So now I'm a Nazi??
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The Pope has been to Scotland today on a "state" visit and has annoyed me. Apparently atheism is something the Nazi's preached, ergo all Atheists are Nazi's: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11332515[^] ... and if people listen to the atheists/agnostics we're pretty much doomed. Sorry, but I'm really not in the mood to take lessons from the institution that brought us such enlightened concepts as the crusades, the inquisition, witch burning and the covering up of child abuse. Andy B
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The Pope has been to Scotland today on a "state" visit and has annoyed me. Apparently atheism is something the Nazi's preached, ergo all Atheists are Nazi's: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11332515[^] ... and if people listen to the atheists/agnostics we're pretty much doomed. Sorry, but I'm really not in the mood to take lessons from the institution that brought us such enlightened concepts as the crusades, the inquisition, witch burning and the covering up of child abuse. Andy B
Haha! This is good. It won't take long before no one takes the Catholic church seriously anymore. Also, since the Pope is the head of a foreign state (unless you live in the Vatican), aren't most Catholic priests guilty of treason? They undermine the authority of governments (nearly) everywhere by establishing their own, and do so by working together with the head of a foreign state. That's not considered treason everywhere though.
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The Pope has been to Scotland today on a "state" visit and has annoyed me. Apparently atheism is something the Nazi's preached, ergo all Atheists are Nazi's: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11332515[^] ... and if people listen to the atheists/agnostics we're pretty much doomed. Sorry, but I'm really not in the mood to take lessons from the institution that brought us such enlightened concepts as the crusades, the inquisition, witch burning and the covering up of child abuse. Andy B
Ironic that the pope would say that considering some of Hitler's quotes. It isn't atheism that drives people to be as psychotic and insane as Hitler was... No... Only religion can do that to someone. Take the following couple of quotes...
"Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord." "My feelings as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. It points me to the man who once in loneliness, surrounded by a few followers, recognized these Jews for what they were and summoned men to fight against them and who, God's truth! was greatest not as a sufferer but as a fighter. In boundless love as a Christian and as a man I read through the passage which tells us how the Lord at last rose in His might and seized the scourge to drive out of the Temple the brood of vipers and adders. How terrific was His fight for the world against the Jewish poison. To-day, after two thousand years, with deepest emotion I recognize more profoundly than ever before the fact that it was for this that He had to shed His blood upon the Cross. As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice... And if there is anything which could demonstrate that we are acting rightly it is the distress that daily grows. For as a Christian I have also a duty to my own people.
Adolf Hitler, in a speech on 12 April 1922 (Norman H. Baynes, ed. The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, April 1922-August 1939, Vol. 1 of 2, pp. 19-20, Oxford University Press, 1942)
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The Pope has been to Scotland today on a "state" visit and has annoyed me. Apparently atheism is something the Nazi's preached, ergo all Atheists are Nazi's: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11332515[^] ... and if people listen to the atheists/agnostics we're pretty much doomed. Sorry, but I'm really not in the mood to take lessons from the institution that brought us such enlightened concepts as the crusades, the inquisition, witch burning and the covering up of child abuse. Andy B
I know, how can people take this guy seriously? If, for example, someone were to liken all Christians to Nazis I'm sure there would be uproar in the press. And the religionists moan about some atheists getting all 'shouty'. Maybe some are getting 'shouty' to try and redress the balance? All I can say is at least I don't believe in a thousand year old book written mainly to control the masses. I also don't need some old guy in a robe lecturing me about good principles and the belief in a 'god', when the paedophile priests scandal is still ongoing, or the fact that he views that condoms can increase the problem of HIV[^]. :|
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
modified on Friday, September 17, 2010 4:49 AM
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I know, how can people take this guy seriously? If, for example, someone were to liken all Christians to Nazis I'm sure there would be uproar in the press. And the religionists moan about some atheists getting all 'shouty'. Maybe some are getting 'shouty' to try and redress the balance? All I can say is at least I don't believe in a thousand year old book written mainly to control the masses. I also don't need some old guy in a robe lecturing me about good principles and the belief in a 'god', when the paedophile priests scandal is still ongoing, or the fact that he views that condoms can increase the problem of HIV[^]. :|
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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To be fair, he is a moderniser. He dragging the Roman Catholic church, kicking and screaming, into the 15th Century!
