Add a comment April 16th, 2008 by ThunderDragon
The Pope has declared that he is “profoundly ashamed” by sexual abuse performed by priests, saying:
Paedophiles will be completely excluded from the priesthood. It is more important to have good priests than many priests.
If I read the stories of the victims, I find it difficult to understand how priests can have betrayed their mission to bring holiness in this way, to bring the love of God to children.
Well I should think so too. He certainly couldn’t be proud of or even accept them. And neither can he ignore this huge issue, as evidenced by his U-turn over discussing an issue previously declared to be “closed”.
But that the Catholic Church have sexual abuse insurance seems to show that they know and accept that it could - or maybe even will - happen.
You also have to wonder who thought that the light-switch in the image on the right [via FAIL Blog] was a good idea, and whether or not they were a Catholic priest.
And now I’m just waiting for the next announcement from the Church of England in the continuation of the Battle of the Churches…
Add a comment April 1st, 2008 by ThunderDragon
Our Google which art in cyberspace,
Hallowed be thy domain.
Thy search to come,
Thy results be done,
On my computer as it is in the WWW.
Give us this search our daily results.
Forgive us our spam, as those that have
spammed up against us.
And lead us not into infected sites,
But deliver us from Trojans.
For thine search engine is the greatest,
and the power,
and the glory,
For search after search.
Amen
The Church of Google
2 Comments March 26th, 2008 by ThunderDragon
Is wearing and having pride in the Union Flag “
a sin“? No. Though radical cleric Omar Bakri Mohammad thinks it is a bad thing for Muslims to do, saying:
Amir Khan is not a good example for Muslims. He wears shorts with the Union Jack. That is a sin…
He should not be wearing the flag because sovereignty is for God. His only allegiance should be to the Prophet Mohammed.
The ideal situation would be to have a Muslim team not registered to any state so he can represent the Islamic community.
Oh, come on. Having Union Flag boxing shorts is not sinful in any way. It is, however, tacky.
And British Muslims are British people who just happen to be Muslim. They’re still British, no matter what.
3 Comments March 24th, 2008 by ThunderDragon
The two main Christian Churches appear to be fighting some sort of media war: Who can say the most controversial thing and get the most column inches?
This round was kicked off by the Catholic Church, with Cardinal Keith O’Brien denouncing the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill as being “monstrous,” “grotesque,” “deathly” and of “Frankenstein proportion”. Oh, and of course just plain immoral. As if non-Catholics can’t possibly have morals.
Fighting back in the media is the previous front-runner after his Sharia law speech, Archbishop Rowan Williams has attacked the “greed” of Western nations. According to him, we are all dead inside because we want to live our lives in a way of our choosing. Has it slipped his mind that he’s head of the Church of England - a powerful Western nation? It seems so.
So what is the Catholic Church going to say in return? Let’s wait and see for the next episode of the Battle of the Churches…
Add a comment March 23rd, 2008 by ThunderDragon
Add a comment March 17th, 2008 by ThunderDragon
Even though it’s 17th March, otherwise known as St Patrick’s Day.
This is because Easter is so early this year, the earliest in 200 years, and the week before Easter is the Holy Week and this takes precedence over any other religious holidays.
But even though St Patrick’s Day doesn’t exist in the Catholic Church’s calendar, it will still be celebrated all over the world with a large number of drinks.
St Pissup Patrick’s Day will still be celebrated, even if the Catholic Church is being a party pooper.
Add a comment March 11th, 2008 by ThunderDragon
Recycle or
go to Hell, the Vatican says.
Do not pass Go, do not collect £200; straight to Hell.
Well, if my choice is between being forced to recycle and going to Hell, well, I guess my choice is made for me.
See you in Hell*.
Add a comment March 3rd, 2008 by ThunderDragon
“I now retire from being a god”
A young girl worshipped in Nepal as a living goddess has retired early from this ritual status.
Eleven-year-old Sajani Shakya is one of the three most revered living goddesses or Kumaris…
To become a living goddess she has to pass ritual tests and have 32 beautiful physical attributes.
She will then live in a special house and be worshipped by both Buddhists and Hindus, including the king of Nepal, until the onset of her menstruation. That is deemed to make her human, so she retires. (BBC)
I just find the idea of “retiring” from being a goddess amusing.
Add a comment January 26th, 2008 by ThunderDragon
I see your peanut butter, James, and raise you a banana. Seriously, this guy uses a banana to claim that the theory evolution is bunkum:
Even after watching it several times, I’m still not certain whether or not he’s being serious… though he probably is.
2 Comments January 16th, 2008 by ThunderDragon
The Vatican has condemned the Harry Potter books by JK Rowling because in the books “witchcraft is proposed as a positive ideal” and claim that Harry himself is “the wrong kind of hero.” The author says that the seven-book series has an “inverted and confused spirituality: a world where bad is good” and that they are characterised by a “vague, new-age philosophy.”
What a load of utter bollocks.
The Harry Potter books are no more characterised by a “vague, new-age philosophy” than any other fantasy series. It is a fictional belief system set inside a fictional world - and far less anti-Christian than a great many other fantasy series can be seen to be. Nowhere in any of the Harry Potter books is any god mentioned, and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry follows the traditional Christian-derived school term structure, with holidays at Christmas and Easter.
It is a fictional series set inside the fantasy genre. It is based on the traditional setting of that genre - good vs evil. Apart from the fact that the heroes use magic to save the world, there is absolutely nothing to set it apart from moral Christian teachings. That is what the Vatican should be focusing on - the parts with which it agrees, rather than the parts with which is disagrees, like the previous Pope had been.
Frankly, by picking on the Harry Potter books, the Vatican is creating a problem out of thin air. By demonstrating such a vehement dislike of them, it is shooting itself in the foot with young people - those who the series is aimed at - and predisposing them to disagree with the Catholic Church in particular, and the Christian faith in general.
