Pope: Defend human dignity, eliminate human trafficking

[Vmedvil]

This is a news article from the pope written 3 weeks ago, read more at https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-02/pope-francis-message-day-prayer-against-human-trafficking.html

 

What do you think of this article?

[OceanBreeze]

Unfortunately, all I see from the Pope is a question, namely “Where do we get new impetus to combat the trade in human organs and tissues, the sexual exploitation of children and girls, forced labor, including prostitution, drug and arms trafficking?”

His Holiness answers His own question thusly “Christ provides the only true source of hope and strength for those who are victims of human trafficking and for those who seek to combat the scourge.”

Does the Pope truly believe that an “International Day of Prayer and Awareness” is enough to tackle the enormous amount of violations against human dignity that continue occurring all over the world?

Calling attention to these violations of human rights and human dignity is long overdue and welcome; but praying to Jesus Christ for a remedy is not just inadequate, it is futile!

There must be International cooperation on measures to hold accountable those responsible for serious human rights abuses, including foreign governments where these abuses occur beyond any doubt.

To name just a few of the worst offenders: Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, Somalia and a few that may surprise some people: India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Brunei, and even the Maldives.

Some of these places have a thriving tourist industry with the tourists seemingly unaware of the thriving sex trafficking trade that is going on in full sight.

Sanctions, plus restricting or discouraging tourists from traveling to these places, would be far more effective than praying for help from Jesus, who never existed and does not exist! (if anyone thinks otherwise, please provide some evidence of Christ's physical existence on this Earth)

As for Russia, perhaps stationing a few thousand highly equipped US troops in the Ukraine may cause mad dog Putin to back down. At least, give the Ukrainians the weapons they have been asking for, including F-16 fighter jets armed with conventional missiles.

As always, whenever I stray away from the Physics and Mathematics threads , I am expressing my opinion only and I am well aware that everyone will not agree.

 

 

[Vmedvil]

On 4/11/2025 at 4:13 AM, OceanBreeze said:

Unfortunately, all I see from the Pope is a question, namely “Where do we get new impetus to combat the trade in human organs and tissues, the sexual exploitation of children and girls, forced labor, including prostitution, drug and arms trafficking?”

 

His Holiness answers His own question thusly “Christ provides the only true source of hope and strength for those who are victims of human trafficking and for those who seek to combat the scourge.”

 

Does the Pope truly believe that an “International Day of Prayer and Awareness” is enough to tackle the enormous amount of violations against human dignity that continue occurring all over the world?

 

Calling attention to these violations of human rights and human dignity is long overdue and welcome; but praying to Jesus Christ for a remedy is not just inadequate, it is futile!

 

There must be International cooperation on measures to hold accountable those responsible for serious human rights abuses, including foreign governments where these abuses occur beyond any doubt.

 

To name just a few of the worst offenders: Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, Somalia and a few that may surprise some people: India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Brunei, and even the Maldives.

 

Some of these places have a thriving tourist industry with the tourists seemingly unaware of the thriving sex trafficking trade that is going on in full sight.

 

Sanctions, plus restricting or discouraging tourists from traveling to these places, would be far more effective than praying for help from Jesus, who never existed and does not exist! (if anyone thinks otherwise, please provide some evidence of Christ's physical existence on this Earth)

 

As for Russia, perhaps stationing a few thousand highly equipped US troops in the Ukraine may cause mad dog Putin to back down. At least, give the Ukrainians the weapons they have been asking for, including F-16 fighter jets armed with conventional missiles.

 

As always, whenever I stray away from the Physics and Mathematics threads , I am expressing my opinion only and I am well aware that everyone will not agree.

 

 

 

 

 

I agree with you, human hands must save a human world, and prayer is not simply enough to combat such problems in this world...

[OceanBreeze]

Victor, you expressed the problem much more succinctly than I.

While I am not a religious person, I generally do respect the good that Christians do in many parts of the world, particularly through establishing orphanages and charities for the poor and underprivileged.

I wish to clarify my comment about Jesus never existing, based upon the lack of clear historical, forensic or archaeological evidence, falls under the category of "lack of evidence of existence is not the same as evidence of lack of existence"

I am no different than anyone else alive today in that I do not know whether an historical Jesus existed or not.

However, I do respect (but do not share) the Belief that Christians hold in a spiritual Jesus and I hope that nothing I wrote ruins anyone's upcoming Easter celebrations.

Having said that, I feel what you wrote is worth repeating: "human hands must save a human world, and prayer is not simply enough to combat such problems in this world..(as the trade in human organs and tissues, the sexual exploitation of children and girls, forced labor, including prostitution, drug and arms trafficking and unjust wars . . .)