(August 3, 2012 at 1:17 am)Rhythm Wrote: Actually Clive, it wouldn't matter either way. Atheist or theist, there's really only one thing to do, and they didn't do it (case in point, they went the opposite direction on that one).
"There's really only one thing to do" <- This is given no scope. There's only one thing to do ever? There's only one thing to do in response to a given number of abuse reports? There's only one thing to do when one has the opportunity to abuse a child?
Who is the "they" who didn't "do it"? The abusive priests, who failed to do the right thing (not abusing children)? The church, who failed to get justice for the abused children and to act responsibly to prevent further abuse?
“The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.”
