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In reply to the discussion: Pope Francis: Kids Must Have Moms and Dad [View all]Response to Warren Stupidity (Reply #175)
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I don't think it will change anytime soon. Increasingly ignored, yes, even by self-defined Catholics
pinto
Apr 2014
#8
OK, so you think the Pope is stating an opinion beyond his expertise...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#42
What is important is how we treat others, that's the most important thing, period
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#53
I'm sorry that I judge homophobes and misogynists as harshly as I do racists...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#56
Let me guess, someone makes a racist joke in your presence, you just laugh along...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#58
No, I usually say something like "That's not funny, that's racist" or express...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#60
However, when I decry bigotry from atheists, do you come to my defense?
Fortinbras Armstrong
Apr 2014
#143
Most of the time, the examples of "bigotry" from atheists is us not showing...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#144
Never claimed otherwise, but 99% of the time, the claims of "bigotry" are pure bullshit.
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#166
No, he still holds office over an organization with 1.2bn members or so.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2014
#49
Not at all, but I don't take his predictable remarks, dip a broad brush in them and use them
rug
Apr 2014
#160
I've been called a bigot for calling Pope Francis a homophobic bigot, I find that...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#40
Problem is that then I wonder what the person I'm ignoring is saying, then I would disable it.
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#45
You are being purposely obtuse as to the influence of the RCC in passing laws in...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#162
No, it was a response to one of our anti-theist members who twists my words to suit his agenda
Starboard Tack
Apr 2014
#168
No they aren't. They may influence believers, but they are not responsible.
Starboard Tack
Apr 2014
#24
Some types of birth control are used for more than just preventing pregnancy
LostOne4Ever
Apr 2014
#37
For the next 2 years, it is very important that my wife not become pregnant.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2014
#71
You're talking about an entity that lobbies to prevent access to things like
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2014
#76
Is it good? I thought that catholic lobbying doesn't affect non-catholics at all...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#89
You are wrong to say that Catholic Church beliefs occur in a vacuum and don't affect others.
Arugula Latte
Apr 2014
#157
There are only two hospitals left in the Seattle Area that haven't been purchased by the catholics.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2014
#70
And when a Catholic health group takes over yet another independent hospital or clinic?
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2014
#34
And the top six donors against I-1000 in Washington State were all catholic orgs.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2014
#72
I agree that individual Catholics (or any other religion) should not be attacked for their personal
LeftishBrit
Apr 2014
#193
I suspect this is their strategy, since they lost the fight against I-1000.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2014
#82
Well then you probably missed his equating gay marriage with marrying a bicycle or a hamster
Heddi
Apr 2014
#121
So you lied in earlier posts that said that non-Catholics are magically immune from...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#88
Really? Your language comprehension skills appear to be lacking somewhat.
Starboard Tack
Apr 2014
#102
Oh, I see, you are self centered then, when an LGBT couple can't marry in a country...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#108
You are the self-centered one - you don't care what the Catholic church does
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2014
#114
I didn't say what you just did, but I do wonder why Starboard Tack expresses so much "concern"
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#116
Oh, and to answer the question you didn't ask, yes I want the world to adopt my values...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#115
So its just a figment of our imaginations that many Archdioceses donate to NOM?
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#41
Oh shut up about credibility Starboard Tack, your disingenuous attacks on PEOPLE are getting old...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#87
Oh those big mean anti-theists who do NOTHING to try to legally restrict...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#109
Holy. Fucking. Shit. Do you read your own posts? Do you want me to list the laws and propositions...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#86
Comparing same sex marriage to marrying a hamster is quite a few steps beyond the pale
el_bryanto
Apr 2014
#205
Wait one fucking second, you were "in the trenches" when fighting policies the RCC lobbied for...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#145
You've spent this whole thread defending the Catholic church, and pretending that ordinary members
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2014
#167
Show me one post where I defend the catholic church or any religious organization
Starboard Tack
Apr 2014
#169
I know you can't respond, but another group likes to equate same sex marriage with beatiality
Heddi
Apr 2014
#188
I have even less interest in what you have to say about anything, especially my family
Starboard Tack
Apr 2014
#156
Look what other group thinks that gay marriage is the same as incest and beastiality
Heddi
Apr 2014
#189
They don't affect me. I am not a Catholic. How do they affect you? Right, they don't.
AlbertCat
Apr 2014
#84
Not sure why people don't realize that the culture war is over in developed countries
eridani
Apr 2014
#29
Not to minimize the class struggle, as a socialist it is of importance, the culture war is far...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#47
True, but that doesn't mean the legal blocks will fall away at the same rate, in fact...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#63
You see, they live within a box of unreality .. what credentials of expertise does he have?
YOHABLO
Apr 2014
#28
Correction for the Pope, kids should have loving adults in their lives...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#61
Research indicates that children of same-sex couples turn out at least as well, according to all
LeftishBrit
Apr 2014
#173