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Yes. The resistance of the Catholic church to accusations of sexual abuse are well known as they have paid hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements in countless legal cases in various countries. Since settlements could amount to staggering amounts of money, we can expect they will resist. Some of the people involved in the residential schools are also reportedly still alive. The minister of aboriginal affairs talks about the possibility of subpoena use but so far seems reluctant to act. I am not holding my breath to see this settled in my lifetime. This will likely drag on forever in some form. We shouldn't expect to see it resolved anytime soon.

It was revealing that the Toronto Archbishop (Cardinal) in Ontario rejected Trudeau's comments on the news today as unfair. Trudeau had said the Pope should apologize and the Catholic church should release records. The Archbishop responded that apologies have already been made at various times and by different levels of authority in the church. He said some records have already been released in different places. So who are we to believe? I have a feeling neither one are really as knowledgeable as they imply on the subject. Trudeau could not possibly be an expert on residential schools and what happened in them. He is a politician with a thousand other issues on his lap and is heavily influenced by the issue of being sure he is re-elected. The Archbishop holds the responsibility of defending and protecting the Catholic church so will be coming at it from that angle. So can we really expect either one of them to be able to contribute much to finding resolution to this issue? I don't see the RCMP as the correct organization to investigate or be involved in investigating the buried children. This should be led mainly by aboriginal people themselves with others participating as observers.

The Pope is the highest authority in the RC church and could theoretically pronounce excommunication on anyone he wishes. There is always that fear hanging over any Catholic in a powerful position who takes on the church. Seems to me it happened to Henry VIII and probably many others.

Trudeau just announced the Catholic church should accept responsibility for the residential school disaster but said he doesn't want to go to court to force them to release records. Why not? If he is sincere, he should use the tools the government has to obtain the records of residential schools to determine what happened in the former residential schools and what happened to the children that died and were buried on the grounds. These tools include taking them to court to force them to release the documents. Why doesn't he? Could it be because he and many Liberals are Catholics? Is that a conflict of interest in this issue? The U.N. has called for an investigation into what actually happened at the residential schools. How is this possible without obtaining the records? PS Does anyone know why the title does not appear in bold as other titles do?

No, in the Catholic run residential schools, they required conversion to Catholicism, which is not Christianity. Catholicism means acceptance and obedience to the Pope, the church and all its' dogmas and unbiblical practices. Biblical Christianity means parents love their children and treat everyone with respect. This apparently was not part of the thinking in many residential schools, although there may have been some teachers who were compassionate and caring but were working for a deeply flawed system.

About 60% of these residential schools were run by the Catholic Church. The remaining 40% were run by a couple other denominations, Anglican and Methodist and possibly United church I believe. I am not sure if the Presbyterian church ran some. I believe the non-Catholic churches have apologized for what went on in them. Yet the Pope inexplicably refuses to apologize. I can only assume he refuses because an apology could mean a big chuck of money would have to be paid for compensation out of the Vatican billions. So far it has been the federal government who has paid compensation, which means the taxpayers of Canada. It is time the Pope stepped up and contributed their share out of their billions.

One reason why many people reject the Bible and biblical truth and cling to things like the Theory of Evolution and Secular Humanism is because in their own mind this gives them the freedom to do what they want. There are no moral absolutes. One can live promiscuously or take drugs, booze, and do whatever they wish. Sexual immorality is not an issue with them because they don't think they are accountable to the God who created them. The problem for them with this thinking is rejecting God and his written revelation does not excuse them for what they are doing or believing. The Bible makes it clear: "27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:" Hebrews 9:27 KJB

Do you believe that there is a God who is the supreme being of the universe and created all things?

