Regarding this issue specifically, it all goes back to their requirement for them to be celibate. Such a practice is something they inherited from paganism through religious syncretism--it's not in the Bible. Pastors/bishops and deacons were required to be married (1 Tim. 3:2,11-12, Titus 1:6), and the Apostle Paul advocated marriage to help people avoid fornication and falling into sexual problems (1 Cor. 7:1-2,9). No where is it commanded for church leaders to be celibate. Thus, the core issue here is their celibacy. It is good this pedophilia issue has been coming to light to make the Catholic Church pay for its sickening abuses and wicked sins. The Lord Jesus Christ had strong things to say about those that would harm children: "But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea." (Mt. 18:6)

@Kaladin Catholicism is not Christianity. Even many Catholics will acknowledge this, understanding that it is something separate than what the Bible declares, adding many, many other things to it, or denying many things in it, contradicting it, basically establishing a completely separate religion. Thus, your earlier comment saying that Christians are deplorable, is disingenuous. If you were referring to Catholics only, then you ought to know the difference and say so. Now, if you were focusing on Christians otherwise, as separate from Catholicism and saying they are deplorable, you should know where you're at as that there are a lot of Christians on here. If, like with Catholicism, you are attacking Christian denominations at large, give some proofs of what you are talking about. But, as has been said even on here, if sexual abuse occurs among people who profess to be Christians, it is not a matter of if their religion is wrong for it soundly and strongly condemns all immorality, but the problem is in the individual's choice to not live for God faithfully and uprightly.

Pedophilia is an outgrowth of a person giving themselves to living immorally, as having no care for the moral ethics and principles that should guide people, more specifically, the Ten Commandments and other Bible commands. When people deny God it leads them into all sorts of debauchery. Ps. 53:1, "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good." The second part is connected to the first part--they deny God *so that* they may do abominable works. Romans chapter 1 shows a degeneracy (a path if you will) of those that turn their back on the one true God and reject Him, leading into sodomy and a plethora of other sins.

@MKSmash I did not make the argument about Biden's perceptible predilection toward minors being reason enough, though it certainly it--I was simply repeating what others have said on here. There are a whole lot more reasons to reject Biden and the horrible policies that he espouses, that he would ruin the economy, the country, so many liberties we have, etc., etc. Pedophilia from him is just one of the big signs that there's a major problem with him. As for President Trump, yes, he's been very immoral. The Dems tried to use that to stifle his election last time, but Hillary was not much better, being at least an enabler to Bill, and also being on the Epstein lists she is thus potentially a pedophile herself. Give me clean, moral, upright Christian man who is likely to win the presidential nomination and bring a strong, moral nation that will try to honor God, and then you may have a point.

@MKSmash Paragraph 2 -- To brush off anything simply because it is on Wikipedia is superficial and ignorant. I don't advocate for them, especially since they are a irreparably leftist site, but use some discernment here. Many of those things, if not all, can be found from other sources, and many things are cited, showing where things are potentially documented. I double down on it that the pervasive pedophilia scandals in Catholicism are absolutely enough to reject the whole organization, especially given the Lord's charge in Mt. 18:6 as I cited. The Catholic system harbors these pedophiles, even moving them to other dioceses when they are stigmatized. It is a deprave, wicked system, and may the Lord God open your eyes to it since you are apparently oblivious of it, or permissible somehow.
Your principle of you rely on tradition is unsound. Tradition absolutely does not NO EQUAL footing with the Bible. Nor does papal teaching. Check the leftist dogma of the current Pope which flies in the face of the Bible. For one, he heavily advocates like a good leftist for 'protecting climate change'. That contradicts God's pretty take-it-or-leave-it attitude toward the Earth: "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up." (2 Pet. 3:10). Who should I follow, God who does not care to preserve the Earth since He will burn it up, or the Pope who so strongly advocates for global conservation? Global conservation is another tool for communism.

Transgenderism is a social engineering bunch of garbage and perversion. No one has the right to mutilate themselves: Lev. 19:28 give some principles for that, "Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD." Also, Lev. 21:5 (et al.), "They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh." There are no such thing as 'trans rights.'
The Bible is absolutely pro-life. It should be evident that God counts the life of the unborn as much as a life of those that are born. Exo. 21:22-23, "If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life," The "so that her fruit depart from her" is premature live birth. Otherwise, that is saying that the man that harms the pregnant woman and if the unborn baby dies, that man would get the death penalty. That shows God is absolutely pro-life for the unborn, counting them as having the same value as those that are born.

