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I've seen on here exactly the sort of reaction I would expect from the Catholic followers. I've attacked a religious institution, never once have I attacked any individual followers. Like Islam, it seems Catholicism is beyond criticism. As soon as you attack it (for what I regard as a VERY legitimate reason) all the accusations of "insult" and "low brow debate" are hurled around. Stuff having a "proper debate" because such a debate is only possible if you agree and believe in the faith. Quite frankly the Catholic church owes the world a debt it can never repay, any more than the Nazis can ever repay what they did to Jews or English and American aristocrats can never repay what they did to black slaves. The sheer scale of the Catholic child abuse scandal really is so huge that it has to be regarded with equal disgust as these other dark eras of history. I'm sick of this issue being treated like it's just "a few individuals".
Nothing will ever change your views. Nothing will ever change mine either. To me all religion is evil and a huge blemish on this world, and the Pope is a gross figure of evil who still, to this very day, will not do the right thing with regards his in-house child molesters, gay rights, female ordinations, use of contraceptives or tolerance for non-Catholics. I actually took the time to watch the Pope's claptrap on the TV news and took special note of the "aggressive atheism" he spoke of, and the "wave of secularism" that is taking over most of society (long may it reign). I was also bewildered by his remarks in which he praised England for fighting the "atheistic Nazis" during WWII. You see? To him, that war was a war against non-belief in the Catholic faith. He went on express his wish to see more religious influence in everyday decision making, even at political levels. In other words, just like Islam wants to take over everything and rule everything, so it seems does the Catholic church. Neither will succeed in the UK without a war to force it into power. All religion has at its heart expansionism, control, and the propagation of its influence. Claiming it is spreading the word of god is all lies. It's just a system that allows a few elite individuals to grow their power and influence by selling an attractive lifestyle proposition to the gullible masses. No offense.
I'm really past caring any more for this debate, so I'll end my contribution to this thread by stealing a quote from a British legend, Stephen Fry: "Religion. Sh*t it."