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MineralMan

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3. What could a church run by old men have to offer a 12-year-old girl?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2018, 01:17 PM

Oct 2018

That's the RCC's problem. It's a patriarchal organization where old men make the rules and set the agenda. It's not a church for young people. It's a church for old men and women. Boring. Out of touch. Not relevant.

And then there's the problem of those incense-scented men sexually bothering children. That puts people right off, I'd think.

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The Vatican worries the church is losing the young -- and abuse is just one factor [View all] Eugene Oct 2018 OP

Here's something you won't hear me say often: The Vatican is RIGHT!!! n/t trotsky Oct 2018 #1

The Catholic Church lost me many years ago..... ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2018 #2

What could a church run by old men have to offer a 12-year-old girl? MineralMan Oct 2018 #3

Thomas Aquinas called women "mis-shapen men" among other things.. Permanut Oct 2018 #4