Posted on 07/05/2019 4:13:58 AM PDT by Morgana
This guy is my hero. He did the right thing, my hunch is he knew the consequences and did it anyway. With his record, commondations etc, I'm guessing he's got one hell of a lawsuit to file and is going to retire comfortably as a result.
That’s about right I’m afraid. So when is it going to be that blackballing will be treated like a crime, like stalking? You aren’t going to get rid of corruption until that happens.
They will protect the pedophiles if they are in the schools or law enforcement too.
What a freaking mess.The homo mafia has wrecked the church and damned near everything else it touches.I hope the detective retires a multi millionaire.
“Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted, when we tolerate what we know to be wrong, when we close our eyes and ears to the corrupt because we are too busy or too frightened, when we fail to speak up and speak out, we strike a blow against freedom and decency and justice.” Robert Kennedy
That’s a fine quote.
“You didn’t remonstrate with the guy who’s giving you absolution.”
There’s the problem. A man can’t give absolution any more than the wizard could give the cowardly lion courage. Only God can forgive sins.
How crazy is it to believe that someone worse than you can judge, and/or give absolution for, your sins? Basic logic is all it takes to figure it out.
This guy deserves a huge settlement which allow him to retire comfortably since he’s not a young man anymore.
When not doing the right thing gets you fired; the problem is not with the employee. The problem is with the system and its corruption.
Sadly this kind of thing is too common. There should be a way to combat it and get those who are corrupt fired. See how they like it.
“The homo mafia has wrecked the church and damned near everything else it touches.”
Bingo.
I eagerly await the pendulum swing.
And it will swing.
Church attendance is way down in north America, biblicaly speaking, salvation has nothing to do with church.
Enough with these damned priests already ;/
John 20:21 So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you." 22 And when he had said this, He created on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained."
The Apostles weren't turned into perfect people. They still sinned. Peter was called out by Paul for his treatment of the gentiles in Galations. The clergy of the Church have never been perfect... only God's Grace is perfect. Basic reading is all it takes to figure it out.
Ironically, your objection was the same one leveled against Jesus by the Jews:
Luke 5:17 One day He was teaching; and there were some Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing. 18 And some men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of Him. 19 But not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus. 20 Seeing their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven you.” 21 The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?” 22 But Jesus, aware of their reasonings, answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts? 23 Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 24 But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”—He said to the paralytic—“I say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home.” 25 Immediately he got up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God. 26 They were all struck with astonishment and began glorifying God; and they were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
John 20:21 So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you." 22 And when he had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained."
The Apostles weren't turned into perfect people. They still sinned. Peter was called out by Paul for his treatment of the gentiles in Galations. The clergy of the Church have never been perfect... only God's Grace is perfect. Basic reading is all it takes to figure it out.
Ironically, your objection was the same one leveled against Jesus by the Jews:
Luke 5:17 One day He was teaching; and there were some Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing. 18 And some men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of Him. 19 But not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus. 20 Seeing their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven you.” 21 The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?” 22 But Jesus, aware of their reasonings, answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts? 23 Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 24 But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”—He said to the paralytic—“I say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home.” 25 Immediately he got up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God. 26 They were all struck with astonishment and began glorifying God; and they were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
Tip of the iceberg.
Only God knows how many lives have been destroyed by pedophile priests.
The church’s actions in all of this are reprehensible beyond belief. The complicity of law enforcement in some of this warrants very hard time in prison. Which isn’t going to happen.
“The Apostles weren’t turned into perfect people. They still sinned.”
And the Apostles didn’t forgive sins, or say they could.
Hey, Bobby, care to explain how this DOESN’T apply to your brother??
Thank you for your post.
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