RE: Is the catholic church a force for good?
February 27, 2013 at 2:01 am
(This post was last modified: February 27, 2013 at 2:03 am by Lion IRC.)
(February 27, 2013 at 1:09 am)justin Wrote: So? Is the Catholic Church a force for good in the world?
Yes.
* Charity provider.
* Soul food and comfort for spiritual people. (Human need. Psyche)
* Defender of the Ten Commandments. (Social cohesion)
* Long-standing, mainstream institution forming an integral part of our deeply-rooted human culture of religion and traditions. (Religion is culture. Much like our inherent love of music, painting, cuisine, etc.) Try taking it away!
* Historical forerunner of the modern city/nation State. Provider of education, national security, rule of law.
* Historical patron of science.
* Willing to justify their faith with reason rather than fundamentalism or violence.
* And any evils done by wayward or pretending catholics hiding in the clergy (eg. atheists, pedophiles, etc) can be clearly demonstrated as unbiblical, anti-Christian and heretical.
