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Old 3rd Nov 2011, 09:09 PM   #1
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Default Catholic Journal Withdraws Column that Suggests Devil Responsible for Homosexuality

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The oldest Roman Catholic newspaper in the United States has retracted an opinion column suggesting the devil may be responsible for gay attraction.

The column, which appeared Friday in the Archdiocese of Boston's official newspaper, The Pilot, was titled "Some fundamental questions on same-sex attraction." It was written by Daniel Avila, an associate director for policy and research for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

In the column, Avila says "the scientific evidence of how same-sex attraction most likely may be created provides a credible basis for a spiritual explanation that indicts the devil...

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and god is responcible for the existance of the devil, having created the devil.

Arguement invalidated by the fact that if the god is creator of everything, he is the creator of 'everything'.
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I spose but I see Earth as Hell, there is no real hell with brimstone and shit lol Just hell here on Earth, and then something after...
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I spose but I see Earth as Hell, there is no real hell with brimstone and shit lol Just hell here on Earth, and then something after...
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hypothesis proven.
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I find it hard to take seriously an article which uses the phrase "scientific evidence" and "devil" in the same sentence.
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What utter rubbish.
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