Choosing Rationality Over Religious Dogma
With all the Catholic sex scandal news as of late, I have been doing a lot of reading. I started thinking about all the hypocrisy and irony in Catholicism. I know these are not all original thoughts but I wanted to start compiling some. If you have more add them to the comments! 1 ) …
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The concept of “scapegoating” dates back to a biblical age. The theory was that a community could load all of their problems on the back of some hapless goat and exile it into the desert, effectively excising the troubles of the community. Sometimes I pine for the good ‘ole days. Wouldn’t it be nice if …
In March, the Pope wrote an open letter to the country of Ireland. I have posted a copy of the letter and his follow up prayer. Please note I have added additional comments in parenthesis! The comments in parenthesis are what I can only imagine the Pope was really thinking when he wrote this garbage. …
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More from PZ Myers on the Catholic Church’s institutionalization of child rape. How bad can a Catholic priest get? Meanwhile, the Pope heads a Catholic office that was sheltering child-rapers, and the entire Catholic hierarchy is busily claiming the martyrdom of Christ for itself because people have started to complain about their intrusive little penises. …
For weeks now, the Pope has continued his long established policy of ignoring the allegations of rape being perpetrated on children by his cadre of priests. This is not only astounding for the obvious moral hypocrisy but also because the church has been through this before. The Catholic church dealt with all of these allegations …
This quote was just released in a piece from the Associated Press: “Jews “know from experience what it means to be victims of collective violence and also because of this they are quick to recognize the recurring symptoms,” said Cantalamessa, a Franciscan priest.” Hmmm, where to begin? Let’s start with the obvious. Yes, Jews do …
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Reverend Raniero Cantalamessa, the Pope’s "personal preacher" is evidently comparing critics of Benedict and the Catholic church to Hitler. When I read that, my mouth dropped and my reaction was "Are you f**king kidding me?!" Calling someone out for enabling and protecting child molesters is like killing Jews? This is just more to add to …
As a follow-up to Craig’s post about Pope Ratzinger, a Jesus and Mo comic seems exceptionally appropriate.
Why is the head of the world’s largest cult not in prison…you know, the Pope? I’m not sure why the “current” Catholic sex scandal is making such news. It has been known and documented for years that Ratzinger was the author of the Catholic policy to move child molesters rather than prosecute them. The scope …
President Obama is scheduled to meet with Pope Benedict XVI today. I don’t know if anything interesting will come of it, but it will probably be an intriguing meeting if you were a fly on the wall. With the conservative vs. liberal views and the disagreements on abortion and stem cell research in particular, there …