Philosophy
Once the most powerful institution in the world, the Catholic Church has been experiencing the number of its faithful dwindle over the past few decades. I won't speculate as to why this is the case, but the point is that this real estate power house is in some trouble, which is why they decided to put together a series of commercials with high production value to invite back those people who consider themselves Catholics. Place your mouse over this bubble to watch an example.
Impressive, isn't it? I bet you didn't know they developed the scientific method.. Of course, when they applied this 'method' to people like Giordano Bruno, it was called burning alive at the stake for daring to question their absolutist dogma, and in the case of Galileo, house imprisonment... yay science!
Anyway, with recent news about even more cases of child abuse surfacing yet again, Bill Maher decided to help the Catholic campaign with a new catchy commercial:
- A History Of Catholic Church Sex Scandals
The Catholic Church has recently found itself smack in the middle of the same controversy that we've all unfortunately become accustomed to hearing about over the past few years: perverted priests have been molesting children, and as usual, instead...
- Galileo's Battle For The Heavens
400 years ago today, Galileo Galilei introduced his first telescope to the world. The discoveries Galileo would make with this rather simple instrument, as well as the application of mathematical descriptions of his observations, would revolutionize our...
- Deceased--rev. William R. Callahan
Rev. William R. Callahan September 5th, 1931 to July 5th, 2010 "Rev. William R. Callahan Dies at 78, Dissident Who Challenged Vatican" by Douglas Martin July 9th, 2010 The New York Times The Rev. William R. Callahan, a Roman Catholic priest and self-described...
- "index Librorum Prohibitorum"...eliminated In 1966
I don't think Frank Harris' My Life and Loves, James Joyce's Ulysses, D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, and many others [especially from Grove Press] were in Index...
- Giordano Bruno And The Catholic Church
Indian based AASTRO KERALA [Amateur Astronomers Organisation in Kerala. India] offers these thoughts about Giordano Bruno and the Catholic Church. "Giordano Bruno -Burned alive For His Beliefs of The Universe" by aastrokerala February 14th, 2010 AASTRO...
Philosophy
Bill Maher - Catholics Come Home Spoof
Once the most powerful institution in the world, the Catholic Church has been experiencing the number of its faithful dwindle over the past few decades. I won't speculate as to why this is the case, but the point is that this real estate power house is in some trouble, which is why they decided to put together a series of commercials with high production value to invite back those people who consider themselves Catholics. Place your mouse over this bubble to watch an example.Impressive, isn't it? I bet you didn't know they developed the scientific method.. Of course, when they applied this 'method' to people like Giordano Bruno, it was called burning alive at the stake for daring to question their absolutist dogma, and in the case of Galileo, house imprisonment... yay science!
Anyway, with recent news about even more cases of child abuse surfacing yet again, Bill Maher decided to help the Catholic campaign with a new catchy commercial:
Check out the real history of child abuse perpetrated by Catholic priests in this quick animation.
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- A History Of Catholic Church Sex Scandals
The Catholic Church has recently found itself smack in the middle of the same controversy that we've all unfortunately become accustomed to hearing about over the past few years: perverted priests have been molesting children, and as usual, instead...
- Galileo's Battle For The Heavens
400 years ago today, Galileo Galilei introduced his first telescope to the world. The discoveries Galileo would make with this rather simple instrument, as well as the application of mathematical descriptions of his observations, would revolutionize our...
- Deceased--rev. William R. Callahan
Rev. William R. Callahan September 5th, 1931 to July 5th, 2010 "Rev. William R. Callahan Dies at 78, Dissident Who Challenged Vatican" by Douglas Martin July 9th, 2010 The New York Times The Rev. William R. Callahan, a Roman Catholic priest and self-described...
- "index Librorum Prohibitorum"...eliminated In 1966
I don't think Frank Harris' My Life and Loves, James Joyce's Ulysses, D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, and many others [especially from Grove Press] were in Index...
- Giordano Bruno And The Catholic Church
Indian based AASTRO KERALA [Amateur Astronomers Organisation in Kerala. India] offers these thoughts about Giordano Bruno and the Catholic Church. "Giordano Bruno -Burned alive For His Beliefs of The Universe" by aastrokerala February 14th, 2010 AASTRO...