Raycom, would Jesus Christ be calling people "bigited" and "ignorant" if he was in your shoes right now? Of course not! It's interesting how many so called Christians behave in the way that Jesus Christ did NOT! Maybe you should revisit your Christianity and look at your own behaviour instead of abusing others.

A belief in God has nothing to do with "proof", that's why it's a "belief". That's what faith is all about. Therefore, a person without faith and belief has ZERO obligation to prove there isn't a god, simply because religious faith and belief is just that, "faith and belief". If Christianity was based on proof, there would be NO need whatsoever for faith and belief, because you'd know for certain that god exists because of the "proof".

Or are you saying you don't possess Christian faith/Christian belief, and that your Christianity is based solely on proof? Don't forget now, if you can prove god's existence then there's no need for faith and belief in god's existence, because you have the "proof".

Raycom wrote:

"You show your ignorance. It should not take too much effort on your part to trace back the link to Jesus Christ, the Son of God."

Dear Raycom,

Humanoid Gods whose mothers were impregnated by supernatural beings are a primitive form of belief that should have been discarded years ago.

Zeus went around impregnating human females and poroducing mortal children. This primitive belief has been preserving in the overgrown cult called Christianity.

GROW UP! Raycom. GROW UP!

All religions - even my paganism - deserve all the criticisms they get, as all of them are imperfect expressions of human desire and longing. For the catholics to claim they are being singled out for special treatment is nothing they don't deserve - they deserve much more approbrium than all other religions combined, having caused unspeakable suffering, now and in the past.
That it survives at all is testament to the strength of the members' longing and desire - and fear. The latter is also the main reason Islam persists.

I was baptised a Catholic. Many would say I am a lapsed Catholic, I am not. I do not believe in the divinity of Jesus; an extraordinary Jewish teacher or rabbi undoubtedly, but not G-d incarnate. I am not a Christian. However, I would like to make two comments and readers can take from these what they will.

The Catholic church carried out the practice of castrating small boys so they would sing like "angels". The last castrati died in 1911.

Certainly, for most of the 20th century, many orders accepted boys of fourteen (perhaps younger) for entry into the priesthood and brotherhood. Far too young to develop sexual maturity; in some cases to even know their sexual identity. Such boys would then undergo a regime of damaging sexual repression. It does not surprise me that tendencies to paediophilia would develop among a number. It would surprise me if it did not. This in no way absolves the Catholic church of responsibility for priests' later crimes against the vulnerable. But I think this may someway explain why paediophilia has emerged more from the Catholic church, than from other Christian denominations.

"But I think this may someway explain why paediophilia has emerged more from the Catholic church, than from other Christian denominations."
Danielle, what statistics have you got to back up your claim?
What statistics have you got to support your inference that 14 to 18 year old candidates for the priesthood are more likely to practise homosexuality involving young boys than post-school-age entrants?

Re Hitler,

Hitler was a baptised Catholic, thus a lapsed Catholic ... but a Catholic nevertheless
... deathbed confession, absolution of sin, and salvation remained available to him.

Unless he was formally excommunicated from the Catholic church, which unfortunately, he was not, the Catholic church would have to had to accept Hitler as a member of the church. He could spout all manner of heresies, and commit all manner of crimes, but without excommunication ...