(February 27, 2013 at 2:01 am)Lion IRC Wrote:read these as your response was ordered.(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.
charity giver- does that mean that all the bad things are ignored becuase they gave money? no.
soul food and comfort for spiritual- so? people who worship kim jong il say it brings them comfort. does that mean he is a force for good? no.
ten commandments suck. we don`t need it for morals nor did we ever, nor is it moral.
culture changes and progressess. religions doesn`t.
so was hitler. it is what they taught, ruled, and and how they judged who to protect etc. both suck at all of these
galileo may disagree.
doesn`t make it good nor does this mean they succeed. prove a god then we will talk.
stop saying stupid shit.
