Philosophy
You've probably heard already that almost as soon as he got off the plane in England, the Pope started his usual rant blaming secularism and atheism for the rise of Nazism and other such evils.
Hey, if you had to answer for your own involvement in and cover-up of countless cases of child abuse perpetrated by your own minions, you'd try to distract everyone too... Is that Elvis over there?
Of course, vilifying a minority made up by great numbers of highly educated and intelligent people is probably not the best PR strategy to follow because these are people who do their homework AND think critically, and that's a killer combination.
Here is Richard Dawkins (photoshopped in the picture above with the Pope) beautifully laying out the facts and letting the Pope have it :)
Of course, one could always go the Tim Minchin route with a song:
And Penn & Teller think this is all bullshit too
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Philosophy
Richard Dawkins Makes the Pope His Bitch
You've probably heard already that almost as soon as he got off the plane in England, the Pope started his usual rant blaming secularism and atheism for the rise of Nazism and other such evils.Hey, if you had to answer for your own involvement in and cover-up of countless cases of child abuse perpetrated by your own minions, you'd try to distract everyone too... Is that Elvis over there?
Of course, vilifying a minority made up by great numbers of highly educated and intelligent people is probably not the best PR strategy to follow because these are people who do their homework AND think critically, and that's a killer combination.
Here is Richard Dawkins (photoshopped in the picture above with the Pope) beautifully laying out the facts and letting the Pope have it :)
Of course, one could always go the Tim Minchin route with a song:
And Penn & Teller think this is all bullshit too
.
- Pope Jokes
My Fellow Comedists, O.k., I admit picking Christianity's holiest weekend to do pope jokes may not be the classiest thing I've ever done, but, well, I just want to make sure we can make these jokes while there still is a pope. My favorite pope...
- I Made The Baltimore Sun
I've got an op/ed in Monday's Baltimore Sun about apologies. The discussion looks at what makes a good apology and what was lacking in the efforts of the pope, Mel Gibson, George Allen, and William Donald Schaefer. Check it out and if you don't...
- Dawkins On The Daily Show? Fuck That: Metallica On Colbert!
So apparently the blogosphere is awash with entries about the interview Richard Dawkins did with Jon Stewart a couple of days ago. I love Dawkins, and was thinking about posting that interview here, but when I realized Metallica had made an appearance...
- 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...
- Penn & Teller - The Vatican Is Bullshit!
It should come as no surprise to anyone that when magicians and big time skeptics Penn & Teller decided to do a show on all things Bullshit, the Pope and the Vatican would eventually find their way into that list. It's not hard to see why: the...