One can always count on our favorite Church basher, Ian Paisley, to think of new and creative ways to knock the Church. Most recently, he denounced Britain for inviting the pope because, regarding the sex-abuse scandals, the Church ” is anti-Christ in teaching and doctrine .” One wonders what Church teaching and doctrine he would approve of.
But he ought to throw her a bone at least once, don’t you think? After all, the Church has always been there for him to bash.
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