Everyone Agrees The Celibacy Rule Is Just

God's Love Does Not Protect Us From Suffering. God's Love Protects Us In The Midst Of Suffering.

And A Third Thing Is The Understanding Of The Church As A Community, A Communion Which Is Just A Hierarchy But The People Of God, Whose Servants Are The Priests And Bishops.

Even Apart From The Image Of A Truly Merciless God That Contradicts Everything We Can Assume From What Jesus Says About The Either Of The Lost, Can We Be Surprised At A Time When Retributive Punishments Without An Opportunity Of Probation Are Being Increasingly Abandoned In Education And Penal Justice, That The Idea Not Only Of A Lifelong, But Even Eternal Punishment Of Body And Soul, Seems To Many People Absolutely Monstrous.

Religion Often Is Misused For Purely Power-political Goals, Including War.

We Should Think About Whether Canonizations, Which Are An Invention Of The Middle Ages, Still Make Sense Today.