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To be fair, he is a moderniser. He dragging the Roman Catholic church, kicking and screaming, into the 15th Century!
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"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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The Pope has been to Scotland today on a "state" visit and has annoyed me. Apparently atheism is something the Nazi's preached, ergo all Atheists are Nazi's: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11332515[^] ... and if people listen to the atheists/agnostics we're pretty much doomed. Sorry, but I'm really not in the mood to take lessons from the institution that brought us such enlightened concepts as the crusades, the inquisition, witch burning and the covering up of child abuse. Andy B
Hey, to be fair he'd know, he was in the Nazi youth. Which totally gives him grounds to say everyone who believes something other than what he does is a Nazi. It also clears them to completely ignore any and all complicity the catholic church may have had with the Nazis. Really.
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The Pope has been to Scotland today on a "state" visit and has annoyed me. Apparently atheism is something the Nazi's preached, ergo all Atheists are Nazi's: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11332515[^] ... and if people listen to the atheists/agnostics we're pretty much doomed. Sorry, but I'm really not in the mood to take lessons from the institution that brought us such enlightened concepts as the crusades, the inquisition, witch burning and the covering up of child abuse. Andy B
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The Pope has been to Scotland today on a "state" visit and has annoyed me. Apparently atheism is something the Nazi's preached, ergo all Atheists are Nazi's: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11332515[^] ... and if people listen to the atheists/agnostics we're pretty much doomed. Sorry, but I'm really not in the mood to take lessons from the institution that brought us such enlightened concepts as the crusades, the inquisition, witch burning and the covering up of child abuse. Andy B
Wow... You know, I was pretty much in the "live and let live" camp until now... But after a speech like that... #@&* the pope. Normally I'd dress this up in some flowery language for my own personal amusement... But it's Friday morning, and a public figure has invoked Godwin's Law against me... So I say this in no uncertain terms to the 99% of you who can guess what the garbled word would be... #%)& the pope.
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The Pope has been to Scotland today on a "state" visit and has annoyed me. Apparently atheism is something the Nazi's preached, ergo all Atheists are Nazi's: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11332515[^] ... and if people listen to the atheists/agnostics we're pretty much doomed. Sorry, but I'm really not in the mood to take lessons from the institution that brought us such enlightened concepts as the crusades, the inquisition, witch burning and the covering up of child abuse. Andy B
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Wow... You know, I was pretty much in the "live and let live" camp until now... But after a speech like that... #@&* the pope. Normally I'd dress this up in some flowery language for my own personal amusement... But it's Friday morning, and a public figure has invoked Godwin's Law against me... So I say this in no uncertain terms to the 99% of you who can guess what the garbled word would be... #%)& the pope.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)I'm as athiest as the next guy ( ;) ), but I still admired John Paul II. His support for the Polish Solidarity movement, his plain-spoken humanity and what seemed, at least, to be an open, good soul... Contrast that to the ex Nazi youth who holds the office now. And this asshole has the nerve to call others 'nazis'? Well... he'd be the one to know, I suppose, given his own personal experience.
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I'm as athiest as the next guy ( ;) ), but I still admired John Paul II. His support for the Polish Solidarity movement, his plain-spoken humanity and what seemed, at least, to be an open, good soul... Contrast that to the ex Nazi youth who holds the office now. And this asshole has the nerve to call others 'nazis'? Well... he'd be the one to know, I suppose, given his own personal experience.
