the person's neck and have him/her drowned in the sea. So why doesn't the Catholic church then do more to protect children and punish molesters?
2006-11-26 23:33:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why limit it to the Catholic Church? I'm a Baptist, and at my previous church, the pastor was fired after it was discovered he'd been molesting children for 10 years. (Not why I left... I moved... and all this happened before I came to he area) From what I heard, the meeting to decide if they were going to fire him lasted seven hours. Then once he was fired, it was up to the parents of the children and the children who had grown up to persue legal action. As a victom of child abuse (not that pastor, someone else) I found that disgusting. Shortly before I came into the area, a new group had come into power at the church and had begun seeking leagal action against the former pastor. But this is not the worst case I've heard of in Protestant Churches. If anything, I'd say this kind of thing is more prevelant in protestant churches than in the Catholic Church, because protestant ministers really don't have to answer to anyone else. They answer to their congregation (which is upside down) which ends up just meaning that as long as they don't get caught (which isn't a problem, since they're the moral authority) then whatever they do is okay. I know that no one is perfect, but I really do have high expectations of clergy. Someone who is a moral authority should not be afraid to have their life examined. Try asking your pastor what his vices are, I'll bet you don't get a straight answer. If you do, I'll bet you'll be amazed what happens in his life once the door is shut and no one is watching. I've only known a handfull of pastors who have open-book lives and are squeeky clean (my current pastor included... he's offered to open up his personal financial records when called into question.)
Such is human nature. We tend to build bubbles of power arround the highest level to allow them to do whatever they want, and they of course don't do anything to stop us from building those bubbles. It would be one thing if it was the top level building those bubbles for themselves, but in reality, it's not. It's us at the bottom that build those bubbles, becasue we want to have something tangible to worship. But it doesn't work. They abuse the power, and we end up needing to take them out the hard way.
2006-11-27 02:21:48 · answer #1 · answered by Sean J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are a Christian, I think it is obvious the Catholic stand is not in line with Chrisitan teaching.
I don't mean to attack anyone but the Romans had a absolutely different take on Religion which included them worshiping different objects. As far as I know their book of worship is different from the Bible that is used by Christians. This influences the need for the Catholic Church to emphasize the Saints who were servants of God or tools to spread and teach God's Love for us. Jesus is the one and only we need to have to intervene for us before God. And the Holy Spirit is our light and our counselor that God gave to us.
Many leader's in many congregations have spoke against this great atrocity committed against innocent ones. And the passage you are referring to in the Christian Bible is an example of how protective God in the flesh Jesus is protective of Children.
2006-11-27 07:44:57 · answer #2 · answered by P&B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they compromise the teachings of the Bible and thus they are plagued by the spirit of devils and they follow the customs of man more than they do the word of God the Bible. They need to follow the clear teachings of the Bible, too often they argue away the scriptures and thus they are fooling themselves and accepting more and more corruption.
2006-11-27 07:38:45 · answer #3 · answered by Damian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. This also goes for anyone who knows a child is getting abused.
A great many abused children grow up to make bad choices, and their children make bad choices and so on...
2006-11-27 07:40:34 · answer #4 · answered by Mav here! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a 'good ole boys' association, and 'good ole boys' don't let 'good ole boys' get into too much trouble.
2006-11-27 07:38:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ohh i cant comment i will be in trouble. lets just say one rule for one and one for another.
2006-11-27 07:35:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