The fact is Wikipedia is a secular humanist source and we are discussing spiritual matters which cannot be answered by a secular humanist source. Every source of information is biased one way or another. That is just a reality of the world we live in. One chooses whom they wish to believe on any particular subject. Of course my view is "highly partisan" because it is directly opposed to the secular humanist point of view which you hold to. You somehow think my view not legitimate because it disagrees with your view. I can't do anything about that. Forums are places where everyone has a different view. Quote Preaching the Faith of Secular Humanism You may also be interested in reading the "Christianity/secular humanism Chart" There has been a great deal of discussion in recent years regarding the taboos established by certain American courts against Christian activity on the part of teachers in public school classrooms. It is now considered unacceptable for Christian teachers to publicly appeal to our God or to discuss our faith to our captive audiences of schoolchildren. Usually the rationale given for these taboos is the necessity for “neutrality.” The idea is that since teachers are agents of the state, they must maintain “strict neutrality” toward matters of faith. On the surface this can seem like a logical course of action to protect students (who have no choice about being in your classroom) from undue pressure to adopt a faith-based system the same as the teacher’s faith-based system. But it is of critical and paramount importance that we realize the simple (and obvious) fact that Christian theism is not the only religion or belief system found in the United States. In particular, there is one other very powerful and widespread belief system in the United States called Secular Humanism. The Faith of Secular Humanism Secular Humanism is a faith-based system (i.e., a religion) whose adherents believe, among other things, that the material world is all that exists. Secular humanists believe that the highest being that exists is mankind. They do not believe in a supernatural God. Since secular humanists do not believe in God, obviously they do not believe in a Creator. They hypothesize (in spite of strong scientific evidence to the contrary) that life simply sprang into existence, through a process of chance events. Higher life forms came into existence, they believe (again in spite of strong evidence to the contrary) through the process of biological evolution. They believe these things on the basis of faith, as many of the more honest scientists who are evolutionists have admitted. (You may wish to read some of these quotes.) Many scientists who are evolutionists have explained that to believe in a supernatural God is not “scientific” (in their minds). Therefore they hypothesize evolution to explain the existence of life. They hope to find evidence to support their hypothesis, but so far the vast predominance of evidence points to a Designer Creator. (You may wish to read some of it here.) Since, to secular humanists, God does not exist, any appeal to His authority would be considered to be foolish. The only authority that secular humanists appeal to is the authority of men who are perceived to be highly educated, brilliant and wise. Secular humanists believe the Bible to be simply a book of human traditions and ideas. To them, it has no authority. The only writings that have authority for them would be the writing of men and women whom they perceive to be especially brilliant and wise. Secular humanists generally reject the concepts of moral absolutes and of “sin.” In a situation in which Christians might see a need for repentance and forgiveness and forsaking sinful behavior, secular humanists would more likely see a need for every person to decide for himself what is right or wrong, and to try to build personal self-esteem regardless of an individual’s behavior. While a Christian’s goals are determined by God and are influenced by the reality of an eternity after this life has passed, the secular humanist goals are entirely focused on this present physical existence. Unquote Preaching the Faith of Secular Humanism (aboundingjoy.com) You appear to be saying you are ok with any debate or discussion as long as it comes from a secular humanist point of view, but anything else you reject. I think therein lies the problem. You don't accept a Christian or Biblical world view to begin with. Everything you believe must come through a secular humanist filter.

Quote Secular humanism is a religion and a philosophy of life which views man as the supreme being of the universe. It rejects the existence of God and the supernatural. It sees moral values as relative and changing and varying from person to person. It is important for every Christian to know the subtle ways that secular humanism is manifesting itself all around us. Unquote Christianity vs Humanism Comparison Chart (aboundingjoy.com)

Secular humanism is really elevating man's reasoning to the level of God. That makes it an idol or false god.

It's your choice whether to ignore God's teaching in the Bible on our fallen, sinful state that leads to damnation or seek salvation through faith in his Son and his written word. Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God (the Bible). All I do is point out the Biblical facts as I see them. What people do with it is between them and God.

You need to do some studying of the subject on the link. Read some of the article on scripture and science. Evolution is the biggest fraud perpetrated on mankind in the last 200 years. Evolution is saying there is no God and the creation just came into being by itself by random chance processes. This has been debunked as an impossibility. One tool of this debunking is mathematics and the law of probability. In science, the proof of something is done with mathematics. The theory of evolution fails the test by the mathematical law of probability. Of course God knew about the fraud. God allow it to occur as part of his long term plans for the world and universe. Man rebelled against God in the garden of Eden and the world has been a fallen, corrupt place ever since. He gave mankind free will to choose what to believe. Belief or faith in his Son and his written revelation is the key to salvation from a fallen evil world.

Secular humanism or atheism is what you are talking about. That is a defeatist ideology which leads to a lost eternity in hell. Secular humanism is actually a religion in and of itself as many embrace like it their religion. Secular humanism developed over the last 200 years. Genuine science developed over the last 500 years and many of the greatest scientists that ever lived believed in God. This all changed in the 1800s and especially when Darwin brought in the theory of evolution. It is what much of society bases their lives on as if it is fact. The reality of God's creation is all around them but they choose to ignore it or give it's existence some other explanation such as the theory of evolution. This has been taught in schools for decades as if it is fact when it is totally unproven. It has been shown to be false on a number of fronts. One is the mathematical laws of probability. Real science is proven my mathematics. The law of probability demonstrates evolution is a virtual impossibility because evolution depends on random chance processes. Well, mathematics shows that anything with odds of less than 10 to the 50th power has virtually no chance of occurring. The theory of evolution is like someone playing a lottery every day for say a year and winning the jackpot every single time. What are the chances of that happening? That is the same category of possibility of the proper atoms and substances coming together to form life. Virtually no chance by a random process, which is what the theory of evolution claims.

The theory of evolution is one of the biggest frauds in the last 200 years. If you want to know the why and how it is a false theory and what the implications of believing the theory of evolution or believing God are go to: Reformation Resources | Reformation International College The theory of evolution is debunked by science. Study the articles under the heading Scripture and Science. God has a plan for you. Life has a purpose.

