Comments on: Horrific Article http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/05/horrific-article/ The official Derren Brown Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:29:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Diana http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/05/horrific-article/#comment-11296 Diana Sat, 30 May 2009 21:40:42 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=2348#comment-11296 The men that commited those crimes should be punished. I don't believe that anyone of the child abusers were truly Christians. They just parade around in the mask of a priest, pretending to carry out 'God's work' but truly they have empty, shallow souls and disgusting, twisted hearts. Its saddening. Although I am a Christian, I always put religious authority firgures under scrutiny. It says in the bible that we should not just take things as they are, but to put them to the test. The men that commited those crimes should be punished. I don’t believe that anyone of the child abusers were truly Christians.

They just parade around in the mask of a priest, pretending to carry out ‘God’s work’ but truly they have empty, shallow souls and disgusting, twisted hearts.

Its saddening.

Although I am a Christian, I always put religious authority firgures under scrutiny. It says in the bible that we should not just take things as they are, but to put them to the test.

]]> By: Ms G http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/05/horrific-article/#comment-11292 Ms G Sat, 30 May 2009 19:04:37 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=2348#comment-11292 When I first started reading this piece yesterday I first thought it was a story .. the tone reminded me of certain stories .. castles stuff and such ... a bit bombastic .. as if it has been presented with a loud voice in front of the citizens of a village ... When I first started reading this piece yesterday I first thought it was a story .. the tone reminded me of certain stories .. castles stuff and such … a bit bombastic .. as if it has been presented with a loud voice in front of the citizens of a village …

]]> By: keith http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/05/horrific-article/#comment-11265 keith Fri, 29 May 2009 23:14:52 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=2348#comment-11265 pedophiles and psychopaths all ways tend to gravitate to positions of trust and power ie ; teachers and police respectively church and children's homes. the politicians and those in power are and have never been interested in truth or justice.its about image to be seen to be doing the right thing is far more important than doing the right thing to them. why upset the apple cart when im doing so nicely thank you . the catholic church was the greatest intelligence gathering organization in the world and used belief and dogma to control the masses as most governments do we all are laboring under an illusion if we believe that they have our interests at heart. we must thank the whistle blowers and the people that make the politicians feel uncomfortable and under pressure or any organization for that matter child abuse is rife within childeren's homes council care and other organizations that deal with vulnerable people whether adults or children. people are educated to a standard that the people in charge agree to rather tan to a standard that will empower them to be all they can be. i may come across as cynical but i have spent so many years working in very large organizations dealing with offenders and politicians, educators and as a friend put it they are all little dragons all trying to protect their pot of gold rather than trying to improve society for the greater good pedophiles and psychopaths all ways tend to gravitate to positions of trust and power ie ; teachers and police respectively church and children’s homes.
the politicians and those in power are and have never been interested in truth or justice.its about image to be seen to be doing the right thing is far more important than doing the right thing to them. why upset the apple cart when im doing so nicely thank you . the catholic church was the greatest intelligence gathering organization in the world and used belief and dogma to control the masses as most governments do we all are laboring under an illusion if we believe that they have our interests at heart.
we must thank the whistle blowers and the people that make the politicians feel uncomfortable and under pressure or any organization for that matter child abuse is rife within childeren’s homes council care and other organizations that deal with vulnerable people whether adults or children.
people are educated to a standard that the people in charge agree to rather tan to a standard that will empower them to be all they can be.
i may come across as cynical but i have spent so many years working in very large organizations dealing with offenders and politicians, educators and as a friend put it they are all little dragons all trying to protect their pot of gold rather than trying to improve society for the greater good

]]> By: giuseppe http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/05/horrific-article/#comment-11264 giuseppe Fri, 29 May 2009 23:03:27 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=2348#comment-11264 thankyou for the awareness derren. my heart goes out to those poor souls. thankyou for the awareness derren. my heart goes out to those poor souls.

]]> By: Gavin Hamling http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/05/horrific-article/#comment-11262 Gavin Hamling Fri, 29 May 2009 20:51:19 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=2348#comment-11262 Thanks for raising this point Derren, It's the truth that people need to hear and read to make them understand about the dark and dismal crap that is going on not only in Ireland and Great Britain but all over the world. It sickens me to the very core to think men of the cloth could do such things to innocent lads. I myself am not a christian, nor any religion for that matter but you grow up thinking these people are the bearers of the lord\'s word and they are the most noble and kind hearted people out there and then they pull disgusting and vile stunts like this. If there really was a God he would have stricken these demons down long before they had the chance to corrupt the innocence of young boys. This article has further more provoked my mind into believing Science and Logic over Religion. Thanks for raising this point Derren,
It’s the truth that people need to hear and read to make them understand about the dark and dismal crap that is going on not only in Ireland and Great Britain but all over the world. It sickens me to the very core to think men of the cloth could do such things to innocent lads. I myself am not a christian, nor any religion for that matter but you grow up thinking these people are the bearers of the lord\’s word and they are the most noble and kind hearted people out there and then they pull disgusting and vile stunts like this.

If there really was a God he would have stricken these demons down long before they had the chance to corrupt the innocence of young boys.

This article has further more provoked my mind into believing Science and Logic over Religion.

