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Originally posted by: Trooperman
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All I know is I heard that Ratzinger is 100% against female clergy, contraception, abortion, homosexuality, and many other things that groups have been fighting for for years.

Thank God for that. Homosexuality is not normal, it's a disorder. It's not something to be "proud" of. So are homosexuals automatically evil and guilty of grave sin? Of course not. They're human beings like the rest of us and should be respected as such. It's the actions (like marriage to one another, anal sex, etc.) that make them sinful.

And abortion is MURDER. Somehow, killing innocent human life before they even leave a woman's womb doesn't quite fit in with the Christian beliefs. A woman's right to choose? Heck, she already chose when she had sex in the first place. Makes me sick.

In total agreement on abortion and homosexuality.

But while I can see where they're coming from with the anti-women clergy, I don't think it should be a "rule." People can have their opinions sure, but that doesn't make it the law of God, even if the people with those opinions hold high postions in the clergy. So, like Warbler, I would welcome an in-depth explanation.

As for contraceptives, I take it this is going by the verse about God knowing you since *before* you were in your mother's womb. That raises a very interesting topic; are contraceptives on par with abortion in preventign would-be babies from being born?