Perception
The local Catholic Diocese newspaper printed the obituary of an Idaho nun, aged 82, who died following a car jacking near the South African orphanage she ran for over fifty years. The obituary contained the following paragraph:
"Sister Tacke was victim of a carjacking several years earlier when, upon entering a mall, a young man approached her and asked for her car keys. She said, "Young man, do you have a gun?" He responded, "Yes, Granny, I do." At this point she handed over her keys. She walked into the mall and was taken to the police station. Upon entering, she walked up to the desk and said. "Sir, I would like to report that a young man called me Granny!"
Did she also report the carjacking? The obituary did not contain that information. I would have assumed that of course she did. But having read the desert fathers, i am not so sure. Some people believe they should act the way they expect God would want them to act, not what common sense, or society, or the law might suppose.
"Sister Tacke was victim of a carjacking several years earlier when, upon entering a mall, a young man approached her and asked for her car keys. She said, "Young man, do you have a gun?" He responded, "Yes, Granny, I do." At this point she handed over her keys. She walked into the mall and was taken to the police station. Upon entering, she walked up to the desk and said. "Sir, I would like to report that a young man called me Granny!"
Did she also report the carjacking? The obituary did not contain that information. I would have assumed that of course she did. But having read the desert fathers, i am not so sure. Some people believe they should act the way they expect God would want them to act, not what common sense, or society, or the law might suppose.