the Pope smokes Dope
Hey Folks,
I was raised Catholic and practiced into high school, but I quit because too much of it just didn't make any sense to me. For most of my life since then I've tried to be respectful of organized religions in general (and not just "Christian" ones) whether they made sense to ME or not. But things have gotten out of hand: think "Taliban," "Pat Robertson," "John Asscroft," and see my earlier post on "Christian Nationalism" (the American Taliban, so to speak).
Below is an AP story on Pope "Eggs" Benedict. Now, I know the pope is "infallible" in matters of "faith and morals" (of course, he wasn't always "infallible" - before Pope Pius IX declared himself infallible in 1870, popes were just regular guys when it came to faith and morals - but then THAT was THEN; THIS is NOW [no take-backs!!] ).
And I know he hates birth control, masturbation, fornication, un-pregnant women, abortions (for 10 year-olds or 100 year-olds - or to save a woman's life - let 'em all suffer/die/whatever; they'll get their reward in heaven !!! - God doesn't fuck you over so strongly that you can't stand it or, at least, die); he hates queers too, but we'll save that for another time.
Still, how does he justify all this? You can't find any justification in the article below. He simply "pontificates," so to speak. He just claims that low [sic] birth rates in Canada (i.e. not popping out a kid every chance one gets) are the result of the "pervasive effects of secularism" ( "pervasive" means "everywhere" and "secularism" means "concern with THIS world" and "indifference to religious authority" - oh, if only he were right !!).
To put it another way, the Pope says Canada's birth rate is bad because free people living in Canada have chosen to have families they want and can support REGARDLESS of what Eggs Benedict and Holy Mother Church demand. For some reason these demented Canadian "secularists" don't want to emulate holy third-world countries like Bangladesh.
Shame, shame Canada. While you fritter away your chance for grace and heaven, millions of impoverished, sick, hungry, vacant eyed children who HAVE popped out onto the Pope's conveyor belt are wending their way to heaven or knocking on heavens gate - begging to be let in as soon as possible - please! please! please!
Shame, shame Canada!!
If you want to make amends, maybe you should send old Popey Boy a great big Canada Goose!!
- Uke Man
Pope Cites Secularism in Canada Birth Rate
AP - Sat May 20
VATICAN CITY -
Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday that low birth rates in Canada are the result of the "pervasive effects of secularism" and asked the country's bishops to counter the trend by preaching the truth of Christ. Benedict, who has spoken out several times in favor of large families, blamed Canada's low birth rate on social ills and moral ambiguities that result from secular ideology.
"Like many countries ... Canada is today suffering from the pervasive effects of secularism," Benedict told visiting bishops from Canada. "One of the more dramatic symptoms of this mentality, clearly evident in your own region, is the plummeting birth rate."
Canada's birth rate in 2005 was 10.5 births for every 1,000 people, according to Statistics Canada.
"Canadians look to you to be men of hope, preaching and teaching with passion the splendor of the truth of Christ who dispels the darkness and illuminates the way to renew ecclesiastical and civic life," the pontiff told the bishops, speaking in English.
Separately, Benedict told the new Spanish ambassador to the Holy See that family based on marriage should not be "replaced or confused" by other institutions — an allusion to gay marriage, which is legal in Spain.
Benedict said he hoped his planned visit to Valencia, Spain, in July to attend a church gathering dedicated to families would give him "an opportunity to celebrate the beauty and fecundity of the family based on marriage, its very high calling and its essential social value."
The pope has been leading a church campaign in defense of traditional families.
He also reiterated church opposition to abortion and euthanasia.
"The church proclaims without reserve the primordial right to life, from conception to natural death, the right to birth, to create and live in a family, without it being substituted or confused by other forms or different institutions," Benedict said, speaking in Spanish.
Ambassador Francisco Vazquez described the audience as "cordial and affectionate."
Ties between the Holy See and Spain have been strained since Spain's Socialists took office in 2004 with an agenda that has included legalizing gay marriage and making it easier for Spaniards to obtain divorce in the traditionally Roman Catholic country.
