Archive for the 'Religion' Category
Weak Dollar Sends Vatican Into the Red
July 13th, 2008The damages paid out due to child raping priests (same search on current news) probably didn’t help matters much. Via: Guardian: The Vatican has blamed a weak dollar for pushing it into its first loss in four years by undermining the value of dollar-denominated donations by the faithful. Annual accounts published this week show the […]
Canada Apologizes for Atrocities Committed Against Aboriginal Children
June 12th, 2008Via: Reuters: Canada, addressing one of the darkest chapters in its history, formally apologised on Wednesday for forcing 150,000 aboriginal children into grim residential schools, where many say they were sexually and physically abused. Prime Minister Stephen Harper told a Parliamentary chamber packed with legislators and aboriginal representatives that there could be no excuses for […]
Every Adult in Britain Should be Forced to Carry ‘Carbon Ration Cards’
May 27th, 2008I have an idea about this carbon sinning nonsense. It goes back to Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm. In short: Because modern society destroys human identity, mindless conformity to all order of fascist, technocratic prison policies gives the masses a sense of belonging to something. Religions worked for a while. The vengeful sky god […]
Polygamist Sect Gets Millions from U.S. Government
April 17th, 2008Via: McClatchy: American taxpayers have unwittingly helped finance a polygamist sect that is now the focus of a massive child abuse investigation in West Texas, with a business tied to the group receiving a nearly $1 million loan from the federal government and $1.2 million in military contracts. The ability of the Fundamentalist Church of […]
Tony Blair to Lecture at Yale on “Faith and Globalization”
March 8th, 2008I wonder how Skull and Bones (aka The Brotherhood of Death) fits in with Tony Blair’s faith? Via: AFP: Former British prime minister Tony Blair is to take up a post teaching at Yale, one of the top educational institutions in the United States, the university said Friday. Blair, who stepped down as prime minister […]
Pope Clement Cleared Templars of All Heresies in Secret Vatican Document
October 13th, 2007What other “misplaced” documents are entombed in that library? And why release this information now? Wow, what a mind boggler… Lots of people have made careers out of Templar lore, it will be interesting to see what the pros think about this incredible revelation. This is a worthless, reckless and wildass guess on my part, […]
Thou Shalt Not Kill, Except in a Popular Video Game at Church
October 10th, 2007Via: New York Times: First the percussive sounds of sniper fire and the thrill of the kill. Then the gospel of peace. Across the country, hundreds of ministers and pastors desperate to reach young congregants have drawn concern and criticism through their use of an unusual recruiting tool: the immersive and violent video game Halo. […]
Sinking in a Swamp Full of Blackwater
October 4th, 2007Via: New York Times: “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster,†Nietzsche said. “And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.†We’re gazing into the abyss all right, and Blackwater is gazing back. Besides having an army for hire, brave kids […]
Burma: Thousands of Executed Protesters Dumped in Jungle
October 2nd, 2007Via: This Is London: Thousands of protesters are dead and the bodies of hundreds of executed monks have been dumped in the jungle, a former intelligence officer for Burma’s ruling junta has revealed. The most senior official to defect so far, Hla Win, said: “Many more people have been killed in recent days than you’ve […]
Bush Gives Horned Hand Sign During 9/11 Moment of Silence
September 14th, 2007WARNING: If you say that this has anything to do with the Texas Longhorns, g0D will kill a kitten. Via: Yahoo: Related: Bush Gives Horned Hand Sign While Being Photographed with the Queen Related: What’s the Story with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Belt Buckle?
