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The Penn State Scandal Makes the Church Look Even Worse.
The Penn State Scandal has moved beyond sports news into the mainstream, and for very good reason. If you’ve been under a rock, here’s the short version: Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky has been accused of numerous counts of child molestation during his tenure at the university. Head coach and football demigod Joe Paterno has … Continue reading
Church vs. Evolution and Homosexuality: Nothing New Under the Sun
There’s nothing new about the struggle over gay marriage and evolution. Fortunately, there will also be nothing new about the resolution to either struggle. History has told us everything we need to know about how this will play out in the end. Both of these issues represent a continual pattern in which religious dogma … Continue reading
NY Bishop Displays Bigotry and Ignorance About Marriage
Archbishop Timothy Dolan, of the New York Archdiocese, has penned a “defense of marriage” blog which deserves a point by point examination. It’s so loaded with falsehoods, bigotry, and hate that I would be doing a disservice not to dissect it in detail. (Read it in its entirety HERE.) The media, mainly sympathetic to this … Continue reading
Pope’s Pedophilia Advisor is a Pedophile. Big Surprise.
Father Riccardo Seppia, a 51-year-old parish priest in the village of Sastri Ponente, near Genoa, is a trusted advisor to Pope Benedict on the subject of pedophilia. Turns out, he knows of what he speaks. Investigators say that in tapped mobile-phone conversations, Seppia asked a Moroccan drug dealer to arrange sexual encounters with young and … Continue reading
Christians and Muslims: Are They So Different?
Shariatpur, Bangladesh (CNN) – Hena Akhter’s last words to her mother proclaimed her innocence. But it was too late to save the 14-year-old girl. Her fellow villagers in Bangladesh’s Shariatpur district had already passed harsh judgment on her. Guilty, they said, of having an affair with a married man. The imam from the local mosque ordered … Continue reading
Satanism on the Rise, says Vatican
See if you can follow this… Satanism is on the rise, mainly due to the internet. We can tell it’s on the rise because lots of priests had sex with boys. And girls. And nuns. Soooo…. You should get an exorcist. Makes sense, right? No, seriously. This is the Church’s own line of thought. Here … Continue reading
Big Surprise: Straight Priests Abuse Nuns
The Catholic Church in Rome made the extraordinary admission yesterday that it is aware priests from at least 23 countries have been sexually abusing nuns. (LINK) Extraordinary? Really? We’re surprised that heterosexual males sworn to celibacy do underhanded things to get laid on the sly? We’re really acting like we’re surprised by this? Most of … Continue reading
Population Growth and Poverty
Out of all the topics I discuss here at Life Without a Net, the one I’m most scared of is population growth. Oh, I’ve tackled it here and there, but it’s a tricky subject even within the scientific community. While everyone agrees that the population is growing, that it’s mostly in the third world, and … Continue reading
UK Spent £7 Million on the Pope
The pope can afford a lot of luxury, but he apparently can’t afford a trip to the UK. His recent Godstravaganza took 7 million pounds out of the collective kitty. Included was a hefty check for a £18,735 dinner. Perhaps the most egregious affront was the 1.25m ponied by the Department for International Development. For us Americans, … Continue reading
Pope: Condoms ok for gay sinners, not straights
In a rather shocking twist of faiththink, der Popenfurer has decided that it might be ok some of the time for male prostitutes to use condoms. But the church is still against condoms, and they don’t help decrease the spread of AIDS. Unless you’re a male prostitute. Or something. …the statement was something of a milestone … Continue reading
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