Religion | The Skepticrats

Pope Benedict promotes global poverty

Posted by Deuce Geary on July 8th, 2009

So, now Pope Benedict is an economic genius:
THE Pope has called for a new world financial order blaming the global crisis on the greed of financiers and investors.
Denouncing what he termed a profit-at-all-cost mentality, Pope Benedict XVI was also critical of governmental oversight and the absence of global regulation.
In the most socially rooted Vatican encyclical [...]

The “Church” of Scientology vs. Wikipedia

Posted by Deuce Geary on May 30th, 2009

Gee, who knew the Church of Scientology would edit out unflattering information about itself on Wikipedia? From CNN:
The collaborative online encyclopedia Wikipedia has banned the from editing the site. The Register reports Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee, or ArbCom, voted 10 to 0 in favor of the ban, which takes effect immediately.
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[According to one Wikipedia contributor involved [...]

Good news from a remote island

Posted by Deuce Geary on March 31st, 2009

The Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, with a population of 186,000, just voted to become a “fully-fledged part of France,” which will require it to abandon some of its local legal customs. With a 61% voter turnout, the vote wax more than 95% in favor of the change in status.
Why should we care?
95% of the [...]

Either somebody went through an awful lot of trouble to put up a fake, but incredibly official-looking website, or the Connecticut General Assembly has at least one certifiable whack job out to get the Catholic church

Posted by Deuce Geary on March 9th, 2009

Wait a minute. ”One certifiable whack job”? In retrospect, that seems a little silly. The average for legislatures overall has to be that 30-40% of their memebrship are whack jobs. But I digress.
So anyway, Gateway Pundit has a post up saying that a bill proposed in the Connecticut legislature that would “put local laymen leadership [...]

Again, the Religious Left misses the point, and will get a complete pass.

Posted by Deuce Geary on December 30th, 2008

I really don’t like the religious left, for the same reason I don’t like the Left generally. Missing the obvious, twisting history and religion, dishonest (or honest but stupid) criticism are their hallmarks. But at least I have a faith in common with them . . . which makes their alliance with secular lefties all [...]

Unfair and Dishonest Criticism of Christian Activism

Posted by Deuce Geary on May 21st, 2008

Public Domain Image via WikipediaIt is a charge that is frequently leveled. Christians are so hung up on abortion and gays that they neglect many other worthy causes. Some critics go so far as to say that the Church neglects Jesus’ teachings.
Most recently, I saw this type of criticism at the blog Crime & Federalism [...]

A Good Take on the California Gay Marriage Ruling

Posted by Deuce Geary on May 19th, 2008

Laura at Pursuing Holiness writes why she’s not as worked up about the California gay marriage ruling as a lot of other conservative Christians. Citing low marriage rates and high rates of divorce, unmarried cohabitation, and out-of-wedlock births, she sums it up in the title of her post: Why not let gays have [...]

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