Originally Posted by mixedmedia

Well then, I am going to assume that even though you directed the comment at me that you were not referring to just my contributions on this thread. If not and someone took such great offense to what I have said here that they felt I crushed the conversation, then I attribute that to their sensibilities more than to the weight of my comments.

If this conversation were about the Pope's stance on most other issues, it's likely that I wouldn't even get involved. But it happens to be a trigger issue for me for several reasons. I realize my mistake now and I apologize for misdirecting the conversation by making my comment about the Vatican being obsolete. I should have stayed on topic and maybe folks who support the Pope's views would have actually told us why they support them.

I think I addressed your last paragraph in my response to Smeth above.

Originally Posted by spectre

And that's the problem. Why go to someone who has never had sex for sex advice?

Honestly, I wouldn't go to Hugh Hefner for sex advice either, but he would probably be a better choice as he actually knows what it's like to have sex.

If I were going to climb Mount Everest, would I ask an experienced mountaineer or someone in a fancy hat off the street?

Is that analogy better?

All I'm saying is that the pope has not and will not have sex, so making him some sort of authority on it is a really bad idea.