Quote: George Carlin
Reply
Category Archives: Catholicism
Mass [Apparently Annual] Fight Breaks Out at Jesus’ Birth Site in Bethlehem
What is it those Christians say about Christianity being a religion of peace?
Well, alrighty then. . .
Quote: Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 March 1882)
English Naturalist, Author, proposed the Scientific Theory that
Evolution resulted from a process that he called Natural Selection.
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.
Ricky Gervais: A Bible Reading
Quote: Christopher Hitchens, On Censorship
Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011)
English-American, Literary Critic, Journalist, Author,
Essayist, Polemicist, and Outspoken Anti-theist
Don’t take refuge in the false security of consensus and the feeling that whatever you think you’re bound to be okay because you’re in the safely moral majority . . . my own opinion is enough for me and I claim the right to have it, defend it against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, anyplace, anytime; and any anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line, and kiss my ass.
New York Times reports on Catholic Charities pull-out [no pun intended] in Illinois
For the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops, the outcome is a prime example of what they see as an escalating campaign by the government to trample on their religious freedom while expanding the rights of gay people. The idea that religious Americans are now the victims of government-backed persecution is now a frequent theme not just for Catholic bishops, but also for Republican presidential candidates and conservative evangelicals. . .
But now most of the Catholic Charities affiliates in Illinois are closing down rather than comply with a new requirement that says they can no longer receive state money if they turn away same-sex couples as potential foster care and adoptive parents. . .
Society is evolving, but the Catholic Church is refusing to evolve with it. These states have chosen to recognize some of the basic civil rights of their LGBT citizens. They have also decided it is not legal or appropriate for a state to be funding discrimination against them.
But I heard a voice tell me to kill my sons
Source: Whoa or No
Quote: Pastor Martin Niemöller
Source: Syracuse Cultural Workers
Religion vs IQ, The Numbers Don’t Look Good
Outrageous: Catholic School Fires Teacher, Five Months Pregnant, for Choosing Artificial Insemination
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati requires all employees to sign contracts stating that they’ll adhere to Catholic social teachings, including the assertion that being pregnant sans husband is a gravely immoral act. Someone tell that to the Virgin Mary.
Perhaps appropriately, the man who fired Dias, Rev. James Kiffermeyer, was himself suspended in 2002 after allegations arose that he engaged in sexual misconduct with two male high school students. He was reinstated in 2006.
Always Question Authority 