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Surely the image is one of Mary being the theotokos? Ie: the Ark of the Covenant is an antetype for Mary in that, just as it bore the presence of God, so did Mary in her pregnancy. Even Luther IIRC didn't have an issue with that...

Eh? How so? I would no more go to a pastor or minister of religion for an opinion about vaccinations than I would go to my doctor for an opinion about soteriology. If I found anyone doing either of the foregoing, I would be seriously concerned. [ETA - one has to also bear in mind that the...

Your categorisation seems to be based on how others see us, though; I'm not sure that's a sound basis at all.

Absolutely in favour of vaccinations for childhood illnesses such as measles, if nothing else for stories like this

Nor do I. It also has to be read alongside his similar - and later qualified - comment made earlier this year.

Last time I checked, we were human beings not human 'doings'...

We'll have to agree to differ once again then.

And we as individuals are all guilty as well. Thanks be to Jesus Christ then!

Overcoming the addiction is a daily struggle for some. It's an ongoing work in progress. Sometimes God works a miracle and the person is completely healed, other times He doesn't. It does indeed seem to be a matter of semantics: the category of persons to whom the Pope was referring is those...

You're not wrong to say you're an alcoholic (although perhaps one should qualify it with a 'recovering' prefix :smilewinkgrin:). You and others would be very wrong however to label you a 'sinner' in that regard or imply that somehow your salvation is imperilled because you have that particular...

Two points: there is a difference between climate and weather; and, the plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'. Neither is specifically relevant to the OP but both IMO worth bearing in mind when discussing this hot (if you'll pardon the pun) topic.

A tendency does not mean that one is born that way necessarily, although there is evidence to suggest that, for example, alcoholism has a genetic component re predisposition. That's a rather good parallel in fact: is a recovering alcoholic, who has repented and put his trust and faith in Jesus...

Wow, just wow. So you never sin any more? Since we're on Romans, you're clearly better than St Paul (Rom. 7:14-25), not to mention me. Spoken like a Catholic...faith without works and all that.... I think again you're falling into the trap of conflating the act with the orientation

We're all born in sin. A homosexual is no different in that respect. We all have tendencies to sin - how many times have you felt anger in your heart to another person?

But that's not what we're talking about here. Acts can be sins, temptations and tendencies are not.

Yep. Newsflash though - there's this nasty thing called The Fall which has messed up the way God intended things to be. So now we have to deal with things like death, disease, people being nasty to each other and - yes - sinful sexual urges. I don't justify the acts at all. But a celibate...

A man doesn't have to commit any homosexual acts to be labelled gay. How many times to I have to sleep with a woman before you classify me as heterosexual?

Er...no - major category alert. A homosexual is someone who is sexually attracted to a member of the same sex. No sin in that. The sin is in acting it out by engaging in same-sex acts. The Pope rightly condemns the latter but accepted the former. This is scarcely news; most evangelical...

Yes, very happy! He's an excellent actor and will provide the gravitas of Hartnell (same age as Bill when cast as the Doctor) with Tom Baker's eccentricities.

I'm reminded of Martin Niemoller's words... Does seem rather odd though that people are protesting now; after all, Russia's had a pretty appalling human rights record under Putin so why is the g@y issue the catalyst?