Today's example of Christians behaving badly

[Polish-Hammer]

Byco, that sounds like a joke.

 

[byco42]

Byco, that sounds like a joke.

Hardly. It was not a joke to the young woman. Her assailant repented and the first place he visited was the scene of the crime 30 years later (Maria's own house) to apologize and beg forgiveness of her mother. Now Maria lived through the next day after she was stabbed and her mother witnessed her daughter forgiving her assailant before she died. "If my daughter can forgive you, how can I not?" The assailant was also present at Maria's canonization Mass on June 22, 1950, and he became a lay brother in a Capuchin Franciscan monestary.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Today is the feast day of St. Maria Goretti. While she was being stabbed, by an assailant who wanted to rape her, she was exhorting her murderer to cease killing her while he was in the act of stabbing her, because she was more concerned for his own soul than her life. She was 12 at the time. A remarkable testimony to her faith.

She was probably going to die anyway whether she was concerned about her attacker's soul or not.

 

[Michchamp]

Today is the feast day of St. Maria Goretti. While she was being stabbed, by an assailant who wanted to rape her, she was exhorting her murderer to cease killing her while he was in the act of stabbing her, because she was more concerned for his own soul than her life. She was 12 at the time. A remarkable testimony to her faith.

:hmm:

You're posting this because the assailant was a Christian... behaving badly... right?

This thread is for current events. If you want to make a thread about all the bad/evil things Christians did in the past, might I suggest "Today in Christians Behaving Badly In History" or "Christians Behaving Badly Greatest Hits"

the former might be better. Like today, you could cover all the times Christians behaved badly on July 6th. I'd totally read it. FYI - Wikipedia's daily history pages would be a great reference.

 

[byco42]

:hmm:

You're posting this because the assailant was a Christian... behaving badly... right?

This thread is for current events. If you want to make a thread about all the bad/evil things Christians did in the past, might I suggest "Today in Christians Behaving Badly In History" or "Christians Behaving Badly Greatest Hits"

the former might be better. Like today, you could cover all the times Christians behaved badly on July 6th. I'd totally read it. FYI - Wikipedia's daily history pages would be a great reference.

Today is her feast day. That's a current event. I'll not heed your suggestion, either. But consider it an exception none the less. You can research feast days of Catholic Saints on your own. Who knows? You might become one someday.

 

[KAWDUP]

:hmm:

You're posting this because the assailant was a Christian... behaving badly... right?

This thread is for current events. If you want to make a thread about all the bad/evil things Christians did in the past, might I suggest "Today in Christians Behaving Badly In History" or "Christians Behaving Badly Greatest Hits"

the former might be better. Like today, you could cover all the times Christians behaved badly on July 6th. I'd totally read it. FYI - Wikipedia's daily history pages would be a great reference.

Who made you king of this thread? Putz! :hehe:

 

[Michchamp]

Today is her feast day. That's a current event. I'll not heed your suggestion, either. But consider it an exception none the less. You can research feast days of Catholic Saints on your own. Who knows? You might become one someday.

Unlikely.

I think I have a better chance of being the next pope.

 

[Michchamp]

Who made you king of this thread? Putz! :hehe:

No one. I was just confused by his post and had some suggestions.

I did make the thread, but I am an egalitarian type and not an authoritarian, so people should feel free to ignore my suggestions.

 

[sggatecl]

Today is the feast day of St. Maria Goretti. While she was being stabbed, by an assailant who wanted to rape her, she was exhorting her murderer to cease killing her while he was in the act of stabbing her, because she was more concerned for his own soul than her life. She was 12 at the time. A remarkable testimony to her faith.

 

[Michchamp]

Priest points handgun at couple during road rage incident (link).

Also of note, the priest drives a Corvette:

ey say the priest, William Rian Adams, was driving near Palm City in Florida when a pick-up truck that had been following his Chevrolet Corvette closely tried to overtake him.​

 

[Thumb]

Is he a real (catholic) priest, or just a reverend/minister and the thin article just calls him that?

Because vow of poverty and all, why does he have a corvette?

 

[tomdalton22]

Is he a real (catholic) priest, or just a reverend/minister and the thin article just calls him that?

Because vow of poverty and all, why does he have a corvette?