]]> By: Aine http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/05/horrific-article/#comment-11260 Aine Fri, 29 May 2009 20:32:56 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=2348#comment-11260 I watched Michael O Brien and it broke my heart and brought tears to my eyes. Well done to him for reducing the plámasing politicians to stunned silence. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jHqndf9Kx4 I watched Michael O Brien and it broke my heart and brought tears to my eyes. Well done to him for reducing the plámasing politicians to stunned silence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jHqndf9Kx4

]]> By: Ms G http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/05/horrific-article/#comment-11253 Ms G Fri, 29 May 2009 19:27:04 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=2348#comment-11253 Pedophilea .. incest ... lots of reasons for its existence. Being aware of your own lust/fear and acknowledge it, and deal with it the way you were supposed to deal with it. It's not just priests as we all know. The only ones who truly can always prevend these things from happening are the ones that feel the drive to do those tihngs. Lot of other workers in this field who help to prevend them from happening .. It's still happening, not just in the past. Can happen right next to you without you noticing. In the so-called civilized western part of the world. Reading about those things will make you feel helpless, as it already happened. Let's hope that if we ever run into something like this in our own circle of friends/family etc .. we will act, that we will notice and will not doubt. The closer it gets to you ... the more surreal it will feel, which we weird enough never feel, in a way, with these articles. Pedophilea .. incest … lots of reasons for its existence.
Being aware of your own lust/fear and acknowledge it, and deal with it the way you were supposed to deal with it. It’s not just priests as we all know. The only ones who truly can always prevend these things from happening are the ones that feel the drive to do those tihngs. Lot of other workers in this field who help to prevend them from happening ..

It’s still happening, not just in the past. Can happen right next to you without you noticing. In the so-called civilized western part of the world.

Reading about those things will make you feel helpless, as it already happened. Let’s hope that if we ever run into something like this in our own circle of friends/family etc .. we will act, that we will notice and will not doubt. The closer it gets to you … the more surreal it will feel, which we weird enough never feel, in a way, with these articles.

]]> By: Byron http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/05/horrific-article/#comment-11249 Byron Fri, 29 May 2009 19:08:38 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=2348#comment-11249 It's important not to throw out the baby with the bathwater. Personally I always felt that the big questions in life are far too important to leave in the hands of priests and politicians. One must work hard to become free from one's social conditioning so that one can choose freely. Yes religion and politics have committed barbarities and these should be revealed not covered up and the guilty brought to objective justice. However don't forget this: One day we all fall down because our job, or our relationships, or something goes wrong. We might see ourselves as failures and our eyes start to look down towards the ground. At such moments a spiritual person or a piece of writing or a friend will remind us that none of that is important. That we are still alive and before we die we can try again. That our passing through here on earth is a journey not the destination. That is what true religions are there to remind us of: the larger scheme of things and not to take things too personally. These paedophiles are sick and need treatment. Any institution that supports them is sick too and the guilty should be brought to justice too. On the other hand human beings searching for a bigger world is not a search in vain or for vanity. That's what my experience tells me. And that there's no time to waste! It’s important not to throw out the baby with the bathwater.
Personally I always felt that the big questions in life are far too important to leave in the hands of priests and politicians. One must work hard to become free from one’s social conditioning so that one can choose freely.
Yes religion and politics have committed barbarities and these should be revealed not covered up and the guilty brought to objective justice. However don’t forget this: One day we all fall down because our job, or our relationships, or something goes wrong. We might see ourselves as failures and our eyes start to look down towards the ground. At such moments a spiritual person or a piece of writing or a friend will remind us that none of that is important. That we are still alive and before we die we can try again. That our passing through here on earth is a journey not the destination. That is what true religions are there to remind us of: the larger scheme of things and not to take things too personally. These paedophiles are sick and need treatment. Any institution that supports them is sick too and the guilty should be brought to justice too. On the other hand human beings searching for a bigger world is not a search in vain or for vanity. That’s what my experience tells me. And that there’s no time to waste!

]]> By: Mr Hypnotist http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/05/horrific-article/#comment-11248 Mr Hypnotist Fri, 29 May 2009 19:03:16 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=2348#comment-11248 Unfortunately this isn\\\'t just limited to the church, lots of \\\'cults\\\' and organisations and even countries use fear as a control. As a young, neive boy who went to church to meet friends, I asked about Charles Darwin and about the missing Dinosaurs in the bible. I was soon bullied by many people there and I eventually left and started to question my faith! I think myself lucky for escaping and questioning religion, or I could still be there in a world of unhapiness. Unfortunately this isn\\\’t just limited to the church, lots of \\\’cults\\\’ and organisations and even countries use fear as a control.
As a young, neive boy who went to church to meet friends, I asked about Charles Darwin and about the missing Dinosaurs in the bible.
I was soon bullied by many people there and I eventually left and started to question my faith!
I think myself lucky for escaping and questioning religion, or I could still be there in a world of unhapiness.

]]> By: Aideen http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/05/horrific-article/#comment-11243 Aideen Fri, 29 May 2009 18:33:14 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=2348#comment-11243 here is a clip of questions and answers mentioned in article, worth a watch, really hits home. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvtng1OzKak here is a clip of questions and answers mentioned in article, worth a watch, really hits home. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvtng1OzKak

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