I mean no offense to religiously devout individuals, but this is what I opened my home page up to two mornings ago. A priest accused of sexual coercion against young male church members. A pope who sexually abused hundreds of disabled youths in his church. Two cases of sexual abuse from two separate religious sects on the front page of cnn.com at the same time. Seriously?
I’m in no way well versed in religion and such but I will say this: I attend a Jesuit Catholic institution. I’ve taken classes in Contemporary Judaism, Contemporary Catholicism and Daoism. My father is a baptized Christian who attends church every Sunday. I come from a loving, functional family who have taught me about compassion and forgiveness. But for these sick fucks, I have no words. Death is too good for them. They deserve to live in public humiliation and disgrace, preferably after having encountered severe amounts of lasting physical pain to constantly remind them of the agony they’ve caused innocent souls.
These are the bastards who make me believe that religion is nothing but mumbo jumbo*. That a “god” doesn’t exist. That the power of the church, any church, is simply for that purpose alone: POWER. Weddings aside, I vow never to step foot inside a church again.
*NOTE: Spirituality, on the other hand, is a whole separate matter.