Well this is what Jesus said about abortion” Truly I say to you, for one innocent life cut short as soon as concieved by the monstrous of iniquities a hundred guilty lives will pay for this crime by their eternal punishment. In the name of the justice and right which they invoke, they assassinate with impunity the work of the Creator in His creature, the little one in his mother’s womb. She herself is guilty in consenting to the most horrible crime, placing herself lower than the animals who faithfully maintain their maternal instinct in all its beauty and abnegation.”

Quote take from the book Message of Merciful Love to little souls. Will do you a world of good to read this book, me thinks.

[Daphne – That isn’t what Christ said. It’s what some 20th century mystic imagines he said. The reality of the matter is that, as Kenneth said, abortion was practised throughout the ages because there have always been situations in which women would rather die than have a baby and indeed, when having a baby (in certain situations) would mean death anyway. You might need to know that in that period, babies were not regarded as fully human – still less foetuses. I am not telling you this to provoke an argument – this is not an abortion thread and we don’t need one, thank you – but merely to point out that you would be better off reading social history than mysticism.]

The Church has a right to speak and teach Christ’s teachings. That includes Gozo’s Bishop! Christ should be part of our daily lives and not put in a cupboard and brought out when serious problems hit our family.

If a family is struck by some illness or misfortune then we remember Christ and our Lady. But not in our daily lives.

Everyone wants to live as he pleases. Well then do not call yourselves Catholics.

When the crowds left Jesus because of his teachings, he turned towards the apostles and told them “Do you want to leave as well?’ Everyone knows Peter’s answer. One cannot serve two masters.

I agree with Patrik and should have added mercy killing.

I’ve never read anything from Jesus regarding abortion, even though it was widely practised in his time.

Give me your ‘Eastenders’ in exchange any day.

[Daphne – All my readers know by now that I am fascinated by chav culture and chav thinking. But I will admit that Eastenders is better produced than Super One shows at least (phone-ins are phone-ins).]

CSI Vegas, Miami or New York? C’mon we need more statistical information to justify the referendum result! Truly a sad situation. Why not throw in “Cold Case” and “Law & Order” as well.

Obviously we should have stuck to Xandir Malta or was it Rediffusion. None of that nasty filth corrupting our “way of life”.

Genuine comment from the article “19-year-old pleads not guilty to attempted murder”:

“Mr John Borg
Today, 14:27
I’m imagining these headlines to become more frequent once the divorce bill is introduced. Statistically proven, divorce opens flood gates for more separation cases. When you watch crime scene investigation on discovery channel, the murderer would always be some jealous spouse. Concidence? I don’t think so.

we live in a sad world, but unfortnately we wanted to be like the rest of the world.”

You really couldn’t make this stuff up.