The large flood disaster should remind us that there is simply a nature, a order created by God, over which man cannot control. Cataclysms are sometimes punishment for sins. In the case of floods in Poland, no uncertainty God's gift of reason has been ignored – the authorities did not take into account warnings which were precisely formulated by experts. It is mentioned in a conversation with PCh24 tv Fr. prof. Paweł Bortkiewicz.
Prof. Paweł Bortkiewicz TChr was born in Jelenia Góra, 1 of the cities affected by the flood. In an interview with PCh24 tv spoke about theological explanation of the flood cataclysm, as well as about haters who mock calls for reconstruction of flooded churches.
In the net, a sharp hatred fell on the Franciscans of Kłodzka, who asked the faithful to aid rebuild the monastery complex destroyed by the flood. In the opinion of Fr. Prof. Paweł Bortkiewicz, specified pouring hatred is simply absurd, due to the fact that we request to aid everyone.
– This wave of hatred was indeed frightening and shocking. I remember that it was besides written, among others, about selling Maybachy and spending money for the needs of the floods. I'll say this: the church could even sale all of its Maybachs and spend even on hatred portals, and that's due to the fact that these Maybachs just don't exist, so there would be no profit said the priest.
As he stressed, it is essential to aid comprehensively: to care for both the basic request of the right to life; and to reconstruct the functioning of churches, “the houses of God that remind of a certain hierarchy of values.” – This full situation should show us in an eyeful and painful way that man is not the master of his own life – he added.
– Man is not a master of nature, he is incapable to control it completely. Despite the improvement of technology, despite the improvement of civilization, we inactive find that there is specified a thing as the power of nature, like a mystery, like God, who directs everything. so ignoring God and taunting him is not only unimportant but besides harmfully ironic, for he distracts us from Him who has the power to save our lives. - He said.
As the priest emphasized, cataclysms can be the consequence of human sins and evil. He pointed to the Los Angeles earthquake that affected the places where kid pornography was created; a flood disaster in fresh Orleans, a city known for its many sexual deviations; an earthquake in Nepal, where the surrogative manufacture flourished at the time.
In the case of Poland, in the opinion of Fr. prof. Paweł Bortkiewicz, 1 can talk of evil in the form of ignoring the simple gift of God, which is human reason.
– Reason allowed us to inform before this cataclysm, to diagnose the state of affairs, to point out that there was a request – respective years ago – to build retention tanks. Unfortunately, in many of these cases, contrary to reason, ideology worked, for example erstwhile it comes to building retention tanks. any ambition, political inability, warnings ignored. We were dealing with the primacy of ideology, political competitions – above the human good – he said.
– I think this is simply a informing that tells us that we must number on the fact that there is simply a planet order created by God. In this order of the world, man plays a very peculiar role: not the absolute master and dominator, but a function in which, by his own head and responsibility, he should rationally manage the world, serving the common good – he added.
Fr Bortkiewicz besides noted that the Catholic Church was very powerfully active in helping floods. – The church works in a very concrete way, both through its institutions, movements, associations and through individual people. The mainstream media, of course, does not make it public, but we must emphasise that the Church has been engaged in a immense way from the beginning of the tragedy, in both material and individual assistance – people are going from all over the country to aid the floods, secular authorities, to save sacred places, to appeal for human solidarity – he noted.
The clergyman besides criticized the government’s attitude regarding the flood. – In this case, we have actually faced very precise warnings, precise information, coming from both scientists who can read reality beyond ideology and from state institutions. However, there was no coordination, information was ignored, and this shows the weaknesses of the state and government. Later, they tried to replace circumstantial actions of any media show in the form of multi-hour conference broadcasts He said.
– Regardless of political sympathy and antipathy, consequences should be drawn, which the Prime Minister seems to have called for. Not in the name of the consequences themselves, but in order to defend ourselves from specified situations in the future, or at least minimize them. – he added.
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Source: PCh24 TV
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