i thought you didn't wanna tackle the issue of "church and state..." let me just answer you with your last post.

Originally Posted by
dawn runner
Even the poor got oppressed and violated by their governments you mean to say the priest should keep silent and maintain separation of church and state?
what's the significance of 5 bishops calling for a top official's ouster?
- power of the church to control. for as long as we have a provision of church and state separation, they must "religiously" adhere to that.

Originally Posted by
dawn runner
Are these priest people too? Are their parishoners the same people who composed the political constituents?
the priests are people exercising the power of the church to influence the masses.

Originally Posted by
dawn runner
If the government cant protect the people, it is the Church who will take up the cudgels. For what is the use of preaching about goodness and protecting life when the Church is oblivious to the happenings in the society. Its an empty Church.
if the government cannot protect the people, the church, by law, doesn't have any right to be the law. what is yours is not yours.

Originally Posted by
dawn runner
I know you want that to happen so that the Church will lose its credibility before the people.
i have nothing against the church. i am posting based on very obvious ways events unravel each day.