Richard Dawkins: "I will arrest Pope.."

[jobee 10]

Then in that case it isn't Christianity.

 

That is obvious to millions. Including paedophile victims.

 

Poets were complaining centuries ago.

 

And here I might (if I but durst) reveal

What Pranks are play'd in the Confessional:

How haunted Virgins have been dispossest,

And Devils were cast out to let in Priest:

What Fathers act with Novices alone,

And what to Punks in shriving Seats is done;

Who thither flock to Ghostly Confessor,

To clear old Debts, and tick with Heav'n for more.

Oft have I seen these hallow'd Altars stain'd

With Rapes, those Pews with Buggeries profan'd :

 

John Oldhams died 1683.

Edited June 10, 2010 by jobee

[Grahame 10]

 

There will be a lot of devout Christians who will NOT be offended by those words.

 

You dont want the Popes visit yourself.

 

People do live according to the teaching of Jesus and you are saying they don't. Well here's news for you sunshine, there are millions who do.

[jobee 10]

 

People do live according to the teaching of Jesus and you are saying they don't. Well here's news for you sunshine, there are millions who do.

 

 

You let millions speak for themselves. The facts are, the pews are emptying

all over Europe, the EU has banned creationism being taught as fact.

Sweden has banned it completely. The UK is in the EU.

 

You've stated on this thread you 'wont' welcome the Pope in September.

 

The Pope is considering calling the visit off because of complaints to the Vatican website.

 

http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=vatican+website

[jobee 10]

Then in that case it isn't Christianity.

 

 

 

No, this is not Christianity and its always gone on, our poets tell us.

 

Two ground-breaking inquiries last year into the once-powerful Church shocked the mainly Catholic Ireland.

 

They found that abuse by Catholic clergy and members of religious orders had been widespread for decades and that there was a culture of secrecy and cover-up designed to protect the reputation and assets of the Church.

 

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/vatican-promises-investigation-into-paedophile-priest-scandal-in-ireland/story-e6frf7lf-1225873762144

[Grahame 10]

 

You let millions speak for themselves. The facts are, the pews are emptying

all over Europe, the EU has banned creationism being taught as fact.

Sweden has banned it completely. The UK is in the EU.

 

You've stated on this thread you 'wont' welcome the Pope in September.

 

The Pope is considering calling the visit off because of complaints to the Vatican website.

 

http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=vatican+website

 

I said I did not fancy paying for his visit.

 

Anyway, I have had enough of your nonsense, I'm putting you on my ignore list.

[jobee 10]

 

There are a lot of devout Christians who will be very offended by those words.

 

 

They can be offended if they wish, but they also have been duped.

 

Christianity never did obey the ten commandments.

 

It never did [as an institution]follow the words and 'alleged' deeds of Jesus.

 

It never was the genuine article. The'll be plenty of honest Christians and

 

Atheists who will not welcome this Pope.

[jobee 10]

I agree and look at the mess we are in, especially with regard to the fabric of society.

 

 

Yes, after 2000 years of ?Christianity?.

[jobee 10]

 

I said I did not fancy paying for his visit.

 

Anyway, I have had enough of your nonsense, I'm putting you on my ignore list.

 

 

Stop sulking, grow up, if its not to late that is.

[jobee 10]

 

I said I did not fancy paying for his visit.

 

Anyway, I have had enough of your nonsense, I'm putting you on my ignore list.

 

This is not nonsense either.

 

Broken Rites has revealed how a Catholic Church leader, Monsignor Patrick Cotter, covered up the crimes of one of Australia's worst pedophile priests, Father Vincent Gerard Ryan.

 

Ryan was a priest in the Maitland-Newcastle diocese in New South Wales. By 1997, he had been jailed for a total of 16 years (with a minimum of 11 years) for sexually assaulting boys in his parishes.

 

During their investigation of Ryan, police learned that Ryan's earliest crimes (in the 1970s) had been covered up by Monsignor Cotter (the vicar-general of the diocese), who was effectively the acting bishop of the Maitland-Newcastle Diocese up to June 1976.

 

Bishop Leo Clarke took over the Maitland-Newcastle Diocese from Monsignor Cotter in June 1976. Clarke, who continued the cover-up, remained bishop until 1995.

 

http://brokenrites.alphalink.com.au/nletter/page145-cotter.html

[redwhine 10]

Another day, another scandal.

 

[redwhine 10]

...and, as Jimmy Cricket might say, "There's more!"

[vResistance 10]

Yes, Arrest him, Yes,yes. That'd be reet good.