Im not religious even though I went to a catholic school. I think it’s outdated, but If people take comfort from having faith who are we to judge?
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So in non-religious organisations where there is child sex abuse, are those organisations also bollocks?Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Im not religious even though I went to a catholic school. I think it’s outdated, but If people take comfort from having faith who are we to judge?
Spot on.
Not so fast. The religious continually try to **** up things for the rest of us. Would you seriously want someone who believes in a fairytale afterlife with their finger on the nuclear button? Religion is not harmless.
Bush Jnr?
Dubya
Which one was craziest-Dad or son?
I don't know of any organisations that say come to us , we will take care of you , pray with us , God is great , he is all powerful 🙏 but if one of our flock abuses you , we will forget all that move the priest somewhere else and cover up any wrongdoings
I mean it's pretty damning stuff that has gone on in the church
So no
As is always the case rotten establishments are defended to the death
Both lunatics
As was Blair , also on a mission from God
There's always one
Mind you look at caligula or the borgias
No it's not
The thread is about child abuse in the church and the fact it's covered up
Someone may get comfort from going to church but if they know the kids in Sunday school are being abused then they are part of the problem
But never mind that , it gives them comfort
The people who need religion to tell them to do good things could do good things without going to church
You can be a member of the local trainspotting club and raise hundreds of pounds for starving African kids
So I am not missing anything at all
Religion one day hopefully will die out as mankind realises what complete nonsense and hypocrisy it is
..laviticus..get ****ed
As always, some interesting replies and opinions on this topic.
My take on religion is as the thread title says, ‘Bollox’
Humans are always looking for answers from “above” when they have all the answers here in the real life.
This report just goes to show, that there is absolutely no safe haven from the disgusting and deplorable cancer that is Paedeophillia.
We don't have all the answers hence our search of the ether. If you take away all religion the questions of how everything came to be and why will still prevail. It would be interesting to see if we taught everyone that this is all there is and we're all in the same stranded boat and how that would play out. It could get just as messy.
I think this nails it
https://youtu.be/Jjch-CQbEUo
Bingo!
You’ve just hit the nail on the head, as to why religion exists.
To keep the masses passive.
That wasn't my point but never mind.
Leviathan ........shove it
They do cause harm though. I know of people from a church I was was forced to attend that are vehemently fighting against rights for homosexuals. If the things they are doing were done by Muslims they'd be called extremists and it would be condemned. Making life decisions and holding ridiculously strong views based on an imaginary friend from thousands of years ago is ridiculous and extremely dangerous.
We are all in the same boat. Some are rowing their bollox off and some are lying back and relaxing.
Science is the answer to our questions, not some imaginary god in the atmosphere.
Death is the last minute equaliser. A billionaire and a pauper both shuffle off their coils to obscurity, The problem being, lots of folk have difficulty accepting that.
Refusing medical treatment for their child , insisting God will heal him
Zero evidence that this happens but lots of evidence that medicine and medical intervention can save lives
People harassing medical staff outside abortion clinics , shooting them in America
But they do no harm and it gives them hope 🙏
There may be a god and there may be an afterlife but the evidence is very poor and the religious lobby have failed to come up with anything for hundreds of years
That's why it's called FAITH....Thomas was also a doubter.
I had a good friend, sadly died a few years ago. A very intelligent man, mathematician Oxford graduate.
Many years ago when on holiday in Greece he sat watching the sun go down over the hills and wondered at the beauty of it all, of the balance of nature and felt there had to be an unseen power to have created all of this...the heavens and the earth.
He became a priest and a good caring priest he was too. Ordinary bloke, used to support two teams Arsenal and Cardiff. He often came to home games with me. Good for a laugh, good repertoire of dirty jokes...but underneath it all an undying faith in God.
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