Tuesday, July 07, 2020

Hmm …

… Don’t hide from the sins of St. Louis | America Magazine. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
Moreover, this is not about protesters’ integrity. It is about ours. If there is one thing a church facing a catastrophic sexual abuse crisis needs, it is willingness to admit the sins of our heroes. If our first instinct is to defend “the church,” not to defend the truth or the victims, have we really learned the lessons of the abuse crisis?
I’m all in favor of admitting to “the sins of our heroes.” After all, Jesus came to call sinners, not the just (whoever they might be). But I don’t think that requires not honoring their virtues. If you are going to take down a statue of St. Louis in St. Louis, Mo., shouldn’t you also change the name of the city? And won’t this eventually come to not honoring anyone, because we are all flawed creatures? There is just something utterly irrational about revising, editing, and censoring history. 

1 comment:

  1. Can sorta get what you're expressin
    ...yet cant cuzz Im a retard.
    Puh-ray-zuh Gawwd! Im a wetardOmatik
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