More evidence that private property rights mean nothing to Catholics.
You wrote:
“More evidence that private property rights mean nothing to Catholics.”
Since when have Christians been bound to respect blasphemy?
I think it was the wrong thing to do.
I am hurt but grateful when the faith is mocked.
And I think this destruction was a violation of the commandment against stealing. The statement of the poster is an injustice,to be sure. So is the destruction of property not belonging to the destroyer.
If I were a judge I would have no problem finding the man guilty. If I were his pastor I would counsel him that his faith is weak if it cannot bear insults.
More evidence that your kneejerk anti-Catholic underwear is showing.
No, the PROTESTANT authorities would have taken it down, burned it, then gone after the individual(s) who put it up -- who would have been severely punished, run out of the community at the risk of their lives, or simply killed.
Knock it off. That's a complete canard. What the division of opinion on this thread shows is that this is not a simple issue, with some (including the author of the article) being of the opinion that the action taken was wrong, while others believe it was justified.
All rights, including property rights, come from God but the right to own property does not come without constraints and responsibilities and I'd be interested to hear the opinion of a reputable moral theologian on this issue. Can the destruction of abortuaries be justified for instance, on the basis that it may save human lives, even though the facilities are privately owned? Neither the killing of unborn babies nor blasphemy are civil offenses and so both actions (tearing down blasphemous posters or destroying abortion facilities) would earn the displeasure of the law.
My point here, is that infractions, (even serious ones) of the moral law are often likely to earn nothing but a smile from the civil authorities and this raises the question of how far it is morally permissible to go in resisting this sort of thing.
It does not mean that "property rights mean nothing to Catholics"