Canadian National Public Radio Broadcasts Call for State Control of Religion

LifeSiteNews.com ^ | 20 July 2005

[goodform]

"We can laugh at this whackjob now, but who knows in the next 10-20 years.."

Exactly!! One of my favorite writers, Mark Shea, says, "Sin makes you stupid." You see how ridiculous things are getting. People like this are genuinely stupid. The scarey thing is that these stupid people are in positions of power. I fear more for my kids than for myself.

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

"Can't religious leaders agree to adjust doctrine so all religions can operate within the code?"

This sounds like something I might have dreamed up when I was 18 and reading Bertrand Russell and Ayn Rand. Some super-rationalist, religion-hating intellectual's scheme to 'tame' world religion, because they fear it but also recognize they can't extinguish it.

People like this are genuinely stupid.

They have MADE themselves stupid with secular-humanist dogma.

[Romish_Papist]

Hehehe, Division-wise I'm not sure, but I believe he's got somewhere around 1.1 billion foot soldiers. :)

[Steve_Seattle]

"Margaret Atwood, author of "the Handmaids Tale" came up with a preposterous, unintelligible plot line based on the Canadian extremist notions concerning the future evolution of Christianity in America."

Margaret Atwood is a bona fide, drooling moron, a complete imbecile. The fact that she is considered a "distinguished author" says it all about the decline of literature. "The Handmaids's Tale" gets my vote as the most laughably paranoid and bigoted book of the last 50 years. It is a complete embarrassment. But if you want to know what I really think . . .

[Hermann the Cherusker]

"I do it because I am worried that the separation between church and state is under threat. Religion is important in our lives, but it can become a danger to society when people claim that the unalterable will of God is the basis for their opinions and actions."

Orwell at work!

[Dane]

No wonder the slang for Canada's basic monetary unit is the "loony".

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

Why not skip to the chase and just ban religion?

[Hermann the Cherusker]

The frightening thing is that this weirdo doesn't see the absolute irony of what he is saying. His words are the biggest threat to separation of church and state that I've ever heard in North America.

No, they are a threat to the liberty of Holy Mother Church. The separation of Church and State means not allowing any religious influence on the State. It doesn't mean (at least to Liberals) not attacking religion and religious institutions.

[Polyxene]

I was hoping this was from Scrappleface -- alas, not.

[Aliska]

What a crock. They are picking on the wrong religion, but today it fits their agenda. In the future, they will have wished they had done differently, but it will be too late . . .

[NYer]

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[Siobhan]

In addition to being a fine Catholic artist and writer, Michael O'Brien is a prophet speaking through the form of the novel.

[Siobhan]

This would never have happened if the abuses after Vatican II had not effectively destroyed the Catholic Church in Canada from within. The Church is now weak, emaciated, and her sons and daughters especially in Quebec have abandoned Her in droves. This legislation would never have had a hope if the Catholic Church in Canada hadn't sold its birthright for a mess of pottage.

[Rutles4Ever]

Wow - Satan chimes in on Canadian Public Radio.

[isom35]

"calling for state control over religion, specifically Catholicism" I'm sure that will work, no problems I can see.

[redgolum]

Read and enjoyed Father Elijha very much, I will have to check those three out.

[Vinnie]

One of the usual TV reporters asked SC nominee John Roberts this AM.

paraphrased " Will your religion get in the way of your rulings?"
My wife was livid.

I expect an all out assault on Judaism and Christianity within the next decade.

[redgolum]

I expect an all out assault on Judaism and Christianity within the next decade.

I don't even think we have that much longer to go till open and clear attempts at suppression of orthodox Christianity. We already have a number equivocating those who are pro life with those who are jihadists.

We are in the twilight, and night will be here soon.

[GipperGal]

Unbelievable.

[GipperGal]

I'm just too stunned to even comment on this. Never in my most dire pessimistic prognostication did I imagine that a first world liberal western democracy would consider state regulation of religion.