Some Unproven Religious Teachings Must be Limited by Law
The $660M settlement yesterday for the sexual abuse of children by Catholic clerics
should have never happened. It happened because some questionable religious teachings are not being limited by law. For instance, it is wrong for any religion to teach a person to become a suicide bomber in order to kill people, for God, and be rewarded, by God, with a new life in Paradise. It is also wrong for a religious cleric to teach children that they can gain a closer relation with God through a close relation with the clergy.
In the USA, the Declaration of Independence says that all humans are created equal. Thus, a Catholic cleric is never closer to God than any other human or any maturing child. But, such a questionable religious teaching in the USA will not become unlawful unless the Declaration of Independence becomes a part of the body of US laws.
should have never happened. It happened because some questionable religious teachings are not being limited by law. For instance, it is wrong for any religion to teach a person to become a suicide bomber in order to kill people, for God, and be rewarded, by God, with a new life in Paradise. It is also wrong for a religious cleric to teach children that they can gain a closer relation with God through a close relation with the clergy.In the USA, the Declaration of Independence says that all humans are created equal. Thus, a Catholic cleric is never closer to God than any other human or any maturing child. But, such a questionable religious teaching in the USA will not become unlawful unless the Declaration of Independence becomes a part of the body of US laws.
posted by George Shollenberger @ 8:52 AM
5 Comments:
At 12:32 PM,
MattP said…
This post doesn't make any sense. Sexual abuse of a child is already illegal. Using religious persuasion to attempt sexual relations with a child is also already illegal.
Many of these clergy members were never criminally prosecuted, but that was not because they acted legally, but because the abuses happened so long ago that the statute of limitations has expired or because the abused have decided to settle financially rather than go through the pain of a trial.
At 5:30 PM,
George Shollenberger said…
matt,
You make a good point. But I will not change the post because I was focused on the absence of laws found in foreign nations. For instance, are the US molesters being allowed to a foreign nation where they can maintain their behavior to a foreign child.
Thakns.
At 7:10 PM,
Anonymous said…
The simple answer is no. There is no country that I am aware of where sexual exploitation of children is legal. There are some countries were more children are victimized than others because of insufficient funding of enforcement or corruption, but that's a separate matter form legality.
At 7:08 AM,
Anonymous said…
"But I will not change the post because I was focused on the absence of laws found in foreign nations."
Stop talking nonsense. You only focused on the situation in the USA. You didn't mention any foreign nation. Where is your sense of logic?
At 11:16 AM,
George Shollenberger said…
matt & abraham,
WOW, I was not clear at all. Thanks.
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