Catholic church’s marriage expert: Gay people come from the devil

[The Straight Story]

Catholic church’s marriage expert: Gay people come from the devil



In an editorial in the Boston Pilot on Friday, Daniel Avila, a lobbyist and spokesperson for the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage of the U.S. Catholic Conference, wrote that because being gay is not genetic, it must be the work of the devil.

Avila penned the column in the Boston Pilot, the newspaper of the Boston Archdiocese which also claims to be the oldest Catholic newspaper in the U.S. In the column, he claimed because no definite genetic connection can be established for homosexuality, then logically, homosexuality must be the work of the devil.

Therefore, whenever natural causes disturb otherwise typical biological development, leading to the personally unchosen beginnings of same-sex attraction, the ultimate responsibility, on a theological level, is and should be imputed to the evil one, not God.

In other words, the scientific evidence of how same-sex attraction most likely may be created provides a credible basis for a spiritual explanation that indicts the devil. Any time natural disasters occur, we as people of faith look back to Scripture’s account of those angels who rebelled and fell from grace. In their anger against God, these malcontents prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. They continue to do all they can to mar, distort and destroy God’s handiwork.

http://www.americanindependent.com/202156/catholic-churchs-marriage-expert-gay-people-come-from-the-devil

[bowens43]

1. religion is the root of all evil....... well , most evil. nt

[justiceischeap]

2. He seems to be ignoring the 2008 twins study in Stockholm

Writing in the scientific journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, researchers from Queen Mary's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, and Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm report that genetics and environmental factors (which are specific to an individual, and may include biological processes such as different hormone exposure in the womb), are important determinants of homosexual behaviour.

Dr Qazi Rahman, study co-author and a leading scientist on human sexual orientation, explains: "This study puts cold water on any concerns that we are looking for a single 'gay gene' or a single environmental variable which could be used to 'select out' homosexuality - the factors which influence sexual orientation are complex. And we are not simply talking about homosexuality here - heterosexual behaviour is also influenced by a mixture of genetic and environmental factors.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080628205430.htm

[trumad]

3. Decrepit old guy

Most likely repressed as well.

[Firebrand Gary]

4. I think God would beg to differ.

Gay = Love

Conservative = Hate

[trotsky]

9. ...

"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." -- Susan B. Anthony

I think it's counter-productive at best and dangerous at worst to claim that god is on your side no matter whether you are a conservative or a liberal, whether your goals are destructive or constructive.

[mwb970]

5. It seems to me that hyper-religious people are possessed.

I don't know if it's the devil, or perhaps it's an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese - SOMETHING is making these people crazy!

[Loudmxr]

6. This is why the Catholic Church is a polytheistic faith. Satan is a god.

Although raised a Catholic I realized early on that they believe in four gods.

The old god
The young god
The evil god
the pigeon god.


I came to the conclusion that there is only one God. One religion. Ancient and ever lasting. Which means all of them.

Occam's razor. What is the simplest conclusion is often ...the right one.

[SmileyRose]

7. Read the OP title and thought of this lady

[2pooped2pop]

8. Christ like and all that, aren't they?

The church I mean. If there is a GOd, these "christians" are going to be really really in for a surprise when they get there. (or are sent from there lol)

[madrchsod]

10. the devil made me do it defense...

[hobbit709]

11. A church whose priests are not allowed to marry or have sex

has "experts" that are qualified to speak on either of those subjects?

[sarcasmo]

12. religious bullshit is the #1 problem on this Planet.

[marmar]

13. Religious fundamentalism is like a brain-wasting disease.

nt

[edbermac]

14. What about Satan and Saddam?