In the recent wave of Catholic Church child sexual abuse scandals, U.S. bishops claimed that they were unaware that there was a danger of the accused priests re-offending if they just moved them to different a parish. As if that blatantly ignorant (and, IMO, criminal) behavior wasn’t easily dismissed using basic human compassion, now, letters [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Further Damnation of the Catholic Church
March 31, 2009James Randi Suspended from You Tube
March 30, 2009The James Randi Educational Foundation has had it’s videos removed from You Tube. That’s what you get when you dare to question Big Religion.
Hang Nails: A Result of The Fall?
March 28, 2009According to creationist bullshit, everything that is bad in the world is the result of The Fall. Homosexuality – The Fall; crime – The Fall; bad test scores – The Fall!
We were made in God’s image: perfect. So, without the Fall, we would be immortal, we would be without sin, and we would all have [...]
Pope Condemmed For Ignorance on Condoms
March 27, 2009This has already been on Pharyngula, but I have to publish it simply because it is such a powerful statement from the medical journal Lancet:
But the London-based Lancet said the Pope had “publicly distorted scientific evidence to promote Catholic doctrine on this issue”.
It said the male latex condom was the single most efficient way to [...]
Priests Steal $8 Million From Their Church
March 26, 2009Two Catholic Priests from the St Vincent Ferrer Church of Delray Beach, Florida have been sentenced for stealing $8 million dollars from their church. John Skehan, 81, was sentenced to 14 months in prison and Francis Guinan, 66, was sentenced to 4 years, even though he was only found guilty in the theft of $100,000.
Judge [...]
What’s the Point of an Afterlife Without an After-Afterlife?
March 26, 2009What would happen if you got to Heaven and found out that that was all there was? After heaven, there is no more. What would be the point of an afterlife without an after-afterlife? None. It would be totally hopeless, devoid of any significance. How could you cope? You might as well kill your immortal [...]
Trippin’ For God
March 24, 2009The Church of the Holy Light of the Queen in Ashland Oregon has won the right to drink an “hallucinogenic tea” as part of it’s ceremony. It’s brewed from the ayahuasca plant, which contains DMT.
Is this giving churches special status? There are, after all, real honest medical issues that can be aided with the use [...]
Harry Potter a Jewish Brainwashing Scam
March 24, 2009Of course, it’s all a big Jewish conspiracy.Why didn’t I see it earlier! I’m being sarcastic of course, these guys from Iranian TV are not… they are loonier than a big bag of loons. Separation of Church and State is the most wonderful thing to ever happen to America, it’s a shame they don’t have [...]
