Nonsense.
Is 50% of the world's population a conservative enough poverty rate for you? Do the math. Divide the total worth of the catholic church by 2.5 billion and lets see what number you come up with to eradicate poverty. Even if you divide the amount with the number of estimated catholics in the world, it would still not eradicate even catholic poverty, much less world poverty.
The fact is, the church, like any organization of comparable magnitude, needs operating expenses. The larger the work, the bigger the operating expense. It would be even larger if all the lay people involved in church work actually got paid, instead of simply volunteering. If you broke up the church's assets and distributed it to the poor, then the catholic church will be IN NO POSITION TO HELP ANYONE, EVEN ITSELF.
Not to mention the fact that an amount like that freely given would trigger world-wide inflation of biblical proportions that would make the current global economic situation look like a picnic.
Please peddle your robin hood economics someplace else.
Nonsense.
Your interpretation of jesus' words is simple-minded. How you got from a natural inclination like sex to the commandment of love is beyond me.
Tell me, should a masochist love others as himself???? Should he love god in the same manner???? As I said, you proceed within the framework of 'I' alone or 'thou' alone -- never 'I and thou'.
Your ideas are simple-minded, at best. It is bereft of facts, logic and context.
I don't hate homosexuals and transexuals. Someone being homosexual or transexual does not interfere with the way I interact with them. Heck, I even took the time to analyze exactly what's wrong with your argument, did I not?
The reason the state should not promulgate a law to marry homosexuals is INDEPENDENT of what I feel.
Facts and logic. Get over it.
