“I suppose that if you’re doing something that God calls an abomination, you’re not going to care if it’s kosher or not.”
I don’t know, I’ve found that often the most degenerate people are also the ones most concerned about “keeping up appearances”.
“Outwardly they are holy, but inwardly, whitened sepulchres”, I think someone else a long time ago similarly observed.
“I don’t know, I’ve found that often the most degenerate people are also the ones most concerned about “keeping up appearances”.”
Mitt Romney comes to mind.
I once lived near a mafia enclave. Some of the worst people went to daily mass.
When a wonderful Italian man from the neighborhood died who was a significant benefactor to the neighborhood and the entire city, a handful of people showed up to his memorial mass. But when a mafia don died, the church was packed. The stream of hearse and flower cars went on for a block, and the mourners' cars for blocks afterward. Priorities...