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Religious craziness
Saturday, 27 December 2008 21:21This article boggled my mind...
( 'Saving gays is like saving rainforest' )
We have the Pope actually saying that saving the world from homosexuals is just as important as saving the rainforests. I find it hard to express any reaction to that that doesn't lead to me spluttering incoherently. It's hard to imagine someone in such a position being so ignorant - not only of humanity, but of nature too.
"He compared behaviour beyond traditional heterosexual relations as "a destruction of God's work"." How about celibacy, Benedict? How far beyond traditional heterosexual relations is that?!
And then we have this:
( Paid your church tax? Okay, have a pew seat )
I find the opt-out nature of church taxes in Germany a bit of a cheek; something like that would never fly in places like the US, but then, the US is far less bound to traditional church/state ties than many European countries. Are there really so many people "opting out" of the taxes and then pitching up at Christmas Eve services that pew space is a problem?
( 'Saving gays is like saving rainforest' )
We have the Pope actually saying that saving the world from homosexuals is just as important as saving the rainforests. I find it hard to express any reaction to that that doesn't lead to me spluttering incoherently. It's hard to imagine someone in such a position being so ignorant - not only of humanity, but of nature too.
"He compared behaviour beyond traditional heterosexual relations as "a destruction of God's work"." How about celibacy, Benedict? How far beyond traditional heterosexual relations is that?!
And then we have this:
( Paid your church tax? Okay, have a pew seat )
I find the opt-out nature of church taxes in Germany a bit of a cheek; something like that would never fly in places like the US, but then, the US is far less bound to traditional church/state ties than many European countries. Are there really so many people "opting out" of the taxes and then pitching up at Christmas Eve services that pew space is a problem?