The Pope's recent comment about secularism and Nazism have really angered me - and many others, including Christians. I think the anger that this has caused is evidence enough that secularists don't identify with Hitler. The catholic church on the other hand:
A list of Hitler's religious quotes can be found here. Let's not forget that he was a member of the catholic church; he never left and more importantly, he was never excommunicated. Not surprising as Ratzinger thinks Holocaust denial is OK and presumably Pius XII thought genocide was OK too as he frequently restrained himself from speaking out over fears for the church's power base.
Over to Dawkins. No doubt the faithful will ignore the deep moral outrage here and not engage with the fact that condoms save lives etc....
Tim Minchin sums up how I feel right now.
2 comments:
Billy,
Good evening! Horribly late, I know, but yes indeed. (And you're right about these remarks offending christians too, I've come across a number in real life and online who've been very quick to distance themsleves from this madness.)
And Tim Michin's Pope Song is great. In a related although much less sweary way, his "White Wine In The Sun" is the best Christmas song ever, and his current DVD is marvellous too...
Mark_W
Great song Mark. Hope you'll be having a good Xmas
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