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Friday, February 1, 2013
CHURCH AND HATE
I saw the local Catholic church had their little white crosses out. Unfortunately, I came across this while going to Coronado Center. The blending of Catholic doctrine with political ideology. They call themselves pro-life. This, of course, is very misleading. I assume a priest would also say capital punishment is wrong; that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are wrong; that all our corn crops should be turned into food crops to help eliminate hunger and famine in the world; that the church will adopt any child whose mother they have talked out of getting an abortion, raise and provide for that child until age 18. If any priest meets those conditions, I'll be glad to help him put out those crosses. But that ain't how it works. Those crosses represent men trying to control a woman's body. To dominate, put in her place. They remain anti-abortion, anti-choice crosses. All a priest is doing is spreading hateful nonsense and making women feel guilty for a horrible decision they may have to make. It's not unlike men to do this. Hiding behind a collar does not make it any more legitimate or moral or righteous, or give it any level of religiosity. It only makes it crueler.
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You omitted that these crosses appeared one week before the 2012 presidential election - imagine that! I tried to protest this on their website but was blocked - imagine that! After contact with the POA, the crosses came down - hopefully I had something to do with that. As you remind us daily, HSV is a white, right-wing evangelical community - I'm so glad you're here to remind us how destructful that can be. Signed, Your supporter.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment and good work. I didn't think of calling.
ReplyDeleteI AGREE WITH THE THE ABOVE BRUCE. NEEDLESS TO SAY, ON THE OTHER HAND, LIBERATION THEOLOGISTS HAVE ENGAGED IN SOME IMPORTANT WORK, TO SAY THE LEAST, IN PARTICULAR IN LATIN AMERICA. FATHER ROMERO FOR ONE. SAD TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE RIGHTEST PRIESTS, AS IF IT WEREN'T SCANDALOUS ENOUGH THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSIVE, AND GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT.
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