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lederhosen) wrote2004-07-13 10:11 am
lederhosen) wrote2004-07-13 10:11 am
Pleasant things
Ganked from RoO, I rather liked the attitudes expressed by the Carmelites of Indiana on the question of whether a certain politician should be refused Communion for his pro-choice views (click 'Previous Topics', then 'Communion Ban'):
In one of the most consoling passages of the Christian scriptures, Jesus is quoted as saying that "no one who comes to me will I ever reject." ... It would be as if one were to take upon themselves the role of Christ’s "bouncers," a terribly arrogant role if I dare say so.
If only Cardinal Pell were capable of absorbing the same moral. This, IMHO, is one of the great tragedies of the Catholic Church: so many of its members are compassionate, enlightened, intelligent people, labouring under the deadweight of a fossilised hierarchy.
In other news, a rather cute animation (Flash required) about the differences between Italians and the rest of Europe. Though possibly rather too charitable to the rest of Europe.
In one of the most consoling passages of the Christian scriptures, Jesus is quoted as saying that "no one who comes to me will I ever reject." ... It would be as if one were to take upon themselves the role of Christ’s "bouncers," a terribly arrogant role if I dare say so.
If only Cardinal Pell were capable of absorbing the same moral. This, IMHO, is one of the great tragedies of the Catholic Church: so many of its members are compassionate, enlightened, intelligent people, labouring under the deadweight of a fossilised hierarchy.
In other news, a rather cute animation (Flash required) about the differences between Italians and the rest of Europe. Though possibly rather too charitable to the rest of Europe.
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In one of the most bitter ironies of many, Christ himself had the same problem with the religious Hierarchy of his own day.