As for the year 606, that is when Emperor Phocas by his authority declared and established the Roman Bishop Boniface III as the 'general head and supreme ruler of the whole church.' He had a beef with the Greek arm and turned on them in preference of Rome. Up to that point all they had at Rome were bishops or overseers for the first three centuries, and then after Constantine to 606 only archbishops and patriarchs.

Celibacy is an issue for it puts that particular person in an unsafe position. The Lord God created mankind with natural urges to have a mate and for procreation. That goes before the fall into sin of Adam and Eve. If a person can withhold themselves from those desires and concentrate on the Lord, great, and that is entirely commendable. But, it is exceptionally rare!! And, worse, it ought not be required by clergy when God requires completely otherwise. Having these natural desires puts a man who ought be concentrated on the Lord under undue stress if he can't satisfy them. That's why Paul said 1 Cor. 7:9, "But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn." Marriage is intended to be a safeguard from God from falling into sexual perversion. Thus, celibacy leads to fornication--many popes were fathered by other popes--or sodomy, or pedophilia. So, many problems come from it.

It is a cunning invention of the Devil to keep Catholic clergy bound to the Catholic system, and be basically like slaves to it.

@MKSmash I have other things to do than to keep up with this long drawn out conversation. Catholicism CANNOT and DOES NOT go back to the Apostle Peter. It is a fabrication of many, though early, writers to allege Peter was in Rome. Even if he was in Rome, the church at Rome was not founded by him (it existed before Paul wrote the book of Romans, and Peter was in other places at the time, like Jerusalem, Caesarea, Samaria, and Babylon). You are not reading Matt. 16:18 very well which is NOT promising the Apostle Peter the authority of the Church to be vested in him. If so, why did Paul say otherwise in Eph. 2:20, "And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;"? Paul was saying it is built on all the apostles and prophets, not on one sole apostle, i.e. Peter. Peter was no higher in authority over any other apostles. Paul even rebuked him in Gal. 2:11, withstanding him. If Peter was higher than Paul, why is there no rebuke from Peter to Paul? Instead, Peter commended Paul (2 Pet. 3:15).
Also, you still don't acknowledge that the requirement of celibacy is not in the Bible, but something extrabiblical--I provided you where they got it, from paganism. Thus, it is antithetical to Christian ministry, especially when there are different provisions and commands in the Bible. Traditions and papal teaching are unsound, and especially not on equal footing with the Bible, the word of God.

@qwerty_😎 @MKSmash Catholics did not give us the Bible. Please do your research. For one, Catholicism is not the church that is the same one found in the 1st century New Testament kind. It has morphed into something else entirely. It can only really be traced back basically to when Constantine approved it, i.e. the 300s, which is what I would call proto-Catholicism since it changed still further. Though there was a church in Rome from the first century, they corrupted over time, and they were a shell of what they should have been Biblically from the beginning of Christianity. They got the sponsorship of Constantine and then touted themselves as 'the real Church,' and their tired claim of going back to Peter is wrong as well as unproveable. I find the history of Catholicism dark and repugnant. They still have to answer for the murders of 50 million people during the Dark Ages they branded as heretics, something they recently have glossed over as 'not that bad.' Sickening!

@MKSmash I already did--although that was for clerics specifically, the 2nd Lateran Council of 1139. There were various leaders that advocated it, even as early as the 4th century, but that's not early enough since it does not come from the Bible. They were only mimicking paganism.

You ought to go read this article for more: https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/former-pope-benedict-writes-paper-blaming-sex-abuse-scandals-on-1960s-but-records-show-catholic-church-was-rotten-from-beginning/

@qwerty_😎 That has nothing to do with "We got the Bible from the Catholics". What are you getting at?

The Bible today is a big issue which I have given many years of study to, basically over a decade.

Your statement it comes from the Septuagint, Vulgate, and Dead Sea Scrolls is disingenuous.

For one, the Septuagint is a Greek translation (a poor one at that) of what is supposed to be the Hebrew Old Testament. The Vulgate is a revision by Jerome of the prior Vetus Latina, a translation as well of the New Testament into Latin.

So, those aren't the original Bible. If you want to talk about Bible, DM and we will talk about it, but this is not the forum.

Ditto--this is not the forum. And don't say it is a strawman when there is a whole lot more to talk about on the issue than what you trot out.

Catholics are not Christians is what your original problem was. I have met many Catholics that have said that themselves.

You're arrogant to even allege sight unseen what I have to say that my facts are outdated.

I don't care about appealing to a majority. It is about what is right, not what is popular.

I have other things to do and must leave. If you want to ask any questions, send me a DM now and I will get to it later in response to you.

@MKSmash Have patience and hear me out instead of quickly leaving the topic--DM me and we will talk about it.

