I hate to say it, but are you sure that you only have a few conflicts (and some of them are “biggies”)? A week ago you were insisting that there was nothing that you didn’t agree with, after all.There is one thing that I must say. Since I am only wrong on a few items of Catholic teaching, I am a far better Youth Minister than many others. The majority of Catholic teachers are intrinsically wrong about their teachings and marginalize and alienate many individuals.
What are the major conflicts? The only major conflict I can see is my opinions on abortion.I hate to say it, but are you sure that you only have a few conflicts (and some of them are “biggies”)? A week ago you were insisting that there was nothing that you didn’t agree with, after all.
And as to marginalization, you have proudly told us how you did to a parent with concerns, which as Galandriel stated, is a tactic which will only cause you problems.
There is your opinion on Infallability.What are the major conflicts? The only major conflict I can see is my opinions on abortion. .
Be honest.This parent did not have logical concerns. Questioning why I allowed a devout catholic trans-girl to participate in my youth ministry is pure intolerance. If a parent questioned why I allowed a devout catholic black girl to participate in my youth ministry, you would support what I did.
Infallibility does not mean that the Pope is never wrong. It means that he is not wrong when he declares to the Catholic Church a dogmatic teaching on faith as being part of a divine revelation.There is your opinion on Infallability.
There is your encouraging baptized Catholics to go find another religion as they are all the same anyhow…
Be honest.
Are you the Youth Minister or are you participating in a youth group. A youth minister in a Parish with a CYO of 400-500 (the attendance you claim) would be a paid, full time staff position.
Which are you? An 18 year old member of the youth group or are you on the pastoral staff of a parish?
Gets tought to keep the stories straight? Maybe this will help, it is from your very first post on this threadDo not claim that I said something when I did not say it. I never said that all religions are basically the same.
It should be taught by first explaining to the children that this is one religion out of many and that if they do not like it then there are thousands of other religions that they may join.
Actually, the bigger conflict that I had in mind was your view of Scripture (particularly the connection between the Old Testament and the Church), but of course abortion as well.What are the major conflicts? The only major conflict I can see is my opinions on abortion.
This parent did not have logical concerns. Questioning why I allowed a devout catholic trans-girl to participate in my youth ministry is pure intolerance. If a parent questioned why I allowed a devout catholic black girl to participate in my youth ministry, you would support what I did.
Yes, one religion out of many does not mean that all religions are essentially the same nor does thousands of other religions to join. I have not once changed anything that I have said.Gets tough to keep the stories straight? Maybe this will help, it is from your very first post on this thread
Well, I meant that the Old Testament laws no longer apply. I should have phrased this better. And abortion, I just don’t teach on it. Just because I believe it should be taught differently does not mean that I do so.Actually, the bigger conflict that I had in mind was your view of Scripture (particularly the connection between the Old Testament and the Church), but of course abortion as well.
Again, I still would have a huge problem with how you handled that situation and your attitude about it here.
thou shall not judge gets taken right out of the equation when a transsex/transgender person comes along no matter what the issue is about. I just hope that the negative and ignorant posts from this thread and from her other thread that disappeared dont end up with her losing her faith in god or her becoming another statistic of something much worse.Looks like she is gone for good. One of her threads gone. While 18 is a bit young to be a youth minister, I complement her for stepping up to the plate to do it. A good possiblity at her age of 18 for leaving here is the anti trans attitude being a bit much to deal with. I know from personal experience I’m transsexual and at that age I found it too much to deal with myself. Before you pople start judging transsexualism you had better start reading up on it before blowing your own horn of ignorance on it. Get the plank out of your own eye before you worry about the speck in your neighbor’s eye.
With the exception of a certain few posters, you are correct. But the vitreal that came from the anti GID types make me sick. After dealing with it for many years I still don’t get numbed to it.Funny, most of the debate on this thread had nothing to do with her GID. It had a good deal, however, to deal with her dissent on several points of doctrine and her attitude (which improved greatly).
I didn’t know about this, that abortion is moral if the child will be disabled. Is this a new teaching in the Catholic Church that Catholic youth ministers such as yourself are now teaching our young people? I thought that it would always be wrong and a mortal sin to kill a child in the mother’s womb? Could you please elaborate on this development that it is sometimes moral to abort a disabled child?Also, abortion is moral when the mother will die if she gives birth or the baby will be born severely physically and mentally disabled. I teach exactly what I should.
the laws instituted by man in the OT no longer apply but those instituted by God (i.e. The commandments) can never be revoked. The transgendered girl is damanged goods and should be referred to counseling before this idea of tolerance causes her further damage.Well, I meant that the Old Testament laws no longer apply. I should have phrased this better. And abortion, I just don’t teach on it. Just because I believe it should be taught differently does not mean that I do so.
Perhaps how I handled the situation was too harsh. What should I have done instead?