If your knee-jerk response to invocations of 2,000 years of Catholic doctrine espoused by a billion-member worldwide church is "what about late 20th century American pedophile priests," you probably don't understand how Catholic doctrine works.
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Replying to @baseballcrank
What about pedophile priests and their ongoing insulation from consequences by Catholic hierarchy as a reflection of 8.5 centuries of the church wielding its power to immunize clergy from secular justice?
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Replying to @Popehat @baseballcrank
It's a serious issue, but a separate issue. Doctrine applies to the faith of millions, from 2 millennia of orthodox teaching. Problems in the church hierarchy that have corruptly enabled abuse is a handful of people separate from orthodox teaching.
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This is how you would respond if you're interested in discussing the sources of the authority of the Church's doctrines, rather than just trolling.
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