<div><font color="Navy">The crime of murder, the sin of blasphemy
Father Raymond J. de Souza - THE NATIONAL POST - Aug 9, 2012
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Sikh protesters shout slogans during a protest in Amritsar after a gunman in the US shot worshippers at a suburban Sikh temple in Wisconsin.
The blood of the innocent cries out to Heaven, we are told. Sometimes that cry does not have to travel far, as when slaughter is visited upon the very houses of worship where one goes to encounter God.
The massacre of innocents is always an abominable crime. When done in the name of God, it is compounded by the sin of blasphemy. When done in the house of God, it constitutes a sacrilege. Blasphemous and sacrilegious murder is on the increase.
The Sikh temple massacre in Wisconsin is not even the latest attack
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Father Raymond J. de Souza - THE NATIONAL POST - Aug 9, 2012
NARINDER NANU/AFP/GettyImages
Sikh protesters shout slogans during a protest in Amritsar after a gunman in the US shot worshippers at a suburban Sikh temple in Wisconsin.
The blood of the innocent cries out to Heaven, we are told. Sometimes that cry does not have to travel far, as when slaughter is visited upon the very houses of worship where one goes to encounter God.
The massacre of innocents is always an abominable crime. When done in the name of God, it is compounded by the sin of blasphemy. When done in the house of God, it constitutes a sacrilege. Blasphemous and sacrilegious murder is on the increase.
The Sikh temple massacre in Wisconsin is not even the latest attack
More...