Category Archives: religion

the voice of reason

26 Saturday May 2007

Posted by in culture, life stuff, philosophy, politics, religion

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Anglicans ‘obsessed’ by gay issue

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has called on Africa’s Anglican church to overcome its “obsession” with the issue of gay priests and same-sex marriages.

He said they should spend time on more pressing issues in the region.

Speaking to the BBC World Service, the South African bishop said Zimbabwe, HIV/Aids and the crisis in Darfur were not getting sufficient attention.

Zimbabwe’s Anglican church also lacked courage to stand up to President Robert Mugabe’s regime, he said.

Do you think anyone will listen?

the most hated family in the USA

21 Saturday Apr 2007

Posted by in life stuff, media, rants, religion

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The Most Hated Family in America

They call themselves the most hated family in the US and they picket funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq. The Phelps family pickets mourners across the country, to mark what it describes as God’s revenge on the US for tolerating homosexuality.

Buncha self-righteous sick fucks thinking they are above everyone else because they have God’s ear? I know it’s not polite to spit in public but I really can’t help it when I read about such extreme religious lunatics as this bunch.

If they switched ‘homosexual’ to ‘black’ or ‘Jew’, how far do you think they’d be tolerated? f_cross.gif

And now they are planning to picket the funerals of the Virginia Tech massacre victims . . . unfuckingbelievable.

~ originally posted March 31, 2007 ~

semana santa in sevilla

01 Sunday Apr 2007

Posted by in culture, holidays, religion, sevilla

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Here we go again . . .

Starting today it will be total madness here in Sevilla as semana santa (holy week) begins again. And since I live about a stone’s throw from the cathedral it’s rather hard to miss.

Not that I’d want to miss it. Even though Im not religious I quite like all the pomp and ceremony, the beautiful sculptures on the pasos, the very special ‘ambientation’ in the streets, and even some of the music.

But it is true that for an entire week I become a prisoner in my home, only able to get out to do shopping and other things in the mornings. After 3pm the neighbourhood turns into a heaving mass of humanity pushing and shoving in the streets in order to see this virgin or that christ … it can get a bit scary at times. Though apparently it’s only non-Sevillanos who don’t feel totally at home in this environment.

I’ll see if I can get a few good photos.

conservapedia

03 Saturday Mar 2007

Posted by in media, religion, weird

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Is this place for real?

Conservapedia… “a much-needed alternative to Wikipedia, which is increasingly anti-Christian and anti-American.” Somehow I don’t think Wikipedia is worried.

The Conservapedia Commandments for posting entries include one stating that American spelling must be used. Such as “penninsuala”? No mention of using proper grammar or having to make sense (see entry on Spain below) but apparently everything posted must be “true and verifiable”.

Yeah right. Such as “Creationists can cite material showing that there is no real fossil evidence for the macroevolutionary position and that the fossil record supports creationism” (from the entry on Evolution). 🙄

Spain
Country located on the Iberian Penninsula. Borderd by the Alantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean on the east. Portuagal is located on the same penninsuala. Is the same country as was in the medieval times. And known for its famous explorers.

So what do you think? Is this a joke site or what? It’s certainly quite funny in parts.