among all the debate above about who is responsible for this, and continuing, tragedy i have yet to see the obvious guilty party blamed. christians believe that god looks after us and is all powerful etc. while people are committing such appalling crimes against children where is he? is he discussing the finer points of theocracy- being a living god- in the minds of priests, popes and friendly fascists? how could any reasonable person continue to have faith in any omnipotent god who continually fails to intervene in even the most disgusting slaughter of the innocents? particularly when it is so often going on in 'his' houses. joe's glib 'it's a wonderful world' optimism seems insensitive at best in these circumstances