tooooo funny...So Sinead O'Connor writes for the Guardian, now???
Posted on 04/11/2005 7:48:47 PM PDT by quidnunc
Catholicism may be growing but where does it dominate?
So Sinead O'Connor writes for the Guardian, now?
Why in the world Catholics tolerate this open and blatant hypocrisy absolutely stuns me.
The southern part if Nigeria for one place.
Allowing Cardinal Law to perform a role of high honor in connection with the Pope's death, is symptomatic of the Catholic Church's obstinate and dangerous refusal to change when change is obviously called for. Vatican spokesmen explained that it was traditional for the holder of Law's position to perform this function, and so it must be done that way -- end of report. Makes as much sense as crusading against contraception in Calcutta.
The blood is on her hands and the hands of her acolytes. Those who have championed the idea of sexual liberation, free sex, promiscuity, sodomy, divorce and every other false "freedom" now turn and scream "murderer" at those who preach continence, self-control and fidelity when the bitter fruits of their misguided "freedom" come back to poison them in the form of lethal sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted children and broken families.
Those, like Mother Teresa and her religious order, who lovingly pick up the abandoned pieces of human detritus left to rot in the streets, are likewise vilified.
The suffering and miserey brought about by the "free-sex, abortion and contraception" crowd was predicted in 1968 by Pope Paul VI in his encyclical Humanae Vitae. The popular misconception, promoted by people like Ms. Toynbee, was that we all needed contraception in order to avoid unwanted babies, abortions and every other form of misery.
Paul VI said "no". Widespread promiscuity and contraception will have the opposite effect. It will result in ever more broken families, unwanted children, disease and an increased demand for abortion. Was he right? Of course he was. In 1973, five years after the encyclical, abortion was legalized in the US.
Why? Surely, the ever spreading use of pills and condoms should have dampened the need for killing the inconvenient fruits of fornication? It didn't and it hasn't. On the contrary, it has fueled it.
The responsibility for the epidemic of lethal sexually transmitted diseases is squarely on the shoulders of Ms. Toynbee and her sympathizers. The clear and consistent doctrine of the Catholic Church which emphasizes monogamy for the married and chastity for the unmarried is the only solution to the pestilence which fornication is spreading.
If Ms. Toynbee thinks that 1 millimeter of rubber is going to save her and western civilization from AIDS she is to be pitied. The fruits of her ideas are all around her. Britain has the highest rate of teen pregnancy and abortion in Europe, despite years of condom education in schools. This is assisting, not preventing the spread of disease.
There are none so blind as those who will not see.
tooooo funny... Realizing the coverage is excessive is a visceral reaction, then comes the anlaysis. I think her instincts are right, but her rationalizarion is wrong.
This woman makes Andy Rooney (almost) appear saintly.
I'm not Catholic but I know that:
In the 2000 years that the Church has been in existance no pope has ever reversed the dictates of any of his predecessors who were speaking ex cathedra, and
Pope Paul VI issued a papal encyclical which emphatically reaffirmed the Churches stance against birth control.
This is just un-effin-believeable. The Guardian has outdone themselves. Amazing how God and religion frighten them so. How pathetic.
The World Almanac says Uganda is 33% Catholic, 33% Protestant, 16% Muslim and 16% native religions.
Cardinal Law did not do "THE" ceremony. Sorry.
Three points. Number one, Cardinal Law didn't molest anyone. He transferred molesting priests he had been told (by supposedly competent "psychologists") had been "cured".
Number two, the priesthood is not a profession like teaching; it's a vocation, like marriage.
Number three, Bernard Cardinal Law will never be a diocesan bishop again. He doesn't really have the care of souls as archpriest of a Roman basilica; his responsibilities are mostly ceremonial.
No where in my post did I indicate that Law molested anyone. Also you don't KNOW for sure if Law molested anyone or not yet. However, I did not insinuate that he committed any such atrocities. He did, however, overlook the sins of others. No transfers should have occurred. Terminations should have taken place.
Secular atheism is one thing, quite another to display such pure hatred of religion.
On the other hand, Polly Toynbee doubtless applauds the butchering of millions of babies in abortion clinics.
Where IS her sense of proportion?
There must be something awful gnawing inside folks like Ms. Toynbee and Mr. Pollard if anything that smacks of true belief brings out such bile in them.
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