Quote Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lectured the Conservatives about “anti-Asian racism” and “tolerance” during Question Period on Wednesday when asked about protecting Canadian research institutions from Chinese foreign influence. Recently, the Globe and Mail revealed that at least seven scientists from Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Laboratory collaborated with China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on infectious disease studies while working in Canada. Trudeau made the comments after Conservative MP Candice Bergen pressed him on whether his government was willing to cut research ties with the Chinese communist regime. Unquote Trudeau lectures CPC about anti-Asian racism when asked to end China-Canada research - (phoenixwolfj.com) Trudeau has officially been asked by an opposition MP to apologize for accusing the opposition of anti-Asian racism when they asked a question about national security and has taken the request under advisement. He is a master at giving apologies. Let's see if he apologizes for his own inappropriate comments in Parliament. The Apologizer-in-chief just apologized for imprisoning a number of Italian-Canadians in 1940, WW2 and were released in 1942. An interesting article on the National Post reveals that these people who were arrested were investigated by the RCMP and imprisoned were actually hard-core card-carrying Fascists who supported Mussolini and were only a small fraction of the Italian Canadians in Canada at the time. History has been revised to not tell the facts. It is easier for liberals to get votes by revising history. Colby Cosh: Most of the interned Italian-Canadians were hardcore Fascists. Why is Justin Trudeau apologizing? (msn.com)

China already has Canada over a barrel. This is proven by the fact China holds two Canadians hostage and the federal Liberal government was afraid to vote with Parliament to say China's treatment of the Uyghurs is a genocide. So the Liberal cabinet and PM abstained from the vote proving they are under strong influence of China.

Also, China and Canada are not cooperating in any sense that would benefit Canada. You forget Canada has a tiny population compared with China which has about 1.2 billion people and is a superpower. Saying China and Canada can somehow cooperate and benefit equally is absurd. The CCP's aim is to increase their power and influence in the western world and whatever they do must align with that objective. Their goal is an authoritarian world much like their own system and rid the world of liberalism, individual rights, and democracy which they view as corrupt and destructive. Therefore everything must be geared to that end.

I have done significant reading about China and what is going on in the world and don't accept your benign fictitious view of cooperation and collaboration between China and America. Maybe a bit between CAnada and China because liberals are more leaning toward acceptance of Communist China. There are many naive people in Canada and in the government.

No, China is not a "Capitalist" country in the sense of western democracies. China allowed private companies, which are not really independent private companies in the same sense as the west. The Chinese Communist Party control everything and all companies if they see a benefit to their system. They may not be Communist according to the strict definition of Communism, but they are totalitarian, deny human rights, and a brutal regime. That headline is more propaganda, probably from China supporters. If you understood the struggle between America and China-Russia in the world in all spheres you would understand that talk is just nonsense. China keeps things secret if they deem it might be in their own interest. They don't admit to any fault or allow America to investigate the source of the Wuhan virus. You are really mistaken if you believe they are cooperating on much more than anything superficial. Any "cooperation" would only be if they saw something of significant benefit to themselves.

Already explained that the question 'Is Canada becoming Communist" is inter-related with all these questions. Canada has been too deeply involved with China for years.

All of this is related to the subject of Canada becoming Communist. Canada's involvement with a virology lab in Communist China raises big questions about what Canada's relationship is with Communist China. That is a lab that could be involved in producing biological weapons to use against the west, including us. All these questions are interconnected in some way.

No, it's not just the Post Millennial reporting on it. "Ottawa funds COVID-19 research project that is collaborating with Wuhan virus lab" - Ottawa funds COVID-19 research project that is collaborating with Wuhan virus lab - The Globe and Mail Once again Google easily finds the answer.

That's easy to answer. If you too tried Google you would easily find my comment was not junk information. This is strong evidence the Post Millennial article was factual contrary to what you think. " US liberal media's Covid U-turn: A year after TRASHING theory that COVID originated from a Wuhan lab because Trump supported the suggestion - America's woke mainstream news outlets suddenly start asking if it's true! The first reported fatality from COVID-19 was in Wuhan, China, on January 11, 2020 By January 21 the virus was in the U.S.; a week later The Washington Times speculated about a 'lab leak' The suggestion, picked up by Trump and embraced by China hawks, was ridiculed by the left-wing media A year later, a growing acceptance of the possibility of a 'lab leak' has formed - ignoring past skepticism Dr Anthony Fauci, the nation's top public health official, now says that he believes it is possible The WHO sent a team to investigate earlier this year but were not given full access to China's laboratories " A year after left-wing news TRASHED theory that COVID originated in Wuhan lab outlets now BACK idea | Daily Mail Online

There is a news report on The Post Millennial: "Trudeau government gives $828,000 grant to Wuhan lab where virus may have originated | The Post Millennial" Can this really be true? Another report on CNN says investigators have found there were cases of severe illness reported in the Wuhan Virology lab back in November of 2019, shortly before the Coronavirus reportedly began spreading. This needs to be investigated further. We also need further information as to what the Trudeau government's involvement with the virology lab in China was and for what purpose. The public needs to know these critical things. Why do we hear the American news outlet CNN talking about the sick cases in the Wuhan virology lab in November 2019, but not a word about it on Canadian news outlets? We need to know if these were Covid cases and details about what was going on in that lab. Nothing heard on CBC either about the government donating to the Wuhan lab.