At what point does someone else’s problem become our own problem? We all say “Well That’s What We Would Do” but doing something and saying you will do something are two entirely different beasts. But when you are holding yourself (or claiming that you are holding yourself) to higher values than the rest of us …
Category Archive: Catholic
Jun 05 2013
Ghostbuster
Ghostbusting has always been a big business. Let’s define it for a second. In this context I refer to the notion that people believe in intelligent beings that are not human or were human that either possess other humans or interfere in the way we live in some way. There has been a proliferation of …
Mar 22 2013
Of Popes, Catholics and Atheism
It’s no secret that Atheism and Skepticism are rising movements. What was once a lose confederation of a lack of belief is more organised and more connected thanks to things like the Internet. Love him or hate him, the Pope is the world’s most influential religious leader. Due to his rank as the head of …
Mar 06 2013
A Second Letter – Dear Cardinal O’Brien
Dear Cardinal O’Brien My first letter was extremely harsh. Well to be fair you deserved that harshness. You were utilising a position of power to denigrate and deny the basic right of happiness to a group of people based on prejudices created by a 2000 year old book. There are Gay Priests. There have to …
Mar 06 2013
Repost – Dear Cardinal O’Brien
A Copy of the following Letter has been sent to Archdioscean office and Cardinal’s Residence as a voice of complaint against the letter written and published in the Sunday Telegraph by Cardinal O’Brien. If you wish to voice your complaints as well, please take the time to do so and I urge that there are no active threats. …
Feb 22 2013
Reducing Abortion
Richard M. Doerflinger’s article on Washington Post has me intrigued. How do you reduce abortion? From a medical standpoint? Abortion can be a medical or a surgical procedure, each with specific risks. If we can control and totally reduce unwanted pregnancy we can eliminate these risks.
Jan 16 2013
Oh Noes! Won’t Somebody Think of the Priests!
The priests of the UK have written a letter in opposition of Gay Marriage, So far it has 1000 signatures and says that allowing gays to get married will lead to persecution against Catholics. Repeat after me. No one is going to force priests to get married to each other. No one is going to …
Jan 10 2013
Investigations of Child Abuse Halted In Germany
Well if you haven’t heard already, the current investigation into the abuse of children perpetrated by the Catholic Church in Germany has come to a halt. The reason? Well the lead researcher complained about the level of control the Church wanted over the investigation. According to the Church? According to them it was due to …
Dec 29 2012
Bullying Isn’t So Bad
Our Internet world is filled with tales of tragic teens who die by their own hand. Cruelly tormented daily, these teens feel sufficiently alone and alienated from society that they don’t think that things will get better. They cannot see past their daily torment and feel the need to end it all. One of the …
Dec 28 2012
Christmas Message – Hate and the Meaning of Christmas
Dear Catholics and The Roman Catholic Church… I understand many Catholics do not agree with the RCC on a lot of stances but a fair few do and it is to them who this message is aimed. So what does Christmas mean to you? The Children’s wing of the BBC ran a little quotes page …
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