I've just read this article about some letters of prayers to God being found in the ocean by a man on the beach. The article is interesting and touches on some emotions. However, the last paragraph goes on to say this: "Lacovara said he is sad that most of the writers never had their letters read. But he hopes to change that soon: He is putting the collection up for sale on eBay."
Somehow that doesn't feel right to me. From the photo that accompanies the article it's evident that many of these have identities attached to them (names, addresses, etc...). How could someone sell these with a clear conscious?
I'm not going to get involved in some back and forth banter on this personally, but I thought it would be interesting to share and see how others feel about this. Thanks.
Yes, IMO that's REALLY wrong. Lives could be destroyed by some of these letters. They were sent to a MINISTER, for goodness sake, they were never intended to be public.
The proper thing to do with them would be to bring them to a church so that the priest / congregation can pray over them as was intended and then burn the letters and have the ashes returned to the sea or buried somewhere decent.
"Lacovara said he is sad that most of the writers never had their letters read. But he hopes to change that soon: He is putting the collection up for sale on eBay."
Sad the letters were never read????? How does he know God didn't read them???? As far selling them goes, just keep you eyes out on eBay and when you see them, report them to eBay with an explaination and I suspect the sale would be banned.
I agree. This disgusts me. I hope somone can put a stop to this.
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Yes, IMO that's REALLY wrong. Lives could be destroyed by some of these letters. They were sent to a MINISTER, for goodness sake, they were never intended to be public.
The proper thing to do with them would be to bring them to a church so that the priest / congregation can pray over them as was intended and then burn the letters and have the ashes returned to the sea or buried somewhere decent.
So, it's illegal to open mail addressed to someone else, but what happens when the addressee is deceased? Add to this the clergy confidentiality thing and I would think he'd be skating on rather thin ice legally as well as already fallen through it morally.
