McCain's pastor likened Catholic Church to "great whore"

John McCain's pastor said that "God punished New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina for planning a gay pride parade."

Then there was this from Reuters UK by Jim Forsyth:

"A Texas evangelical leader who endorsed Republican presidential candidate John McCain earlier this year has apologized for anti-Catholic remarks that angered Church members and embarrassed McCain's campaign.

"John Hagee, pastor of the 19,000-member Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, wrote a letter of apology to the Catholic League on Monday for comments in which he called the Church "apostate" and likened it to the "great whore" in a passage of the Bible..."

(http://uk.reuters.com/article/UKNews1/idUKN1343588920080513)

If you are wondering why Mr. Hagee said this, he has come up with an explanation. He made the statement, he says, "In my zeal to oppose anti-Semitism and bigotry in all its ugly forms..."

Clearly, we must be careful when judging others that we don't make an ironical spectacle of ourselves.