L u n a t i c F r i n g e
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I'm as athiest as the next guy ( ;) ), but I still admired John Paul II. His support for the Polish Solidarity movement, his plain-spoken humanity and what seemed, at least, to be an open, good soul... Contrast that to the ex Nazi youth who holds the office now. And this asshole has the nerve to call others 'nazis'? Well... he'd be the one to know, I suppose, given his own personal experience.
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I'll agree with that, he even made a few steps of dragging the church forward, not that it got all that far, but still. Then the next guy they pick is was freaking Nazi, literally. I was a bit stumped after John Paul's good publicity that they went with him, but I thinking they did it just to turn every argument against him into an instant godwin.
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The Pope has been to Scotland today on a "state" visit and has annoyed me. Apparently atheism is something the Nazi's preached, ergo all Atheists are Nazi's: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11332515[^] ... and if people listen to the atheists/agnostics we're pretty much doomed. Sorry, but I'm really not in the mood to take lessons from the institution that brought us such enlightened concepts as the crusades, the inquisition, witch burning and the covering up of child abuse. Andy B
LabVIEWstuff wrote:
witch burning
This has always been somehow underestimated crime. I read somewhere that in the Western Europe during the dark ages some 6 million women and girls have been burn on the stake.
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I'm as athiest as the next guy ( ;) ), but I still admired John Paul II. His support for the Polish Solidarity movement, his plain-spoken humanity and what seemed, at least, to be an open, good soul... Contrast that to the ex Nazi youth who holds the office now. And this asshole has the nerve to call others 'nazis'? Well... he'd be the one to know, I suppose, given his own personal experience.
L u n a t i c F r i n g e
Totally agree he also found a way to smooth out the redundant issues between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches. I’m not a believer but I respect the guy.
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I'm as athiest as the next guy ( ;) ), but I still admired John Paul II. His support for the Polish Solidarity movement, his plain-spoken humanity and what seemed, at least, to be an open, good soul... Contrast that to the ex Nazi youth who holds the office now. And this asshole has the nerve to call others 'nazis'? Well... he'd be the one to know, I suppose, given his own personal experience.
L u n a t i c F r i n g e
John Paul II was a pope, but more of a political leader than a religious one. He seemed to be all about getting along with other people instead of poking them with a stick.
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LabVIEWstuff wrote:
witch burning
This has always been somehow underestimated crime. I read somewhere that in the Western Europe during the dark ages some 6 million women and girls have been burn on the stake.
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Source?
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My memories, so nothing reliable and the results google gives me on the subject are more related to the Holocaust.
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I know, how can people take this guy seriously? If, for example, someone were to liken all Christians to Nazis I'm sure there would be uproar in the press. And the religionists moan about some atheists getting all 'shouty'. Maybe some are getting 'shouty' to try and redress the balance? All I can say is at least I don't believe in a thousand year old book written mainly to control the masses. I also don't need some old guy in a robe lecturing me about good principles and the belief in a 'god', when the paedophile priests scandal is still ongoing, or the fact that he views that condoms can increase the problem of HIV[^]. :|
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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1.21 Gigawatts wrote:
And the religionists moan about some atheists getting all 'shouty'. Maybe some are getting 'shouty' to try and redress the balance?
You'd have to get bloody 'shouty' to balance Ian Paisley! :laugh:
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My memories, so nothing reliable and the results google gives me on the subject are more related to the Holocaust.
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According to Kirk Durston, National Director, New Scholars Society: The most realistic figure for the Spanish Inquisition puts the total killed from AD1480 to AD1808 at up to 31,912. Finally, records indicate that the number of "witches" killed may be over 30,000. Some argue that records don't tell everything and suggest that maybe even 100,000 were killed. These three events, totaling over 264,000 killed, are thought to be the largest atrocities perpetrated by one or another form of Christendom. Source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100312111733AArVgvK[^] I remember this came up on QI some time ago, and their researchers are pretty good!
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