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In the latest in a string of increasingly bizarre and irrational attacks, the Vatican now says that criticizing the Pope is "terrorism."
What raised the Vatican's ire? A comedian describing his differences with the church:
Frankly, the Pope can go to hell. This is not terrorism, this is disagreement. It is legitimate criticism. You are not immune from criticism of the stupid positions you take. What exactly did Pinochet and Franco do to deserve a Church funeral? Oh. Right. they killed (many, many) other people, not themselves.
Talk about telling only half the story. The less glamorous truth is that the Pope and his subordinates are objectively disordered, hate filled cranks. When the Vatican health secretary compares people to cockroaches what else are we supposed to think? Is that not terrorism? By your own definition, is it not terrorism to call people iniquitous, evil, intrinsic moral evils, part of an "ideology of evil" (sensing a pattern here?), or want to legalize evil, or are without any social value, caricatures, perverts, violent child abusers, gravely immoral, part of a virus on society, counterfeits, "prisoners," anarchists, disordered, modern day Caligulas, self-indulgent, unnatural, that the concept of sexual orientation is "erroneous," or criticizing a media for making people "look normal."
People grow or diminish in moral stature by the words which they speak and the messages which they choose to hear. This criticism is so pointed and constant that its only purpose is to dehumanize people. It is not a cogent disagreement, such as Andrea Rivera's critique. The church says that criticizing people is terrorism. By that standard, how is the message of the Catholic Church not terrorism? The truth is that the Church wants the right to criticize peop;e it dislikes in the most strident terms possible while being immune from criticism itself.
Twisted? What needs to be twisted? Do the remarks of Cardinal Amato need to be twisted to create tension? His own words are vile enough as it is.
What raised the Vatican's ire? A comedian describing his differences with the church:
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At the concert, held every year in front of the Saint John in Lateran basilica -- Rome's cathedral where Pope Benedict sits as bishop -- one of the presenters, Andrea Rivera, spoke out against the Pontiff's stand on a number of issues.
"The Pope says he doesn't believe in evolution. I agree, in fact the Church has never evolved," he said.
He also criticized the Church for refusing to give a Catholic funeral to Piergiorgio Welby, a man who campaigned for euthanasia as he lay paralyzed with muscular dystrophy. He died in December after a doctor agreed to unplug his respirator.
"I can't stand the fact that the Vatican refused a funeral for Welby but that wasn't the case for (Chilean dictator Augusto) Pinochet or (Spanish dictator Francisco) Franco," he said between musical acts at the open-air concert.
"The Pope says he doesn't believe in evolution. I agree, in fact the Church has never evolved," he said.
He also criticized the Church for refusing to give a Catholic funeral to Piergiorgio Welby, a man who campaigned for euthanasia as he lay paralyzed with muscular dystrophy. He died in December after a doctor agreed to unplug his respirator.
"I can't stand the fact that the Vatican refused a funeral for Welby but that wasn't the case for (Chilean dictator Augusto) Pinochet or (Spanish dictator Francisco) Franco," he said between musical acts at the open-air concert.
Frankly, the Pope can go to hell. This is not terrorism, this is disagreement. It is legitimate criticism. You are not immune from criticism of the stupid positions you take. What exactly did Pinochet and Franco do to deserve a Church funeral? Oh. Right. they killed (many, many) other people, not themselves.
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"This, too, is terrorism. It's terrorism to launch attacks on the Church," it said. "It's terrorism to stoke blind and irrational rage against someone who always speaks in the name of love, love for life and love for man."
Talk about telling only half the story. The less glamorous truth is that the Pope and his subordinates are objectively disordered, hate filled cranks. When the Vatican health secretary compares people to cockroaches what else are we supposed to think? Is that not terrorism? By your own definition, is it not terrorism to call people iniquitous, evil, intrinsic moral evils, part of an "ideology of evil" (sensing a pattern here?), or want to legalize evil, or are without any social value, caricatures, perverts, violent child abusers, gravely immoral, part of a virus on society, counterfeits, "prisoners," anarchists, disordered, modern day Caligulas, self-indulgent, unnatural, that the concept of sexual orientation is "erroneous," or criticizing a media for making people "look normal."
People grow or diminish in moral stature by the words which they speak and the messages which they choose to hear. This criticism is so pointed and constant that its only purpose is to dehumanize people. It is not a cogent disagreement, such as Andrea Rivera's critique. The church says that criticizing people is terrorism. By that standard, how is the message of the Catholic Church not terrorism? The truth is that the Church wants the right to criticize peop;e it dislikes in the most strident terms possible while being immune from criticism itself.
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?Some people have even twisted (Bagnasco's words) to start an insidious ?war', a new season of tension, which is inspiring those who are looking for motives to return to taking up arms,? the newspaper said.
Twisted? What needs to be twisted? Do the remarks of Cardinal Amato need to be twisted to create tension? His own words are vile enough as it is.
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