This is a beautifully apt analogy:
"They seemed to think that the news of some Catholic sinner would send me scurrying in horror back to Anglicanism, which struck me then as expecting me to get back onto the Titanic because some of the crew of the rescue ship were known thieves. If the choice were losing my wallet and arriving safely in New York or drowning in the north Atlantic with my wallet safe, the choice was easy to make."
When I joined the church, my mother said, "But that church is full of pedophiles!" What she didn't realize, of course, is that every church, every school, every club, every organization where children spend time with adults not their own parents has about the same rate of victimization by pedophiles. But EVEN IF the Catholic Church were the only organization in the world so plagued, that still wouldn't make the church itself "bad," or Catholic Christianity, or Catholic Church teachings, "wrong." Just because many M.D.'s smoke (and they do, surprisingly!) doesn't mean that their advice to quit is wrong.
"They seemed to think that the news of some Catholic sinner would send me scurrying in horror back to Anglicanism, which struck me then as expecting me to get back onto the Titanic because some of the crew of the rescue ship were known thieves. If the choice were losing my wallet and arriving safely in New York or drowning in the north Atlantic with my wallet safe, the choice was easy to make."
When I joined the church, my mother said, "But that church is full of pedophiles!" What she didn't realize, of course, is that every church, every school, every club, every organization where children spend time with adults not their own parents has about the same rate of victimization by pedophiles. But EVEN IF the Catholic Church were the only organization in the world so plagued, that still wouldn't make the church itself "bad," or Catholic Christianity, or Catholic Church teachings, "wrong." Just because many M.D.'s smoke (and they do, surprisingly!) doesn't mean that their advice to quit is wrong.
This is a beautifully apt analogy:
"They seemed to think that the news of some Catholic sinner would send me scurrying in horror back to Anglicanism, which struck me then as expecting me to get back onto the Titanic because some of the crew of the rescue ship were known thieves. If the choice were losing my wallet and arriving safely in New York or drowning in the north Atlantic with my wallet safe, the choice was easy to make."
When I joined the church, my mother said, "But that church is full of pedophiles!" What she didn't realize, of course, is that every church, every school, every club, every organization where children spend time with adults not their own parents has about the same rate of victimization by pedophiles. But EVEN IF the Catholic Church were the only organization in the world so plagued, that still wouldn't make the church itself "bad," or Catholic Christianity, or Catholic Church teachings, "wrong." Just because many M.D.'s smoke (and they do, surprisingly!) doesn't mean that their advice to quit is wrong.
This (from “Those Catholic Kids Could Swear and Fight,” by David Mills) is a beautifully apt analogy:
"They seemed to think that the news of some Catholic sinner would send me scurrying in horror back to Anglicanism, which struck me then as expecting me to get back onto the Titanic because some of the crew of the rescue ship were known thieves. If the choice were losing my wallet and arriving safely in New York or drowning in the north Atlantic with my wallet safe, the choice was easy to make."
When I joined the church, my mother said, "But that church is full of pedophiles!" What she didn't realize, of course, is that every church, every school, every club, every organization where children spend time with adults not their own parents has about the same rate of victimization by pedophiles. But EVEN IF the Catholic Church were the only organization in the world so plagued, that still wouldn't make the church itself "bad," or Catholic Christianity, or Catholic Church teachings, "wrong." Just because many M.D.'s smoke (and they do, surprisingly!) doesn't mean that their advice to quit is wrong.
This (from “Those Catholic Kids Could Swear and Fight,” by David Mills) is a beautifully apt analogy:
When I joined the church, my mother said, "But that church is full of pedophiles!" What she didn't realize, of course, is that every church, every school, every club, every organization where children spend time with adults not their own parents has about the same rate of victimization by pedophiles. But EVEN IF the Catholic Church were the only organization in the world so plagued, that still wouldn't make the church itself "bad," or Catholic Christianity, or Catholic Church teachings, "wrong." Just because many M.D.'s smoke (and they do, surprisingly!) doesn't mean that their advice to quit is wrong.
"They seemed to think that the news of some Catholic sinner would send me scurrying in horror back to Anglicanism, which struck me then as expecting me to get back onto the Titanic because some of the crew of the rescue ship were known thieves. If the choice were losing my wallet and arriving safely in New York or drowning in the north Atlantic with my wallet safe, the choice was easy to make."
When I joined the church, my mother said, "But that church is full of pedophiles!" What she didn't realize, of course, is that every church, every school, every club, every organization where children spend time with adults not their own parents has about the same rate of victimization by pedophiles. But EVEN IF the Catholic Church were the only organization in the world so plagued, that still wouldn't make the church itself "bad," or Catholic Christianity, or Catholic Church teachings, "wrong." Just because many M.D.'s smoke (and they do, surprisingly!) doesn't mean that their advice to quit is wrong.
This (from “Those Catholic Kids Could Swear and Fight,” by David Mills) is a beautifully apt analogy:
"They seemed to think that the news of some Catholic sinner would send me scurrying in horror back to Anglicanism, which struck me then as expecting me to get back onto the Titanic because some of the crew of the rescue ship were known thieves. If the choice were losing my wallet and arriving safely in New York or drowning in the north Atlantic with my wallet safe, the choice was easy to make."
When I joined the church, my mother said, "But that church is full of pedophiles!" What she didn't realize, of course, is that every church, every school, every club, every organization where children spend time with adults not their own parents has about the same rate of victimization by pedophiles. But EVEN IF the Catholic Church were the only organization in the world so plagued, that still wouldn't make the church itself "bad," or Catholic Christianity, or Catholic Church teachings, "wrong." Just because many M.D.'s smoke (and they do, surprisingly!) doesn't mean that their advice to quit is wrong.
This (from “Those Catholic Kids Could Swear and Fight,” by David Mills) is a beautifully apt analogy:
"They seemed to think that the
news of some Catholic sinner would send me scurrying in horror back to
Anglicanism, which struck me then as expecting me to get back onto the Titanic
because some of the crew of the rescue ship were known thieves. If the choice
were losing my wallet and arriving safely in New York or drowning in the north
Atlantic with my wallet safe, the choice was easy to make."
When I joined the church, my mother said, "But that church is full of pedophiles!" What she didn't realize, of course, is that every church, every school, every club, every organization where children spend time with adults not their own parents has about the same rate of victimization by pedophiles. But EVEN IF the Catholic Church were the only organization in the world so plagued, that still wouldn't make the church itself "bad," or Catholic Christianity, or Catholic Church teachings, "wrong." Just because many M.D.'s smoke (and they do, surprisingly!) doesn't mean that their advice to quit is wrong.
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