The debate over the Islamic community center in downtown Manhattan heats up. Over at Religion Dispatches, Kambiz GhaneaBassiri compares the current flap to 19th century paranoia about Catholicism. One Catholic, not to be outdone, decided to win back the coveted “most distrusted” award by arguing that only virtuous Catholics should be allowed to [...]
…. Monkey Dust style!
For anybody who’s never seen Monkey Dust, it was an animated sketch show on BBC4 that was…. Well, it was edgy. I always used to prefer to watch it on my own because I felt like people were judging me for laughing at some of it.
Needless to say, this is NOT SAFE [...]
This is terrible. If this doesn’t show what a crock of shit religion is, I don’t know what will.
Priest drowns baby during baptism:
Police are investigating Father Valentin for accidential homicide after witnesses at the ceremony said the priest did not cover the baby’s mouth during the ritual, The Sun newspaper reports.
Father Valentin had denied being responsible [...]
by VorJack
Hemant reports that Christopher Hitchens is exhausted as a result of his chemo. But it’s not stopping him from turning in scathing articles like this one: Mel Gibson Isn’t Just an Angry Narcissist. The gist of it is that Gibson’s meltdown is easiest to explain if you simple accept that he’s an [...]
by VorJack
After attacking King Leopold’s memory, I probably ought to leave Belgium alone. But this came down a few days back, and I’m not sure how I feel about it:
Vatican Criticizes Raid on Belgian Church Offices
The Vatican expressed “shock” on Friday at the raid on Thursday by the Belgian police of church offices in [...]
Don’t mess with a man of the cloth… he’ll throw holy water on you and then punch you in the face.
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Looks like the Vermont Catholic magazine is really telling it like it is…
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During the interview, which was then published by L’Osservatore Romano, Father Crepy made several distinctions. “First of all, it must be noted that sexuality is not limited to the genital dimension, and thus the emotional life is much vaster than the sexual life, although the latter is of obvious importance.”
– Father Luc [...]
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