Re: Michael Jackson bust

Bob Crowley wrote:

> The difference between Michael Jackson and any other alleged
> paedophile, or a past American President and any other alleged
> adulterer, or a former (now deceased) cricketer and any other gambling
> "fixer", or a movie star with weight problems and any other overweight
> person, is that they are public figures.  For every public figure
> arrested or criticised on such counts, there are probably hundreds of
> private individuals who are not publicly berated.
>
> It is a moot point whether the public figure should be so treated,
> although I suppose if they gain the benefit of sympathetic media and
> marketing in more favourable times, then they are at the risk of the
> opposite happening in due course.
>
> IN the case of the church, I believe God (I'm a Christian obviously)
> wants His church back in one piece.  Between the thousands of
> differing Protestant sects who cannot agree despite having the same
> Bible by the same Holy Spirit, poltical chicanery by the Orthodox
> churches in Russia and the Balkans, the alleged infallibility of the
> Magisterium, the banning of the pill by the Catholic Church (I believe
> in fact it was God's gift), and now the coverups of paedophilia by
> Catholic church officials, there is not much hope.
>
> No wonder He is allowing the Moslems to challenge the West.  I think
> He's had enough and is going to jettison the current status quo and
> start afresh.

How nice. Perhaps anti-psychotic drugs are another of your god's gifts
to you?

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