Good will to all men? Not from the grumpy atheists! (Thank God not all atheists are grumpy but there sure seems to be a lot of them)
Why is it that so many in the atheist community cannot bring themselves to get past their anger whenever they engage in discussions? The language of many of their contributions in public debate is laced with invective and dripping with sarcasm and bile. There are exceptions of course, but they tend to fall more into the category of being the 'exception that proves the rule' when compared to the hostility of many of today's atheist posters. Comment offered by the theists in the public square is often depicted as being 'malicious' or 'venomous' and intended to enslave the 'feeble minded and weak' by those who post. Nothing could be further from the truth. Venom is something that is oriented to death. Christians are oriented in a 180 degree different direction. We speak not to the culture of death that grips our world but rather for the culture of life and light which ends with the gift of eternal life. For example, the Catholic Church in its hum...
Abuse by a priest, a parent, a family member, a teacher etc is TOTALLY unacceptable and they should be punished and some bishops should be in the next cell...having said that my question after reading this article is how would Jesus treat these folks whose sins are more public than others?...would he cut them off..i think not...when we say the Lords prayer we ask to be forgiven as we forgive...no more than we would suggest the alcoholic become a bartender these men should not be in charge of the boy scouts (or for some the girl scouts)but they are still people made to the image and likeness of God and we need to forgive them and the church needs to find places for them when they have completed their jail time...God did not make ANY throw-away people and i wonder if sometimes we have forgotten that.
ReplyDeleteApparently the Vatican has billions of dollars it has accumulated over two millenium stashed away in bank accounts and probably various investments. Unfortunately they would never part with it voluntarily. If some of that money could be had, it could be used to retrain these abusers for a productive job or skill in society and then they could go to work for a living and support themselves like everyone else.
ReplyDeleteCheck out the book "The Vatican Billions" by Avro Manhattan, which is available to read online.
http://www.cephasministry.com/catholic_vaticans_billions_1.html