Richard Dawkins looking to arrest Pope Benedict XVI

[Nero]

Originally Posted by Devotion

It is just like Tiger Woods fucking twelve women unconventionally (adulterously). He is an expert in golf, not austerity. Simply because he is in the public limelight, does not make him any less inept than laymen; Tiger Woods is to be considered a laymen at all except golf. Similarly Richard Dawkins is a laymen regarding all except biology.

So you're calling Tiger Woods "inept" because he fucked a heap of women..

[Ambient]

Originally Posted by Chi

So you're calling Tiger Woods "inept" because he fucked a heap of women..

Well, that would be an ineptitude in Tiger Woods character. Not because of any absolute moralistic taboo he has broken, but because there is an incongruency (discrepancy) in what he has done. Marriage is a social (and legal) contract, fortunatley for him I guess, that adultery is not illicit at this time within America.

Back to the point, Tiger woods did break a vow, a promise, a devotion, which was made to his wife before his family, freinds and God. So, is it inept to break a promise? Is it dishonourable to break your word, and not be a man of your word?

Yes, hypocrisy is a form of ineptitude.

That is the answer to your question, however it was not my original point. In the original context, I was simply using Tiger Woods as a person who people have/are paying attention to misapropriatley. I was using the recent current events surrounding him as an analogy... That it is inappropriate for so many people to consider it such a big deal that the arguably number one golfer in the world had sex with twelve women who weren't his wife.

His vocation is golf, not austerity! Similarly, Dawkins vocation is biology, not theology. Hence it is inapropriate to consider Dawkins an expert on God... ameebas maybe.

* On a related note, the incongruety which occured/ is occuring regarding sex within the Catholic church is something worth highlighting, more so than the Tiger Woods thing. Both incidents share similarity, but I would say the Catholic church thing is more serious. Not because I hate religious organizations, or because I subscribe to some sort of nihlistic sexual amorality, but because the Catholic church ande there preistly class make it their vocation to 2 billion people not to fuck boys. Whereas Tiger Woods made a devotion to his wife not to fuck ladies.

Plus its not his job, cover it once... we don't need to see that shit everyday for a month.

[Archetype]

Originally Posted by Devotion

expert on God.

Lol. "My thesis will be on the anatomy of unicorns".

[Phlegm!]

Originally Posted by Devotion

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What, so Dawkins can't stage a citizen's arrest, or at least want the Pope to be put to justice? I don't think any normal person should get away with being an accessory to others they know committing pedophilia, so why should we waiver off the Pope and give him a get-out-of-jail free pass? He shouldn't be above the law, the priests who acted out these crimes should be thrown in jail not protected by the Vatican. That's what Dawkins is trying to say, it doesn't matter if he's a biologist by vocation, or if he was a plumber, painter or whatever, because we all have the right to speak out against someone sheltering these monsters.

[Hammer Tank]

I'm pretty sure that was Devotion's point. why the irrelevant focus on Richard Dawkins?

anyways back on topic, we all know how Jesus feels about hypocrites, so the Pope & his friends' time will come.

[Rolf]

Originally Posted by Phlegm!

so why should we waiver off the Pope and give him a get-out-of-jail free pass?

Rolf states that all heads of state have a "get-out-of-jail-free pass", it's the perk they get for being the overlords of humanity, states Rolf.

[TruthWielder]

Richard Dawkins is as much an undignified, unscrupulous, pretentious douche as Emperor Palpatine over there.

[Mars]

No American can moan about Dawkins being the wrong man for the job. You guys had Bush.

[TruthWielder]

Originally Posted by Rolf

Rolf states that all heads of state have a "get-out-of-jail-free pass", it's the perk they get for being the overlords of humanity, states Rolf.

Ya know, I gotta say I am impressed by the way you always talk in the third person. It must take serious dedication. Or psychosis. Anyway, good going.

[JustAnotherAsshole]

Originally Posted by Ryan1711

Nothing will happen, 'cause the enormous political shit storm from arresting the Pope would be epic.

I'm hoping that some country that doesn't give a shit about what the other countries say/think will do it.

Originally Posted by supperrfreek

In creating an antagonistic environment towards religion, more specifically Christianity, aren't Atheists just behaving in a manner that religions have for hundreds – perhaps even thousands –*of years? Really it's a show of hypocrisy that is not only laughable, but also has the potential to corrode the credibility of Atheism. If certain people were to get ahold of this, it could be caustic to mainstream Atheism.

I don't think most people are using this incident to attack Christianity so much as they are upset at what the Pope allowed to happen again and again.

I certainly don't believe that the Christian religion itself actually caused any of the molestation or rape. This is not about the religion, it is about the actions of some of it's followers. Men are responsible for this, not an ideology.

EDIT: Also, how do you attack or corrode the "credibility" of atheism? It's not a belief system, it's a lack of a belief system. It's just a bunch of people who don't believe in a god or follow a religion.

[Phlegm!]

Originally Posted by TruthWielder

Ya know, I gotta say I am impressed by the way you always talk in the third person. It must take serious dedication. Or psychosis. Anyway, good going.

What accent do you accumstom to Rolf? I always think uppity middle class guy with a broom up his arse, lol the persona not the poster btw

[harry_hardcore_hoedown]

Originally Posted by Phlegm!

What accent do you accumstom to Rolf? I always think uppity middle class guy with a broom up his arse, lol the persona not the poster btw

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[TruthWielder]

Originally Posted by Phlegm!

What accent do you accumstom to Rolf? I always think uppity middle class guy with a broom up his arse, lol the persona not the poster btw

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