Re: Papal Good Works
I'd like to have commented on that thread but it would have been removed. I wish him the resti-est of peaces like I would anyone, but I highly object to the world needing a glorified cult leader to cleanse us all of our "sins" and to tell us that everything good that happens is the work of god, but everything horrible that happnes naturally is man's fault. What money it must cost to keep all this religious garbage going
I tend to regard the "good works" people do in the light of their personal sacrifie and resources. It's easy to sit at home as head of a massively wealthy organisation and say "Wars are bad" or "Sorry some of our priests turned out to be paedophiles and we protected them ...", Does the 30 secs that takes without any use of the organisation's money or resources make you a good person compared the the person who spend much of their time trying to raise a few £ to get the local deprived kids football field useable again, spending most of most weekends trying to maintain the ground so local kids have something to do ...
Creating new rules that should have been in place protecting people years and years ago to my mind is not creditworthy, just correcting shortcomings.
Smaller aims and achievements can say much more about an individual than just using position and achieving nothing.
Ian