No Kids? No Marriage
I’d like to talk a moment about the Pope’s recent speech in Milan, Italy. Just a couple lines in particular. I will use the website CatholicMaine since I am sure their translation will be less inflammatory than say the trash on HuffPo. I’ll be giving a short rant on the quote below:

The Pope stressed the importance of family life built upon a man and woman who are married to each other. This is because God “created us male and female, equal in dignity, but also with respective and complementary characteristics, so that the two might be a gift for each other, might value each other and might bring into being a community of love and life.”

He told the married couples present in the large outdoor congregation that they were “not giving each other any particular thing or activity” in marriage “but your whole lives.”

This love becomes most fruitful in its desire to “accomplish one another’s good” as well as in the “generous and responsible procreation of children,” followed by their “vigilant and wise education.”

If you can’t have kids or aren’t willing, you should not be married. Gay – straight, it’s all the same if you don’t want children or are not able to have them. Did your old uncle in the rest home find love for the first time? No chance, gramps. Need in vitro fertilization? Not in this church, you don’t. Were your testicles damaged beyond function in a lightning strike? Don’t even think about putting that ring on your best gal’s finger. If adoption was a good method to use to beat the system, then people would have been using it. With the rise of the pre-vatican 2 guys getting back into power, I’m sure there are bishops that say adoption is ok, but we want you to give birth to a kid that was made the old fashioned way. Missionary position.

The Catholics as best as I can see are still trying to take over the world – muttering “strength through superior numbers” along the way. It’s not the fucking middle ages any more, Popey. Stop trying to grow an army for the church! Want more believers? Stop being an asshole. Help the police string every rat-bastard in your church up by his thumbs. Want an Inquisition? Do it in-house. Ugh. Disgusting.

 

Replacing Science With Religion
Pastor Enoch Adeboye is the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Nigeria and holder of one of the scariest titles I’ve heard in a long while. He also just granted $50 million Naira (about $310,000 USD) to the universities across Nigeria to boost science education.

Giving this money will help the universities in some ways, I’m sure. But, I am distrustful of the motives of a man who does not believe in doctors or medicine but gives money to further science education and not want something in return. Like input into the curriculum.

Sure, you could say I’m being overly judgemental… That I don’t know what really goes on in that part of the world. Both points could be totally true. But, Leo Igwe knows. As a long time member of CFI and a writer on topics that would turn your stomach, Leo Igwe is a man good skeptics should know. When Leo talks about Benny Hinn, Helen Ukpabio, and other evil doers in the same breath as Enoch Adeboye, you should care. I don’t care that I’m poisoning the well. Be mindful of the evil-doers, young padawan. Help when you can.

 

1MillionMoms VS OneMillionMoms
I’m hoping a few of you guys N gals have read about the OneMillionMoms campaign. You remember the group that hates gay people – Ellen Degeneres and JC Penny in particular – and only has about 40,000 members? Well, they self destructed a couple days ago… again. This time the entire group went on hiatus for a week long bible camp.

The latest awareness topic One Million Moms posted on Facebook was about Allan Scott (AKA The Green Lantern from DC comics) being gay. Quickly their page lit up with comments in support of DC. One Million Moms fought valiantly to delete all of the posts but finally gave up and deleted the post. Soon after, their page was gone but not forgotten.

In a fun bit of sneaky advertising, the pro-gay group 1millionMoms was born. They are a group of parents, friends, and loved ones that pretty much want the opposite of the OneMillionMoms supporters. The 1MillionMoms are able to get their word out using some of the brand recognition from the other group. They also dilute and spoil the OneMMs sparkling image… Not that shit sparkles.

Why don’t you friend 1MillionMoms now? =)

 

~Wesley
Sorry it’s late. My boss actually made me *work* at work. WTF? =p

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PS:  Hi Deborah von Snark =)