hyperdulia again Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 The gay left (I use this term, because to merely point to active homosexuals is too broad) is at its core a very anti-Catholic place. It probably seems more important to them to attack the Church than to keep the mud off of their own faces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjtina Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 A play is a play. An artistic expression. You don't have to go see it. But, it obviously has the complete right to exist. Don't flush it! with your logic porn can exist and child pornography as well as other hideious things.. It's smut and lies. It's not art, it's TRASH. This society seems to be so desesitized they can't even see a play that encourages a certain negative sterotype should be trashed. I'm sure you've been out in the real world to know that. Not all priests are like that. When hatred is bred, it is an evil and should be flushed. :toilet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjtina Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 "The New Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice" by Philip Jenkins from: Catholic Answers Anti-Catholicism has a long history in America. And as Philip Jenkins argues in The New Anti-Catholicism, this virulent strain of hatred - once thought dead - is alive and well in our nation, but few people seem to notice, or care. Jenkins shines a light on anti-Catholic sentiment in American society and illuminates its causes, looking closely at gay and feminist anti-Catholicism, anti-Catholic rhetoric and imagery in the media, and the anti-Catholicism of the academic world. For newspapers and newsmagazines, for television news and in movies, for major book publishers, the Catholic Church has come to provide a grossly stereotyped public villain. It was said that with the election of John F. Kennedy, anti-Catholicism in America was dead. This provocative new book corrects that illusion, drawing attention to this important issue. A must read! And now available for a limited time for 10% OFF the normal cover price. i want this book. :nerd: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Hmm... So you pretty much feel that any depiction of real life is wrong. Whether it is art or film. That if something is real, someone's experience (i.e. having a relationship with a catholic priest), it shouldn't be shown. So all of the icons in your church, Jesus on the cross.. really, shouldn't be shown... because it is art. Why are you so against reality. People have been molested by Catholic priests.... this is real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperdulia again Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 No this is attack. I have seen art that has bad priests and abusive nuns inb it. I've even seen art about priest-predators and their victims. The point of this play is not to tell the story of a child who was molested by someone who happened to be a priest, but to level an attack on the Bride of Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Have you seen the play? How do you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperdulia again Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 based on what the people responsible for it have said about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I wouldn't venture to guess whether or not the actors in the play--or even the writers, producers, etc.--are gay or not. What I would venture to guess is that they are anti-Catholic, for any number of reasons. And primarily the Church's teachings on morals probably offends them. This is an opportunity for them to "get back at the Church," using their talents to mock the Church, and at the same time, showing a gross insensitivity to anyone who's ever been sexually molested. Pax Christi. <>< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickRitaMichael Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 A play is a play. An artistic expression. You don't have to go see it. But, it obviously has the complete right to exist. Don't flush it! is porn artistic expression? whether it is or not doesn't change the fact that it is disgusting. and i agree, this play is nothing more than prejudice. why doesn't the aclu say anything? b/c they are tolerant of everyone but catholics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foundsheep Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 with your logic porn can exist and child pornography as well as other hideious things.. It's smut and lies. It's not art, it's TRASH. This society seems to be so desesitized they can't even see a play that encourages a certain negative sterotype should be trashed. I'm sure you've been out in the real world to know that. Not all priests are like that. When hatred is bred, it is an evil and should be flushed. :toilet: :tiphat: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjtina Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 :loco: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperdulia again Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 just to clarify my position. i think it's trash. i don't think it's trash because it's about the molestation crisis. i think it's trash because it's using the molestation crisis too attack the church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Conquers Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 I think it's trash because it is not true. It is a fabricated story. If it were a true story treated with respect I would not have that much of a problem with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperdulia again Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 so fiction is trash? one can't tell a fictional story about a priest molesting a child without it being inherently anti-catholic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foundsheep Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 just to clarify my position. i think it's trash. i don't think it's trash because it's about the molestation crisis. i think it's trash because it's using the molestation crisis too attack the church. Thats a good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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