anaconda-dan's Blog

Well, I finally got tired of having my responses deleted over on all of the "Mother Church blogs" so here's mine.

I've read blog after blog on the Crow/Burke debate and I have to tell you, I'm amazed at the number of people who have come to the aid of the elderly archbishop. Apparently the Catholic Church still weilds some sort of mind-numbing power over it's members. To the extent that one blogger "fears retribution from Burke and his staff." Are you kidding me? This isn't the fifteen hundreds is it? I mean, back then you could be tortured or burned at the stake, but now?

Wow.

It's a benefit to bring money to Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. Burke should be happy, no thrilled, to see money flowing into the institution for the good of sick children. But no.

He would rather attempt to use his clout as a church leader to condemn the convictions of the people who are doing the most to further the church's cause. Pure political agenda. Screw the sick kids. Ms Crow wants people to conduct medical reseach with embryonic stem cells to enhance and extend the lives of other sick people, maybe even catholics. (Oh, by the way, neither God nor Jesus EVER said "when you find out about them, don't EVER try to use embryonic stem cells to cure disease. You know, like the apple in the garden that I told you about?").

This is another case of the church using it's power of control over it's members to further it's own agenda.

"Another case, you say?"

Certainly.

The Inquisition, what a show, the inquisition, here we go...The spanish inquisition was largely concieved in the later 12th century to unify a multi-religous region consisting of Jews, Catholics, and Islam to one big happy catholic family. With historically devastating results. Around 1492 The catholic church joined forces with Ferdinand and Isabella. Why?  To establish political and religious unity.  To weaken local political opposition to the Catholic monarchs, and ta da! Profit, as the properties of those convicted were confiscated. "those Jews were always getting in our way..."

Throughout the church's history, they have denied, to the point of calling it blasphemy or witchcraft, any scientific discovery that was counter to the church's current doctrine. Remember Galileo? You know, the guy who's theory about the earth revolving around the sun caused him to be imprisoned, and excommunicated, even AFTER the theory was proven to be fact? In 1992 pope Paul II FINALLY expressed regret at the way the whole thing was handled, after the results of a study by the Pontifical Council for Culture.

Pretty progressive, huh?

Birth control. Here's a good one. Nearly every practicing catholic I know, practices birth control. Blasphemers. Good thing it's not 1500. "Burn her, she's a witch! She turned me into a newt..."

Whatever happened to the Letter of Fatima? Weren't we supposed to find out? Maybe I missed it, but it was supposed to be a spectacular event, that we as non-priests couldn't possibly fathom. All of the catholic kids in the neighborhood were soooo smug. Say 3 hail mary's and 1 our father...

How come you guys can eat meat on Fridays now?  Me and my brother used to eat hot dogs in front of the neighborhood catholic kids on Fridays, just to watch 'em choke down their fish sticks so they wouldn't spend eternity in the fires of damnation. Good times.

That's a short list of the controlling opression of the Catholic Church. And the marching orders of guys like Burke and his child-molesting brethren. And yet, in this day and age, some of you think it's still ok to comdemn someone because they don't believe the same way as you. Here's an idea, we'll outlaw abortions if you agree to take in all of the unwanted children. We'll create cures for disease from embryonic stem cells, but we won't force the cures on you. We'll shut up if you shut up.

But you wont.

Thanks Bob and Cheryl. Thanks for caring more about others than yourselves.

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