Catholicism

Andy on March 20th, 2009

The latest blokeinadress has provoked a furious response from Aids campaigners on the first day of his visit to Africa when he declared that distributing condoms only ‘aggravates’ the problems inflicted by the condition.

Speaking as he flew from Rome to…

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If you wanted a more telling argument against religion you’d be hard pressed to find one than this.

From this Sydney Morning Herald article :
“A nine-year-old girl who was carrying twins, allegedly after being raped by her stepfather, has undergone an…

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Andy on July 22nd, 2008

I didn’t intend to write anymore about the WYD (well, it should really be named WCYD - add the word ‘christian’ in there), but all the media coverage just got up my nose.

I mean, look, as was reported by the…

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Andy on July 2nd, 2008

from the Sydney Morning Herald 1st July - link to full article.
EXTRAORDINARY new powers will allow police to arrest and fine people for “causing annoyance” to World Youth Day participants and permit partial strip searches at hundreds of Sydney sites,…

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Andy on March 13th, 2008

Well, the Vatican has, in an apparent attempt to give ‘moral and ethical behavior’ more significance in today’s times, announced seven new deadly sins.

They are - in no particular order of severity I guess: genetic modification, human experimentations, polluting…

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