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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 12/13/2007 : 22:06:06
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I'm getting so sick of being part of a group (atheists) that is still not within reach of mainstream political correctness and a common sense of equal respect. Can you imagine the pope saying this about Jews?
Atheism has led to some of the “greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice” known to mankind, the Pope said yesterday.
He also said that humanity would not be saved by scientific progress or political revolution, but only in the hope offered by Christianity. |
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2977564.ece
This comic pretty much sums up my feelings.
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Edited by - marfknox on 12/13/2007 22:08:34
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 12/14/2007 : 02:37:00 [Permalink]
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I agree with your sense of alarm, Marf. When the Pope (THE infallible friggin' POPE!) says something like this, billions listen. Some idiots who wouldn't have otherwise done so will persecute atheists, some may even injure them. The "target designation" by an authority figure can kill, even when that was not intended.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 12/14/2007 : 04:05:15 [Permalink]
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Merely another set of papal lies. I haven't researched it, but if I were a gamblin' man, and I am, I'd wager that atheists have been satistically responsible for the least amount of antisocial behavior. Because if he thinks that all of the peoples under Stalin and Pol Pot, et al., were atheists, he is sadly deluded.
Pope Benny should study the history of his own mega-cult and it's Protastant clone(s) before he accuses others of infamey.
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 12/14/2007 : 04:12:32 [Permalink]
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Mooner wrote: | I agree with your sense of alarm, Marf. When the Pope (THE infallible friggin' POPE!) says something like this, billions listen. |
Papal infallibility doesn't mean that just anything the pope says in infallible. He has to declare it, and in those moments he is supposedly speaking for God. This is something done very rarely. These statements about atheists were from pope. Of course it is a common misconception even among Catholics that the pope himself is infallible, and certainly you are right that merely his stature as pope could be a huge influence on a lot of people, and bad for a lot of atheists. Especially among the poor and less educated. |
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 12/14/2007 : 05:59:16 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by marfknox
... Especially among the poor and less educated.
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About this time 4 or 5 years ago I was sitting in a salon getting my hair cut. In this salon a couple of the employees were Asian, could have been vietnamese. A customer making polite chit chat which went something like this:
Customer: "Are your ready for Christmass?"
Employee: "No, I don't celebrate Christmas."
Customer: "Don't you believe in Jesus?"
Employee: "The Bible doesn't say when Jesus was born."
The customer was left in stunned silence. If she knew this, then her reaction betrayed that she did. To me it boils down to a lifetime of being told what to believe about the contents of the Bible and your faith. |
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 12/14/2007 : 07:31:21 [Permalink]
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| Asking an employee who is likely to have a non-Western and non-Christian heritage if they believe in Jesus doesn't sound like polite chit chat to me. |
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5310 Posts |
Posted - 12/14/2007 : 07:33:15 [Permalink]
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| I hereby denounce the Pope. |
I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 12/14/2007 : 07:47:54 [Permalink]
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He didnt say anything about anuminists, so im in the clear!
Really though, would you expect anything less from the George W. of Popes. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 12/14/2007 : 09:01:04 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Gorgo
I hereby denounce the Pope.
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This Pope, we were warned, was going to be more conservative than his predecessor. That said, what he said about atheists is stupid. But continuing to support such wrong-headed doctrines/approaches to contraception is down right murderous in this age of HIV infection and other STD's.
Screw the Pope…
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marduk
New Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/14/2007 : 09:06:02 [Permalink]
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is he likely to denounce the Nazi party anytime soon ?
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5310 Posts |
Posted - 12/14/2007 : 09:11:01 [Permalink]
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| Screw the Pope. |
I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 12/14/2007 : 09:33:17 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
He didnt say anything about anuminists, so im in the clear!
Really though, would you expect anything less from the George W. of Popes.
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Heh, he had nothing to say about devout Pastaferians, either.
Maybe I should join up and then the Pope would look upon me with favor.
Ah, screw him. It's more trouble than his approval is worth.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
1888 Posts |
Posted - 12/14/2007 : 20:01:55 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by marfknox
Asking an employee who is likely to have a non-Western and non-Christian heritage if they believe in Jesus doesn't sound like polite chit chat to me.
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The customer was 60 year old black woman who I suspect had been a devout christian for most of those years. I also suspect that the employee clearly not being from this country never entered the customers mind. I also failed to mention that the 5 or so minutes of conversation prior to this exchange had been polite chit chat.
I do agree with you about the Jesus question. I brought it up only because I was fascinated by the response and then the reaction. Had to be, I can still remember this from 4 or 5 years ago, but can't recall what my wife asked me to do tomorrow just 30 minutes ago. |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 12/14/2007 : 22:05:12 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
Screw the Pope… |
No way I'd do it without a condom, and... well... you know what the Pope says about those. |
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marduk
New Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/16/2007 : 18:48:51 [Permalink]
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why is he worried anyway, as abject sinners in his eyes they should be going straight to Hell, as passing judgement on others is a mortal sin then he'll be going there right along with them.
I'm running the coach tour to Hell by the way if anyones interested I'm still looking for a driver.
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 12/17/2007 : 04:24:35 [Permalink]
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moakley wrote: | The customer was 60 year old black woman who I suspect had been a devout christian for most of those years. I also suspect that the employee clearly not being from this country never entered the customers mind. I also failed to mention that the 5 or so minutes of conversation prior to this exchange had been polite chit chat. |
Ah, I see. Funny how things can seem out of context. |
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