WE DON'T NEED TO RESPECT SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR
by Gary L. Morella
omeone purporting to be a member of the Society of Christian Philosophers
made the following statement in an op-ed appearing in the State College PA
local paper entitled "Church must rethink the limits of tolerance."
"We proudly attack homosexuality and abortion with all the hate and piety we
can muster. Once again the church destroys lives and assassinates souls in the
name of God. Our guilt does not and will not go unseen. Nor is it likely that
God will not hold us accountable."
I don't understand how someone claiming to a "Christian philosopher" can make
such a statement!
Confusing respect for individuals due to their inherent dignity as a
creations of the Almighty with respect for their self-destructive
behavior isn't required for the good of society, and it most certainly is
not Christian. It is diametrically opposed to Christianity because it confirms
the sinner in his sin through a pseudo-compassion, a pseudo-tolerance, which
castigates those who bring the "full" loving message of God's mercy which is
most certainly forgiveness, but including repentance and making an attempt to
amend one's life on the part of the penitent in accord with Jesus telling the
Magdalenes of the world to "go and sin no more." That last admonishment to
sinners on the part of Jesus is conveniently forgotten by those who make
self-esteem a higher priority than salvation.
How can the Church be destroying lives and assassinating souls when it DOESN'T
forget the full message of Jesus in the New Testament out of unconditional love
for mankind? We're not supposed to attack the holocaust of holocausts,
abortion, because we're destroying the lives and souls of those conspiring
to kill their children? We're not supposed to attack the sin of homosexuality
because we might offend those having a one-way ticket to Hell, a sin so
abominable that it is given special mention in Sacred Scripture and the
Tradition of the Church as being one of sins directly crying out to Heaven for
vengeance because it is a sin against nature and nature's God? We're supposed
to sit idly by while vice is promoted as virtue in our schools?
Such suggestions are diabolic in that they are indicative of the obfuscation
resorted to in order to confuse the faithful by the father-of-lies!