The May 2010 Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Newsletter can now be found at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/Newsletters/Newsletter108(May2010)(RGB).pdf Bill C-384 was soundly defeated by a vote of 228 to 59. Check how the Members of Parliament voted at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/HowTheyVoted.pdf On June 5, 2010, we are co-hosting the US/Canda Push-Back Seminar at the Radisson Gateway Hotel at the Seattle/Tacoma Airport. The overwhelming defeat of Bill C-384 proved that we can Push-Back the euthanasia lobby in the US and Canada and convince people that euthanasia and assisted suicide are a dangerous public policy. Register for the Seminar at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/2010SeminarFlyer(RGB)(LetterFormat).pdf The Schindler family are being attacked by a Florida television station and Michael Schiavo. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is standing in solidarity with the Schindler family. My blog comments: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/05/att
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
Here is the way to look at this subject. The church is organized feudally. Each functionary collects from his territory and kicks some percentage upstairs. The higher you go in the pyramid the better off the functionaries are.
ReplyDeleteIf you study church history, even church historians will admit, if they have to, that the church has a long history of religious who enrich themselves, their families, friends and associates from church funds.
The party line is that of course the church is not presently corrupt, that's long in the past. The same historians will also tell you, if press, that there is no historical record of major reform... And then there is what passes for major reform in the Catholic Church. Vatican II was passed off to us as major reform. What a joke that is.
So the answer is yes there is corruption in the Catholic Church but that's the way it was set up. Like Amway. Catholicism is the longest running bunco scheme in the history of the World.
Nobody smart or connected ever gives the church a penny unless they are certain to receive even more in return. Obviously this does not work for most people. If you are in doubt about what category you fall into, you will wisely consider yourself most people.
But Amway gives only polishes and 'stuff' like that. With membership in the Church one has the great opportunity for eternal life with God....and it's all at no charge!
ReplyDeleteTell that to Amway!