STUART, Fla. ? The rector of an Episcopal church in North Carolina is facing criminal charges in Florida after police say he pointed a gun at another vehicle in an apparent road rage incident.
Media reports say 35-year-old Rev. William Rian Adams is charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Martin County, Florida records show he was released from jail on $15,000 bail.
State troopers say a pickup truck driver was closely following a Corvette on Florida?s Turnpike and tried to pass the car when its driver pointed a handgun at him. Troopers then stopped Adams in the Corvette.
Records show Adams is rector of Calvary Episcopal Church in Fletcher, North Carolina. Church officials didn?t immediately respond to a call seeking comment and no attorney was listed for Adams.

 

[Michchamp]

guess that clears up his denomination. despite the Catholic church being incredibly wealthy, you usually don't see individual priests flout the vow of poverty that openly.

it is odd the original article called him a priest, given that it is understood to refer to catholic clergy. maybe the original reporter who covered it is Episcopal still fired up with the protestant reformation and tried to make the Catholic Church look bad (or more accurately, worse).

 

[tomdalton22]

guess that clears up his denomination. despite the Catholic church being incredibly wealthy, you usually don't see individual priests flout the vow of poverty that openly.

it is odd the original article called him a priest, given that it is understood to refer to catholic clergy. maybe the original reporter who covered it is Episcopal still fired up with the protestant reformation and tried to make the Catholic Church look bad (or more accurately, worse).

Don't worry...he's still a christian, so this still clearly falls under the category of "Christians Behaving Badly"

 

[Michchamp]

Don't worry...he's still a christian, so this still clearly falls under the category of "Christians Behaving Badly"

i know. and I'm glad... all denominations of christianity should be represented herein. including "non-denominational" Christians.

 

[byco42]

There will never be a shortage of "Christians Behaving Badly," which begs the question as to why it's such a point of interest. People are broken. All of us. Some are just more aware of that than others are. And who in their right mind could ever be "glad" about that?

 

[tinselwolverine]

guess that clears up his denomination. despite the Catholic church being incredibly wealthy, you usually don't see individual priests flout the vow of poverty that openly.

it is odd the original article called him a priest, given that it is understood to refer to catholic clergy. maybe the original reporter who covered it is Episcopal still fired up with the protestant reformation and tried to make the Catholic Church look bad (or more accurately, worse).

The Episcopalian church is basically the American offshoot of the Church of England, or the Anglican Church, which remained a structured quite similarly to the Catholic church after Henry the eighth ostensibly converted in The Catholic church of England to the Anglican church.

This is all pretty basic history of Western civilization shit that most people who went on to get graduate degrees at universities would have learned in high school, especially at prominent Academic high school for like Ann Arbor Pioneer or Birmingham Brother Rice which I guess technically really isn't in Birmingham.

Anglican and Episcopalian clergy are and have always been commonly referred to as priests.

 

[Michchamp]

There will never be a shortage of "Christians Behaving Badly," which begs the question as to why it's such a point of interest. People are broken. All of us. Some are just more aware of that than others are. And who in their right mind could ever be "glad" about that?

we live in a majority Christian nation, where some members of that faith are consistently pushing their values and views on the rest of us out of the belief that they are morally superior.

The Episcopalian church is basically the American offshoot of the Church of England, or the Anglican Church, which remained a structured quite similarly to the Catholic church after Henry the eighth ostensibly converted in The Catholic church of England to the Anglican church.

This is all pretty basic history of Western civilization shit that most people who went on to get graduate degrees at universities would have learned in high school, especially at prominent Academic high school for like Ann Arbor Pioneer or Birmingham Brother Rice which I guess technically really isn't in Birmingham.

Anglican and Episcopalian clergy are and have always been commonly referred to as priests.

while I was aware of the fact that the Anglican/Episcopal church was more or less just "Catholicism except the King or Queen of England doesn't have to do what the Pope says and priests can marry," I did not know that Anglican/Episcopal priests were also called priests.

learn something new everyday.

 

[byco42]

we live in a majority Christian nation, where some members of that faith are consistently pushing their values and views on the rest of us out of the belief that they are morally superior.

So? People from all walks are doing that every day. Did you not read the part about people being broken? This is human nature at work.

 

[tinselwolverine]

we live in a majority Christian nation, where some members of that faith are consistently pushing their values and views on the rest of us out of the belief that they are morally superior.



while I was aware of the fact that the Anglican/Episcopal church was more or less just "Catholicism except the King or Queen of England doesn't have to do what the Pope says and priests can marry," I did not know that Anglican/Episcopal priests were also called priests.

learn something new everyday.

Yep.

That's what I'm here for.