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Conservative Christians at it again (discuss.online)

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[–] mupan@feddit.org -1 points 2 days ago

~~The fictional character Sister Fidelma, written by historian Peter Tremayne, is a nun of the celtic Christian church in Ireland before the catholic church got more influence. And she was a lawyer, had fully studied law by the rules of the time being. She was, by the law of the country back then, even a judge for minor, local cases. Sometimes she was conflicted between the teachings of the church and the law, and decided for the law. In one of the early novels that paint a picture of the course of her life, her professional career, her marriage to a monk, Tremayne writes down her final decision: If there should be a future situation in which she has to give up either her status as a nun or her status as a lawyer, she would decide for being a lawyer. Because, the more the church becomes an enemy of the human rights she believed in, the more it wouldn't be her church anymore.

As everyone loving human rights, she often has to decide between what is right and what is easy. E.g. when a local princeps fucks his daughters. Being a true believer can be life threatening. Remember the spiritual: Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, a long way from home. True believer. Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone, like I'm all alone. True believer.~~

Some wear their cross on their breast, some on their back.