I'm not good at expressing myself but here goes, I come from a very devout Catholic background. The people who influenced me were my mother, grandmothers and aunts and also their husbands who devoted themselves to believing that church life was essential to raising a family, the men kept their faith or lack of to themselves but participated in church matters.
I can honestly say that after 10 years of Catholic schools and mass every Sunday, maybe 2 priests and 1 nun showed me what truly good people look like. To me the truly good people were my family members who made it their business to be God's right hand and spent their time doing for others. They never gossipped or spoke badly (out loud) about others. This is the thing I struggle with, in this day and age and particularly with this subject, how do you not judge the bad guy?
We were taught and I believe that we are not to hold each other in judgement.
I don't know how nor am I a strong enough person to judge not.
Why did it come easier for the people who came before me?