I find it amusing so many FReepers are so anxious to use precisely the same logic by which some argued that a nation which employs sadistic prison guards has no business pretending it's some great moral liberator of The People.
Thank you. Actually, based on this, the USA obviously does NOT have moral authority to police the world. Saddam killed several million, on 9/11 we lost 3000, but every day we legally murder 4400 and have legally murdered 44 million since 1973.
Wonder if these anti-Catholic blowhards ever looked in the collective American mirror before claiming the Pope has no moral authority based on the failings of some of his bishops and priests?
Well, certainly the Pope has the moral authority, but, unfortunately, his moral credibility has been compromised by his long silence over the sexual abuse issue.
Couple of weeks ago I was in Little Rock for my God daughter's confirmation, when the local paper ran an article about notorious political tyrants. The title: "The Face of Evil". No prizes for what the face of evil looks like: Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Saddam...all the usual suspects. But (and this is so American, which is to say so protestant), you wanna know what the Face o' Evil never looks like? That's right -- the face in the mirror.
I wonder if some of these pro-Catholic windbags can point out where the US Constitution says that America shoulders the responsibility of being the advocate of Christs's message and God's scripture?
Our charter is primarily based upon Liberty, not morality. They don't always go hand in hand. Sorry, but it's true.
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