As the WOTB Token Christian (well along with revsimon) I just want to say how utterly
ashamed of this I am.
Child abuse is the absolute opposite of all the values that Jesus ever taught, stood for and died for. Covering up child abuse, exercising your power to suppress it, moving priests on to another place where they can do the same awful things - these too are the absolute opposite of all the values that Jesus ever taught, stood for and died for.
At the heart of the Christian message is love. Self-sacrificing love, reaching out to others, helping to heal hurts and not create them. This is completely the opposite of all that. I cannot believe the awfulness of this story and I am deeply ashamed and sorry for it.
I try not to get sucked into the religious debates on here because I don't think that the internet in general is the most fruitful venue for serious discussion. So I'm going to stop here. But I cannot tell you the depth of despair that something like this brings.
Posted By: Old Git on November 27th 2009 at 10:25:07
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- If these aliens are as clever as the Bulgarian Govt scientists think (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 27, 10:01:54
- "Mr Filipov SAID that even the Vatican had agreed that that aliens existed" (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 27, 10:12:36
- the vatican has confirmed that aliens exist (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 27, 10:07:55
- Ah the Vatican (General Chat) - Northern upholstery, Nov 27, 10:15:16
- As the WOTB Token Christian (well along with revsimon) I just want to say how utterly (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 27, 10:25:07
- Still at least the church is now listening to its prey... (General Chat) - Northern upholstery, Nov 27, 11:10:39
- Good job you said "serious discussion" and not (General Chat) - duke of york, Nov 27, 10:32:32
- gay^^^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 27, 10:36:20
- but I'm not a (General Chat) - duke of york, Nov 27, 10:37:51
- Judas Priest (General Chat) - Rhymes with Anchor, Nov 27, 10:39:25
- but I'm not a (General Chat) - duke of york, Nov 27, 10:37:51
- gay^^^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 27, 10:36:20
- clerical error? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 27, 10:19:25
- As the WOTB Token Christian (well along with revsimon) I just want to say how utterly (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 27, 10:25:07
- Ah the Vatican (General Chat) - Northern upholstery, Nov 27, 10:15:16
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