account for an old regular. ~~~~~~~~~~ Is child abuse in the Catholic Church epidemic, as many claim? Epidemic means "affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time" or "excessively prevalent." While there is child abuse inside the Catholic Church, there is no evidence it exceeds the rate outside the Catholic Church, so it cannot be described as "epidemic." http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epidemic http://www.newsweek.com/2010/04/07/mean-men.html
Why should the government recognize marriages?
What purpose does it serve?
12 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade agoWhy do Protestants commemorate the birth of Christ on a day chosen by the Catholic Church?
Why observe the Catholic calendar?
13 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade agoProtestants, do you visit the graves of your dearly departed loved ones?
If so, what do you do there? Do you talk to your loved ones?
4 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade agoWhy didn't defrocking stop Tony Walsh from molesting children?
"The report documented how the future pope, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, replied in January 1996 confirming that John Paul had expelled Walsh from the priesthood.
"But after Walsh was paroled from prison in 2002, the report said, he continued to travel around Ireland masquerading as a priest and winning the confidence of children, more than 20 of whom reported sexual assaults."
5 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade agoProtestants, does your church put up a Nativity scene...?
...while at the same time railing against Catholic statuary, or do you break for the holidays?
8 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade agoWhat religious groups oppose adult stem cell research?
Someone just claimed, "We would've had this [a possible cure for HIV using adult stem cells] ages ago were it not for the stupid anti science religious nutbags"
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Apm76...
Who are these "stupid anti science religious nutbags" that oppose adult stem cell research?
6 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade agoI'm not Jewish, and I didn't receive any Hanukkah presents. To whom do I complain?
Don't tell me I don't deserve Hanukkah presents just because I'm not Jewish.
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8 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade agoShould atheists be barred from participating in politics, government, and public policy...?
...because atheist 501(c)(3) organizations are tax-exempt?
Question inspired by http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AkN6o...
21 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade agoMarried atheists, do you wear condoms each and every time with your spouse?
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10 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade agoDo some people think Christianity is a science rather than a religion?
I'm trying to understand why questions such as these keep appearing:
"Do Christians think DNA is replicated perfectly every time?"
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201010...
"Christians: How do you explain cosmic background radiation?"
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aq9QL...
"How do Christians explain dinosaurs?"
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200808...
"Catholics. Do you recognise oil as a fossil fuel?"
8 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade agoAre you for or against self-marriage and why?
"Chen Wei-yih has posed for a set of photos in a flowing white dress, enlisted a wedding planner and rented a banquet hall for a marriage celebration with 30 friends.
"But there is no groom. Chen will marry herself."
15 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade agoWhy do people who think consent is required for marriage think their opinion is more valid?
Why do people who think consent is required for marriage think their opinion is more valid than that of anyone else? Marriage by capture is a practice throughout history and around the world. Who are you to say it is invalid?
9 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade agoNetflix app on the fritz?
The Netflix app on my iPod Touch isn't loading lists of individual episodes of television series. It just says "Loading..." This began yesterday. Is this happening to anyone else?
1 AnswerMusic & Music Players1 decade agoWhy do people complain that the Vatican didn't defrock Fr. Murphy in 1996?
Isn't it enough that the police and the DA investigated him in 1974? Isn't that what you say you want -- for the police to handle these things, not the Church?
4 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade agoAbusive priests -- which do you prefer?
Which do you prefer -- that the Vatican allow individual bishops to completely deal with abusive priests at the diocesan level, or that the Vatican require these cases be forwarded to them?
I ask because many people seem dissatisfied either way. They complain about lack of action on the part of the Vatican before 2001 (when John Paul II changed Church law to require that cases be forwarded to the Vatican), but they also object to the Vatican claiming jurisdiction in 2001.
4 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade agoCould someone please provide details on these child abuse cases the Pope is alleged to have "covered up"?
By details I mean names and dates.
10 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade ago