It's not opinion, it is proveable that Catholics are not Christians, but I don't think you have the patience to hear it out. I know what I am talking about. I have read the Bible scores of times and I have compared it with the Catechism of the Catholic Church and found it does not match. Don't tell me I'm arrogant.

@qwerty_😎 I directly told you where I got my information that Catholics are not Christians and you malign it as hearsay. Reading the Bible profusely and directly comparing it with the Catechism of the Catholic Church is not hearsay--that is diligent, concerted research. Researching things out helps to come to sound opinions. It is simply a diversionary tactic to ignore my cited evidence and claim otherwise that I am arrogant (ad hominem) and that my facts are outdated. The Catechism of the Catholic Church is viewed as the authoritative summation of the beliefs of Roman Catholicism, and thus to compare it to the Bible is the quintessential way to ascertain whether it is consistent and right to call them Christian or not. I have found that it is wrong to do so, thus I have a basis for saying they are not Christians. The preliminary issue is that they are not born-again repentant believers in the Lord Jesus Christ alone for salvation. A born-again believer and follower of the Lord Jesus Christ is what constitutes being a Christian. I would be happy to explain all of that to you, but please do not be so readily dismissive, especially so unwisely judgmental of what I would or would not know. You don't know me nor my years of research. I see you have ignored my request to DM me about it to talk further. Looks like you just criticize publicly and don't stick around to actually talk honestly about stuff.

@qwerty_😎 Who says reading their Catechism and comparing it is not adequate to know what they believe? They literally promote it as their statement of what they believe and are trying to have all their churches follow. You are so misled to think (or are intentionally misleading people here) that that is not enough to figure out what they believe.
Also, believing in the Trinity is not enough, though it is important, to being a Christian. A Christian is one that has come to the realization that they are a sinner, they've offended God with their sin, that their sin requires the just judgment of God, which would be Hell if they die unsaved, that the Lord Jesus Christ died for their sins on the Cross as their only substitute and means to salvation (not on works), and have repented of their sins to God, and trusted on the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. Roman Catholicism denies that, opposes it, and substitutes a religion based on works (penance, etc.), prayers to dead people (Mary and the 'saints'), trusting on them instead of only on the Lord Jesus Christ, and believing a church can save them when the Lord Jesus Christ is THE ONLY Saviour. Don't tell me that Catholics believe that for it is abundantly evident that they do not. If anyone, including you, does not believe that and come that way to God for salvation, you are not only lost but are on your way to Hell. I tell you this out of love and care for your soul. If you need any further explanation about it, DM me, please.

Here's a link I came across. I think all the emails are on there: https://foia.state.gov/search/results.aspx?collection=Clinton_Email

@Kaladin Think of that with any email there is not just the sender that has a copy of the email but the recipient does too, as also that what goes out on the internet stays out there too. This is the State Department we are talking about, 75,000 employees--they're resourceful and know what they are doing. Check the link to see if that's what everyone's looking for. I'll be interested in hearing what people find in it.

@DontBeAnIdgit If you think that, why then is it that she is starting a commission to evaluate the capacity of the president this close to the election? It makes sense they would do something that substantial if they are gearing for Biden to get in, and therefore use the commission as the excuse to switch him with Harris or whoever they have planned instead (like the Hildebeest).

@DontBeAnIdgit Well, you ought give President Trump the benefit of the doubt that he might be just letting the cat out of the bag of what they are actually trying to do. He's resourceful and is usually many steps ahead of the Dems.

@Tyler Zed Thanks for your videos and for this forum

@Tyler Zed Do you have a family or anything?

For the Babylon Bee?? Ha! That's great.

Thanks for the funny material on the Babylon Bee

It may not be the breakfast that we all need, but it is the breakfast that we all wannnnnnnttttt.....

@Qanon Which YouTube channels did you watch related to Qanon?

I saw your list--but did you watch all of them? I was only really watching the And We Know channel. Wasn't really familiar with the others.

Whew, that's a lot of watching

I was surprised but not surprised to see this

Right. Tucker Carlson is good. I like Sean Hannity but he is way too repetitive

How long have you been following Qanon?

?? Thought it was only around since Oct 2017

@jerpeau Hokay fine

I'm on here since the fella said so

I've only been following Qanon things since maybe March this year. A friend of mine told me about it and recommended several videos to get started. I don't know how far he has been following it himself, but he too maybe from the beginning.

So, what do you expect next?

@Red Jasper You can't argue there is something to it if YouTube, Twitter and Facebook have ganged up against them as well as the Dems at large

Who says the 'drops' come from the future? Never seen that on the board. If some people that follow assume it comes from the future they are just crackpots.

