[satori001]

Dateline: Vatican City, or wherever...

One of the tough questions for death-merchants the world over is how to commit genocide without stirring up so much fuss you risk a good foot-whoopin' by the Americans.

The Vatican's holiest have solved this problem by forgoing the pleasure of pulling the trigger themselves. In text-book perfect, passive-aggressive style, they simply misinform you to death.

It works best among the ignorant, where the black and red robed cult can indulge themselves in the long, slow, and excruciatingly cruel death of millions. What makes it so effective is that an alarming number of idiots -the world over- accept the Vatican's misinformation as "holy doctrine," and not only doctrine, but "life-affirming" holy doctrine.

Then again, if over-populating Heaven (as well as 3rd world ghettos), is God's ultimate goal, maybe "holy doctrine" it is.

Here is the article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/aids/story/0%2C7...59068%2C00.html

Ironically, the Vatican condemns the only people who are offering any hope to those infected, the drug companies.

"The children are dying because they don't have medicine." The Vatican calls the free-enterprise mechanism which CREATED the drugs "genocide," yet has little to say about prevention. Why would that be? Why not say, "The children are dying because unprotected sex is contributing to a goddam PLAGUE!!?" One wonders.

http://news.bbc.co.u...ope/3442217.stm

The (now expired) pope closed his condemnation by commanding the world to protect all children. He didn't specifically mention protecting children from horny priests, but maybe we should read between the lines.

Not to be outdone, the "abstinence only" moral majority type crowd seems to agree on the Vatican's condom position. Well, you can't call yourself a "protestant" and not follow that which you protest. Human nature.

How many lives would be saved if there weren't so much goddammed STUPIDITY committed in the name of God? One wonders. God only knows.

[satori001]

If you look around, you may also find a Cardinal who thinks it's okay to use a condom, if you know you have AIDS.

And there are a few who say it's a tough call.

The pope was way too busy over the past decades, condemning the drug companies (who were keeping his rotting carcass alive the last few weeks, one surmises), to publish an "encyclical," let alone any policy granting his followers "permission" to use condoms, thereby saving tens or hundreds of thousands of lives, not to mention all the suffering endured by victims and their families.

Those evil drug companies!

[satori001]

Let's see what Benedict has to offer, shall we?

I predict, status quo.

[LG]

That's just plain evil.

[George Aar]

Anybody who wants to dress up in those bizarre outfits and spend all his time acting holy has got to be suspect from the git go.

Religion is such a great scam. You can do what you damn well please behind closed doors, bilk millions out of the guilt-laden masses to do with as you will, and when all is said and done, lay an even bigger guilt trip on everybody - and do it all with absolute impunity.

But he loves God soooo much. Yeah, I'm impressed...

[Steve!]

quote:

Religion is such a great scam. You can do what you damn well please behind closed doors, bilk millions out of the guilt-laden masses to do with as you will, and when all is said and done, lay an even bigger guilt trip on everybody - and do it all with absolute impunity.

Hmmmm, sounds intriguing - and quite lucrative. How do *I* get a piece of that?

[smurfette]

ssdd
"same stuff different day"
I sat through religion class in catholic high school where the teacher said it was okay to use a condomn for protection against STD's......IF IT HAD HOLES PUNCHED IN IT!!!!!

[excathedra]

lmao smurfette

i should be crying since i know it's true