Polygamist Arrested

FountainSiren
Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:49:17 +0000

“Disgusting to me, but Catholics believe that Mary was a few months beyond 14 years old when she was betrothed to Joseph, giving birth when she was just 15.”

This was, I believe the offending line–already dismantled by Marite in post #35.

I’m sure, given a moment of calm reflection, D-M would have retracted this jejune remark seeing it as an intentional and misguided attempt to needlessly offend.

As to the horrors committed by people against people: it does no good to offer them a metaphysical defense against their crimes, when not even their own conscience would offer them any respite. It may be that a bad person will find minute justifications of their behavior by appealing to sacred texts that have, on the whole, enlightened their civilizations; but these are bad people who would have been bad no matter what set of principals they embraced while running rough-shod over the lives of others.

At this moment, Islam is being savaged by bad, amoral people; it is yet to be seen whether or not the center has held, or can be held. Much of the world’s spirit and energy is being waged over this grave question of civilization.

Still, we have little delinquents with pee-shooters letting spitballs fly indiscriminately this way and that, aimed at monsters like 9-11 bomber Mohammed El-Amir Awad el Sayid Atta and Holy women like the Virgin Mary; from genital mutilation to praying in the name of saints: they see no distinction worth making.

I say, this is a college forum, lets at least act as if we are educated.