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To: wattsmag2
Molesting a child at an altar in a church is no greater abomination than molesting that child in a back alley. The Church is us, not a building. That is a point that seems to have gotten lost in the Catholic Church. As evangelicals we sing a song that has the verse, "Know ye not Know ye not WE are the temple of the Holy Ghost". Let's not make this any worse than what it is.

It is the sexual molestation of a child by what God calls an abomination.

3 posted on 05/13/2002 9:54:32 AM PDT by bibarnes
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To: bibarnes
Molesting a child at an altar in a church is no greater abomination than molesting that child in a back alley. The Church is us, not a building.

Well, I don't agree with this because the Catholic church does have a stated responsibility of hospitality that back alleys do not have, a reason why we shut down back alleys easily but cannot do so with the Catholic church, except after maybe a trial if there was truly conspiratorial treason against the nation or the localities by the Catholic church.

in this case, not only has child's inherent jurisdiction been physicaly violated, but the additional contracts entered between him and the church have been used or abused to such end.

7 posted on 05/13/2002 1:55:08 PM PDT by lavaroise
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To: bibarnes
The Church is us, not a building.

Funny, I thought the church was of God, not mere humans. God does not need a man made building in which to dwell. But one had best not dedicate an altar to God and then debase it with abomination.

22 posted on 05/13/2002 8:39:21 PM PDT by wattsmag2
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To: bibarnes
Molesting a child at an altar in a church is no greater abomination than molesting that child in a back alley. The Church is us, not a building.

Is this why Jesus drove the money changers out of the Temple claiming they had the turned God's house into a den of thieves?

The idea that it is no worse to molest a child at an altar in a church than child in a back alley is total nonsense.
To commit such a sin in the church compounds the evil of it to the Nth degree; not only defiles the sanctuary, but betrays one's responsibility before God as His representative and takes advantage of the trust of the parishioners for one's evil purposes.

It shows an incredible callousness and seared consciense toward toward God Himself.
Those who try to hide their sin in an alley at least show the have the spark of consciense to know it is something they should attempt to hide.

36 posted on 05/18/2002 10:06:52 PM PDT by Jorge
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