Francis Insults Bats – Criticism
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However, the Twitter account “Give Bats A Break” which promotes appreciation for bats contradicted, “Bats are not committing crimes under the cover of night, but provide invaluable services to our ecosystems” - by pollinating flowers and trees, eating pests, and helping to reforest after disasters.
Thus, bats are a better represented by Matt. 6:1, “Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them,” the account stresses.
It complains that bats face “constant disrespect, threat of injury and death, very little thanks of praise from humans.” Therefore: “To be more like bats, humans should expect to be hated in spite of the good we do.”
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