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Richard Dawkins: I Will Arrest Pope Benedict XVI
London Times ^ | April 10th 2010 | Marc Horne

Posted on 04/10/2010 11:49:41 PM PDT by Steelfish

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To: Steelfish
This is the unspeakable depths to which the British have sunk to.

I'm sure you can find Americans who would try the same stunt. In fact, Hitchens is a U.S. citizen.

121 posted on 04/11/2010 5:53:51 AM PDT by Tribune7 (Only stupid, racists people support Obama.)
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To: IamCenny
As unspeakable as a pope ignoring complaints of sexual abuse by a priest?

It's as unspeakable as lying about the Pope ignoring complaints of sexual abuse by a priest

122 posted on 04/11/2010 5:56:06 AM PDT by Tribune7 (Only stupid, racists people support Obama.)
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To: Steelfish

So why would a drunken atheist think that sex with teenage boys is wrong? On what basis is he making that statement?

Think about it, he is using natural law, and he rejects the same law everywhere else.

Though I hope the Pope has a back up plan. I suspect the EU will try to do something in the near future.


123 posted on 04/11/2010 5:56:18 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: lavinia
"Responses on this forum are fairly predictable."

QED.

124 posted on 04/11/2010 5:59:29 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (/)
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To: Steelfish; informavoracious; larose; RJR_fan; Prospero; Conservative Vermont Vet; ...
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125 posted on 04/11/2010 6:00:52 AM PDT by narses (Only half the patients who go into an abortion clinic come out alive.)
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To: SatinDoll
But the Roman Catholic Church has sheltered the worst types of criminals - child molesters

By what kind of twisted logic do you conclude that a child molester is worse criminal than an abortionist?

And, please notice, that our government actively shelters abortionists, spits in God's face by calling their crimes "Constitutional rights", and has done so for almost 40 years now.

126 posted on 04/11/2010 6:03:46 AM PDT by Campion ("President Barack Obama" is an anagram for "An Arab-backed imposter")
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To: mware
It is too bad that Bishops can not be defrocked. Weakland is deserving of it, during this whole affair, he was having his own homosexual affair, stealing thousand of dollars in church funds to pay off his lover.

Bishops can be removed, but it's a very serious thing and never done for something trivial.

Weakland's homosexual affair and his payoff (he paid the money back, BTW) came out after his retirement. If it had come out much earlier, he probably would have been removed or forced to resign, IMO.

He was an awful bishop, and the general reaction among FR Catholics when he retired was, Deo gratias ("Thanks be to God!").

127 posted on 04/11/2010 6:09:35 AM PDT by Campion ("President Barack Obama" is an anagram for "An Arab-backed imposter")
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To: nickcarraway

Richard Dawson is NOT a fundamentalist - He is an atheist. Get your nomenclature correct, please.


128 posted on 04/11/2010 6:10:04 AM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
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To: redgolum
I suspect the EU will try to do something in the near future.

Napoleon tried something like that. It didn't work out too well for him. ;-)

129 posted on 04/11/2010 6:11:52 AM PDT by Campion ("President Barack Obama" is an anagram for "An Arab-backed imposter")
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To: lavinia
"....and very conservative."

Are you smoking Crack?

130 posted on 04/11/2010 6:15:22 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: lavinia

Great, Infidel Psychoanalysis! Take a flying leap!


131 posted on 04/11/2010 6:18:37 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: big tent
"Who is next on your list?"

You.

132 posted on 04/11/2010 6:20:50 AM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: big tent

He didn’t cover up and he didn’t lie. You think he did? Prove it. Because the NYT article that proffered this was full of absolute mistakes, innuendos and outright lies.


133 posted on 04/11/2010 6:22:07 AM PDT by Solson (magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.)
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To: Steelfish
What's the point of arresting the Pope? They'll just elect another and besides, there are still thousands of bishops running around out there. Shouldn't we arrest them as well? To get to the root of the problem, I think so.

Then there's the millions of Catholic faithful who actively defend the Pope and run interference for him. Shouldn't something be done about them, also? I believe so. I think some sort of "re-education" programs are in order for Catholics. Compulsory, re-education. Failure to comply will result in heavy fines, confiscation of property and/or imprisonment. They will be required to attend classes and learn about the dangers of organized religion, the right to abortion, homosexual "marriage", the myth of God and the beauty of secularism..

That should fix the problem.

What say you FReepers? Let's solve this Catholic problem once and for all!!

134 posted on 04/11/2010 6:30:13 AM PDT by marshmallow ("A country which kills its own children has no future" -Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
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To: WashingtonSource

“I was being sarcastic. If Richard Dawkins can arrest the pope, then, following his logic, I can arrest Richard Dawkins.”

I appreciate sarcasm, but in this case I’m not sure it works. Dawkins and Hitchins plan to arrest the Pope for an alleged, crime. What would be the alleged crime you’d arrest Dawkins for?

See what I mean? I’m probably being to picky, but it’s why it looked to me like you would arrest Dawkins just for what he said.

Hank


135 posted on 04/11/2010 6:33:19 AM PDT by Hank Kerchief
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To: lavinia
I always find that people who become violent towards non believers invariably have issues with their own faith.

Are you sure you're not just making this up?

136 posted on 04/11/2010 6:35:01 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Admin Moderator

Yowza. Must’ve been a retread.


137 posted on 04/11/2010 6:37:32 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Steelfish

Go ahead, Chrissy and Dick. Bigger men than you have tried. Nero, Francis I, Napoleon. They’re all gone. We’re still here.


138 posted on 04/11/2010 6:39:12 AM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: big tent
[Benedict XVI]... covered up and hid abuses.

Would you care to post some evidence to back up this claim, my FRiend?

139 posted on 04/11/2010 6:42:30 AM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: Steelfish
Richard Dawkins: I Will Arrest Pope Benedict XV

Where's he going to find Benedict XV ?
140 posted on 04/11/2010 6:49:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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