I applaud all the Pope’s serious efforts at redress.
It appears that some folks seem to naturally construe it as reality that posters about such issues are as bad as the perpetrators . . .
more of that rubber dictionary and rubber history, it appears, to me.
It seems to me that the Vatican edifice has long set itself up for various levels and types of outrage at its excesses
BECAUSE
1. It has persistently distorted historical, logical and Biblical realities to hold itself out as the paragon, pristine, pure, homogeneous example and aribter of all that is good, right and holy
while
1.1 the authentic, objective realities were far the opposite far too often to far too outrageous degrees.
2. It has persistently demonstrated that it cared more about (A) political power; (B) increasing, consolodating and maintaining that political power; (C) wielding, abusing, mangling, distorting reality and history . . . with that political power
than it did
2.1 TRUTH—BIBLICAL TRUTH, HISTORICAL TRUTH, RELATIONAL TRUTH—AND AUTHENTIC RIGHTEOUSNESS AT ALL COSTS.
3. It has far too often played any number of shell games, disnfo schemes, pretentious charades, . . . and the like to perpetuate !!!!CONTROL!!!! and the organization’s proclivities and options
RATHER THAN
3.1 deal with the facts, the truth, what was right—straightforwardly, purely, simply, redemptively.
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No other organization I’m aware of in recorded history has behaved so much those ways for so long, so outrageously. Certainly no other Christian organization has.
The outrageous contorted rubber justifications and rationalizations hereon by SOME of the more rabid folks are stark testimony to the priorities so often historicaly demonstrated by the Vatican.
Yes, many Protty congregations have been racked with such horrid failures. Many have collapsed under the weight of their sins.
However, no Protty organization and no collection of Protty organizations has come close to the political games, rationalizations, distortions, public fancy foot-work, deceptions over such sins that the Vatican has played for centuries.
The Vatican deserves every bit of scrutiny it’s getting in this arena. Pretending otherwise is more rubber history and rubber Bible as well as rubber logic.
Nevertheless, Prottys need to be Biblical . . . haughty pointing of fingers is UNBIBLICAL and UNwise and likely to backfire in horrendous ways. No mortal can easily afford such eventualities.
We all walk about unfinished works in progress with more than sufficient residue of flesh concerns and proclivities prone to sin whether by gluttony, greed, arrogance, bitterness, unforgiveness, blame, lust, selfishness, smug self-righteousness, anger, laziness, theft, . . .
Holding folks to a higher standard of Biblical accountability is one thing.
Ranting because other folks are not any higher on behavioral righteousness scales than the ranters are is Biblically suicidal.
Defending the indefensible out of idolatry of organizations is also spiritually suicidal.
I wondered how long it would be before the flies showed up...........