I was raised Catholic and practiced into high school, but I quit because too much of it just didn't make any sense to me. For most of my life since then I've tried to be respectful of organized religions in general (and not just "Christian" ones) whether they made sense to ME or not. But things have gotten out of hand: think "Taliban," "Pat Robertson," "John Asscroft," and see my earlier post on "Christian Nationalism" (the American Taliban, so to speak).
Below is an AP story on Pope "Eggs" Benedict. Now, I know the pope is "infallible" in matters of "faith and morals" (of course, he wasn't always "infallible" - before Pope Pius IX declared himself infallible in 1870, popes were just regular guys when it came to faith and morals - but then THAT was THEN; THIS is NOW [no take-backs!!] ).
And I know he hates birth control, masturbation, fornication, un-pregnant women, abortions (for 10 year-olds or 100 year-olds - or to save a woman's life - let 'em all suffer/die/whatever; they'll get their reward in heaven !!! - God doesn't fuck you over so strongly that you can't stand it or, at least, die); he hates queers too, but we'll save that for another time.
Still, how does he justify all this? You can't find any justification in the article below. He simply "pontificates," so to speak. He just claims that low [sic] birth rates in Canada (i.e. not popping out a kid every chance one gets) are the result of the "pervasive effects of secularism" ( "pervasive" means "everywhere" and "secularism" means "concern with THIS world" and "indifference to religious authority" - oh, if only he were right !!).
To put it another way, the Pope says Canada's birth rate is bad because free people living in Canada have chosen to have families they want and can support REGARDLESS of what Eggs Benedict and Holy Mother Church demand. For some reason these demented Canadian "secularists" don't want to emulate holy third-world countries like Bangladesh.
Shame, shame Canada. While you fritter away your chance for grace and heaven, millions of impoverished, sick, hungry, vacant eyed children who HAVE popped out onto the Pope's conveyor belt are wending their way to heaven or knocking on heavens gate - begging to be let in as soon as possible - please! please! please!
Shame, shame Canada!!
If you want to make amends, maybe you should send old Popey Boy a great big Canada Goose!!
- Uke Man
Pope Cites Secularism in Canada Birth Rate
AP - Sat May 20
VATICAN CITY -
Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday that low birth rates in Canada are the result of the "pervasive effects of secularism" and asked the country's bishops to counter the trend by preaching the truth of Christ. Benedict, who has spoken out several times in favor of large families, blamed Canada's low birth rate on social ills and moral ambiguities that result from secular ideology.
"Like many countries ... Canada is today suffering from the pervasive effects of secularism," Benedict told visiting bishops from Canada. "One of the more dramatic symptoms of this mentality, clearly evident in your own region, is the plummeting birth rate."
Canada's birth rate in 2005 was 10.5 births for every 1,000 people, according to Statistics Canada.
"Canadians look to you to be men of hope, preaching and teaching with passion the splendor of the truth of Christ who dispels the darkness and illuminates the way to renew ecclesiastical and civic life," the pontiff told the bishops, speaking in English.
Separately, Benedict told the new Spanish ambassador to the Holy See that family based on marriage should not be "replaced or confused" by other institutions — an allusion to gay marriage, which is legal in Spain.
Benedict said he hoped his planned visit to Valencia, Spain, in July to attend a church gathering dedicated to families would give him "an opportunity to celebrate the beauty and fecundity of the family based on marriage, its very high calling and its essential social value."
The pope has been leading a church campaign in defense of traditional families.
He also reiterated church opposition to abortion and euthanasia.
"The church proclaims without reserve the primordial right to life, from conception to natural death, the right to birth, to create and live in a family, without it being substituted or confused by other forms or different institutions," Benedict said, speaking in Spanish.
Ambassador Francisco Vazquez described the audience as "cordial and affectionate."
Ties between the Holy See and Spain have been strained since Spain's Socialists took office in 2004 with an agenda that has included legalizing gay marriage and making it easier for Spaniards to obtain divorce in the traditionally Roman Catholic country.
1 Comments:
Hi Tom,
Thanks so much for this terrific essay. I am so tired of all the religious tripe dealing with choice including married people choosing not to have children they don't want or can't afford. The Pope is an absolute idiot. Thankfully, many of the Catholics are smart enough not to make babies just to please him. Probably afraid there won't be enough members in the future to pay the bills. Sondra
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