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Temat: Does the Pope have blood on his hands?

Here's an interesting counterpoint to the common perception of the Pope.

Written by Terry Eagleton, a professor of cultural theory at Manchester University, and published in The Guardian, this article pulls no punches.

Disclaimer: if you are in any way religiously sensitive, you might not enjoy reading this.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/apr/04/catholicis...
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Bernd Schreckenberg

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These lyrics say a lot about the Pope or any other "leader" and their effects on whomever wherever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg3t7pRXw5M
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Bernd Schreckenberg

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Or read up the media-idiocy he created after the asasination attempt by Mehmet Ali Ağca.

Or, as Bill Hicks said: "You saw the Pope in this car, with 3cm of bullet-proof glas all around? Boy, that's faith in action!"


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Bernd Schreckenberg edytował(a) ten post dnia 23.03.09 o godzinie 15:20
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Temat: Does the Pope have blood on his hands?

And shouldn't it read: "Which Pope doesn't have blood on his hands?"
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With all due respect, we all do from seconds after we're born until we get that last breath.
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Bernd Schreckenberg

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yes, yet in a more passive way.
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Joj Y.:
With all due respect, we all do from seconds after we're born until we get that last breath.

That's such a good point.
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Bernd Schreckenberg:
yes, yet in a more passive way.
Probably true, Bernd, and I'm writing that about blood on hands while "looking in the mirror" because I'm probably more willing or just succeptible to go down a wrong road as much or more than any of us. :)Joj Y. edytował(a) ten post dnia 23.03.09 o godzinie 15:47
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yeah!
go get him, joj ;-)
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hehe Hell no! That's not my plan, even if I were equipped for stuff like that, which I'm not. We're on the same Free Speech team. :)))
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Oh boy,what is the world becoming?so im already the 2nd German who receives death threats in Warsaw?what is that?a new witch hunt?revising Grunewald? ;-)
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I'm afraid you missed Joj's point by a mile, Berndt, but I'll leave this for Joj to elaborate on, if he feels like it :)
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Joj Y.:
With all due respect, we all do from seconds after we're born until we get that last breath.

Indeed, no one is perfect.

However, Joj, be frank with me... Have you ever donned a silly hat, gone to Africa and told everyone that they shouldn't use condoms because that would facilitate the spreading of AIDS??
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Joj Y.:
With all due respect, we all do from seconds after we're born until we get that last breath.

Indeed, no one is perfect.

However, Joj, be frank with me... Have you ever donned a silly hat, gone to Africa and told everyone that they shouldn't use condoms because that would facilitate the spreading of AIDS??

Put like this it sounds like a (cruel) practical joke :P
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Steve Jones:
Indeed, no one is perfect.

However, Joj, be frank with me... Have you ever donned a silly hat, gone to Africa and told everyone that they shouldn't use condoms because that would facilitate the spreading of AIDS??
Africa? No. New Orleans? No comment.
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Bernd Schreckenberg:
And shouldn't it read: "Which Pope doesn't have blood on his hands?"


The one without stigmata
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Bernd Schreckenberg:
Oh boy,what is the world becoming?so im already the 2nd German who receives death threats in Warsaw?what is that?a new witch hunt?revising Grunewald? ;-)

Daaah...
Why revise it dude? I liked the outcome.
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Steve Jones:
I almost forgot to thank you for the article when I wrote earlier. Thanks. :)

You're right. It's quite scathing! hehe That's part of what makes the world go around.
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I don't get it...

A professor of cultural theory at Manchester University is writing an article half the size of a web page, and a serious (?) British agazine publishes it just like that? I mean stating things without a base?
Everything he writes might rely on concrete findings, but is this the way a professor writes?

That's fishy.

And I'm not a Catholic or a supporter, but to me, that article doesn't hold any water.
Am I expected to know the secret documents, or take a solid stand against a person/formation/the catholic church just because I've read an article from a professor?

It looks like the atheists are on the loose. Taking a bite while they can.

I need someone sane against the loonies. Not another group of fanboys.
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ilter K.:
I don't get it...
Me either.

I would eat someone's guts out for trying to vanquish the right to free speech. Rock on. But why hatin' on the Pope, specifically?

(I'm not Catholic...anymore).

I really am curious and not defensive. Is HIV slapped on that office? Do these affected people pay attention to a word he says anyway?

Everyone knows that they should use condoms. Why is blood on HIS hands?
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