Your bolded words here, not words I would throw around, "from above" --> Almighty God and Father and His Son are the only words or instructions he should have been listening to, IF he was truly one of theirs. The earth being the footstool, so to even think of doing such an act, never mind doing it, is to KNOWINGLY doing the act before the feet of God and His Son who is seated at his right hand side and if one thinks not of the above, You never found either of them in the first place and that is assured.
Now the Catholics and many faiths, do not know the True God and Son and many unwittingly (neglect), actually follow the 3 headed serpent, the first king of hell disguised as the Trinity God, introduced via the Catholics around 150 years after Jesus, the roots of,.... are still as large as life to this day, hence a huge contributor for the world as we know it today.
So for the likes of the Pells, their world is not supposed to be of this world, but of God, so understanding their world, is Not even a matter that warrants consideration, considering what they claim they follow = N/N. God is not divided or a mix bags of lollies for which you get to pick and chose.
Your last 3 points highlight the fact, that something is seriously not right and yet sadly, many said faiths do not even examine what's actually been planted in their heads, or admit they were spoon fed it, followed the sheep wolf.
