Put on by BBC World, the Question was “Is the Catholic church a force for good in the world?” The majority of the people at this debate decided that NO, it was not a force for good, and those people that were on the fence at the start (a poll was taken at the beginning and end of the debate) were swayed to the NO side.
Speaking for the motion, Archbishop John Onaiyekan and Ann Widdecombe MP. Speaking against the motion, Christopher Hitchens and Stephen Fry.
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Penn & Teller discuss the Catholic Church and their involvement in anti-homosexuality efforts, condom use, and the cover up of the priest abuse sex scandal. They talk with an Italian comedian that was punished for criticizing Pope Benedict the XVI.
In a bold, hard-hitting display of brilliant investigative reporting, Faux News provokes thought and deepens our trusting relationship with this gem: the Science of Satan debates.
Oh, I wish I was kidding.
Sadly, the word “science” is invoked twice in this clip about the upcoming special. I certainly hope 70% or so of Americans, as O’Reilly mentions, don’t actually live their lives in fear of stuff that doesn’t exist.
O’Reilly brings it all back to free will; God created the Devil to give us some options and counts on us to choose wisely. We don’t have to love God, because there is a competing product. It’s the free market of the soul!
Neither being has so far made a verfiable appearance unto me, so I’m not sure how God expects me to properly conduct interviews and select someone to worship. I know, I know; mysterious ways.
Once again, religious ideology trumps science and good sense.
Pope Benedict has re-affirmed the position of the Catholic church that condoms are not the solution to the AIDS epidemic ravaging the continent.
Catholic and human rights activists immediately condemned the statement, saying that it showed that the Pope was out of touch with reality and advocating inhumane policies that would increase the suffering of innocent people.
Yep, it’s more important to keep sperm from falling on the ground than it is to help stop this killer disease affecting an entire continent. Keeping that in mind, a song…
It seems like everybody’s plotting an atheist bus campaign these days. Good! It’s not happening in Genoa, Italy, however—violation of an “ethics code in advertising” prevented the ungodly slogans from appearing.
“The bad news is that God doesn’t exist. The good news is that you don’t need him“, the ads were to proclaim.
Right-wing politicians fiercly criticized the message. The 1998 Catholic Almanac proclaims Italy to be the world’s most Catholic country, with 97.2% of the population obstensibly religious, so you can see why the idea was a tough sell.
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What is wrong with the Pope? Doesn’t he realize the influence he has over people?
In an idiotic statement made at the Vatican yesterday, el Inquistor Grande said that “saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behavior was just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction.”
Reverend Sharon Ferguson, chief executive of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, called the comments “totally irresponsible and unacceptable.”
“When you have religious leaders like that making that sort of statement, then followers feel they are justified in behaving in an aggressive and violent way because they feel that they are doing God’s work in ridding the world of these people,” she said.
No kidding. As we reported earlier this month, the Papacy refused to back a UN resolution to end the death penalty for homosexuality worldwide. Yes, Catholics are against killing people—you know, good ole’ Deuteronomy 5:17, the 6th commandment, for Pete’s sake, Thou shalt not kill—but it’s more important to prevent gay marriage. Pope Benedict picked “it’s still ok to kill gay people”.
Gay groups are pissed. And they should be. He basically equated being gay with being a scourge on the earth equal to deforestation.
Irresponsible hardly describes it. As if the church’s position isn’t going to be used to justify homophobia and discrimination. And why? Because the Bible predates science.
When Leviticus 20:13 was penned in the ancient desert, knowledge of human gestation was pretty spotty. Psalm 130 guesses that Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, and that’s about all the Bible authors had on where babies came from. They certainly weren’t clear on the actions of androgen, the hormone that controls masculine characteristics in primates, too much of which science now implicates in the prenatal development of homosexuals.
Persecuting people for their very nature (sexuality, skin colour, you name it) is absurdly, hopelessly archaic. A world leader with influence over a billion people should be repudiated for canonizing hate and ignorance.
Jesus, Jesus mind you, said in Matthew 22:39 You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
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Playboy Mexico—a licensee of the American version, who are totally not responsible for this—offended the crap out of Catholic Mexico with this month’s cover of a suggestively almost-semi-nude Virgin Mary. Avert your eyes if the side of a dirty, dirty boob offends your religious sensibilities, for there she is in all her glory. “We love you, Maria” proclaims the cover proudly—porn kitten Maria Florencia Onori, that is.
Tucking his wiener between his, legs, publisher Raul Sayrols plead wide-eyed ignorance of the resemblance to God’s mom. “The image is not and never was intended to portray the Virgin of Guadalupe or any other religious figure. The intent was to reflect a Renaissance-like mood on the cover.”
Right about now Mexicans are gearing up for a pilgrimmage to Mexico City in celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe, in one of the world’s largest religious events, so they’re extra sensitive to stuff relating to naked virgins.
It’s sad that people can’t admit that taboo is so darn sexually exciting (and religious people are the only ones on whom taboos work anymore), and while we here at Topic Agnostic applaud Playboy Mexico for trying to make money on that, we’re sorry they bowed to religious outrage and pretended they weren’t selling sex with the Virgie. Cause they were.
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