Who? What 'drop' number says that? if it ain't straight from the source but someone that says they follow it says that it is not credible.

So, was you explanation they are a right wing group targeting pedophiles simply to explain why MSM and Dems are targeting it or your personal angst against it?

Who is the guy you are referencing? If it is not a direct number on the board you can't allege it's from the Q overall.

Too bad. If you don't have specific reasons but just generic then don't be upset if it's not compelling what you say.

It's like saying 'Orange Man Bad'--no substance...

I was using it to say your generality is as superficial as 'Orange Man Bad'. But, yet another empty 'do the research yourself'--I have done research and haven't found things to be griping about.

Good, why gripe about Qanon then? They were ahead of the game about that stuff.

Your understanding of it is superficial

what's 'the thing about QAnon'? If anything, it's the 'followers' making things fringe for you as far as I can tell.

Right, it is not about structure, no leaders, just information to follow up on and research about on one's own

@MikaSetsu How long have you been following Q stuff?

"You're entitled to your own opinion, you're not entitled to your own facts"--best line of Pence-Harris debate!!

No hard feelings, Red Jasper

Interesting

Yeah...?? But as a popsicle?? Blech! 🤪

That's right, Cool Guard.

it's just convenient issues to vilify. They turn their guns on something they want to vilify, to distract from other things, especially on things they are not being consistent across the board about--like taking private jets to burn a lot of fuel to go talk to a handful of people.

Just tell her this is not a personality contest

Yep, that's great to hear they would vote for Trump--do you know their reasons though for going with the flow of faking like they are for BLM, etc.?

How many of them do you think will follow through and go vote?

Is it a big league college if you have international players?

Oh man, that stinks! How's your record thus far this year? Are there much of any games you get to play anyway 'because of COVID'?

Pretty neat accomplishment that you guys qualified to even be in the mix last season

Sorry--I'm out of the US so I haven't been following college bball

That sounds great! Which college is it if you care to tell?

Aha, hadn't heard of it, but I see it's in Rock Hill, SC--been there once. Nice people.

Yep, far from the sand fleas on the SC coast...

I've heard many Marines complain about the sand fleas

Howdy to you too

I'm with ya on that!! Sickening...despicable...and the gall of them to allege they represent God! Hey, we already have God's view about them kind of people--it's in Genesis 19

Not sure what you're referring to exactly there, but if you are saying the Pope's stand is Antichrist, you are exactly correct and I applaud your discernment. In Matt. 19:4-6 Jesus defined for all time what legitimate marriage is: between one man and one woman for life. "And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." And, of that, He was quoting Gen. 1:27, "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." And Gen. 2:24, "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."

That is shaping up to be an awesome coffee table! 👍

The popes have been called antichrists for centuries, so it's not surprising this one is acting like this. Don't be fooled by them! Roman Catholicism is not a legitimate Biblical New Testament church and the popes certainly do not deserve to be called 'men of God.' So, in essence, you are exactly right--they are blatant false prophets.

Yep, exactly. But they have been lied to for so long, made to respect and reverence priests, usurping even God's place by demanding they confess their sins to a man though we are to confess them directly to God (1 Jn. 1:9)...I could go on and on. They really are in bondage spiritually, sadly. It's a very grievous situation that so many of them are blinded into accepting it and following it even all the way until death.

There's a reason why the Protestant Reformation and the Enlightenment happened basically simultaneously... People were getting into reading the Bible and seeing the stark contrast with Catholicism, and the Bible was liberating them spiritually and mentally, bringing the benefits of the Renaissance as well as a side benefit.

@Hajimiller Yes, the new video is very eye opening and disturbing

@SPRTNWRRYR1974 Right. This will be when Trump will probably use the Insurrection Act to quell the coup.

@карина Where are you from with the Cyrillic letters?

@карина Aha, yes, it is interesting--so no East Europe/Russia connection

Cyrillic goes back a long time

@Marco Jaeger What part of Romania is your mom from? I have been in Romania several times and know people there.

Japanese and Chinese look like alien writing to me...

Cool--I knew a man who was there in Cluj

I had only been to the west part of Romania like Timisoara

It's a very beautiful country in the interior

Northwest Romania is rather boring because it's in a flat plain area

Yes, it's a bullet. The light color is lead, and the other is copper from a full metal jacket. This is the possible splayed out look of a bullet upon hitting various surfaces after being fired. Here's a meme that will give you the full picture:

Heartburn, anyone...?

Biden's got what? Dementia? I think that's obvious...

@FerretFondue Counting until Tuesday? You mean Wednesday or Tuesday next week?