Posted on 04/10/2010 11:49:41 PM PDT by Steelfish
I'm sure you can find Americans who would try the same stunt. In fact, Hitchens is a U.S. citizen.
It's as unspeakable as lying about the Pope ignoring complaints of sexual abuse by a priest
So why would a drunken atheist think that sex with teenage boys is wrong? On what basis is he making that statement?
Think about it, he is using natural law, and he rejects the same law everywhere else.
Though I hope the Pope has a back up plan. I suspect the EU will try to do something in the near future.
QED.
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By what kind of twisted logic do you conclude that a child molester is worse criminal than an abortionist?
And, please notice, that our government actively shelters abortionists, spits in God's face by calling their crimes "Constitutional rights", and has done so for almost 40 years now.
Bishops can be removed, but it's a very serious thing and never done for something trivial.
Weakland's homosexual affair and his payoff (he paid the money back, BTW) came out after his retirement. If it had come out much earlier, he probably would have been removed or forced to resign, IMO.
He was an awful bishop, and the general reaction among FR Catholics when he retired was, Deo gratias ("Thanks be to God!").
Richard Dawson is NOT a fundamentalist - He is an atheist. Get your nomenclature correct, please.
Napoleon tried something like that. It didn't work out too well for him. ;-)
Are you smoking Crack?
Great, Infidel Psychoanalysis! Take a flying leap!
You.
He didn’t cover up and he didn’t lie. You think he did? Prove it. Because the NYT article that proffered this was full of absolute mistakes, innuendos and outright lies.
Then there's the millions of Catholic faithful who actively defend the Pope and run interference for him. Shouldn't something be done about them, also? I believe so. I think some sort of "re-education" programs are in order for Catholics. Compulsory, re-education. Failure to comply will result in heavy fines, confiscation of property and/or imprisonment. They will be required to attend classes and learn about the dangers of organized religion, the right to abortion, homosexual "marriage", the myth of God and the beauty of secularism..
That should fix the problem.
What say you FReepers? Let's solve this Catholic problem once and for all!!
“I was being sarcastic. If Richard Dawkins can arrest the pope, then, following his logic, I can arrest Richard Dawkins.”
I appreciate sarcasm, but in this case I’m not sure it works. Dawkins and Hitchins plan to arrest the Pope for an alleged, crime. What would be the alleged crime you’d arrest Dawkins for?
See what I mean? I’m probably being to picky, but it’s why it looked to me like you would arrest Dawkins just for what he said.
Hank
Are you sure you're not just making this up?
Yowza. Must’ve been a retread.
Go ahead, Chrissy and Dick. Bigger men than you have tried. Nero, Francis I, Napoleon. They’re all gone. We’re still here.
Would you care to post some evidence to back up this claim, my FRiend?
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