"If he insults your mother, he should expect a punch." Is the Pope right?

[Master Bates]

What about insulting the Pope's daughter/spooge toy?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/common/3/31/Bartolomeo_Veneto_001.jpg


Hey, I'm just an art lover!

(I know I said I don't much care for tits-out shots, but if it's good enough for il Papa, it's good enough for me!

[howerd]

Originally Posted by brk549

Not thumping the Bible again but the thing religion has over not believing in anything is
faith.I believe everyone has to believe in something.

You are creating a false dichotomy here: not believing in religious claims isn't the same as 'not believing in anything'. It's not believing in one thing: a god. Faith is believing something without any reason. Trust is believing with some reason which may be good or bad & therefore the trust is valid or invalid depending on the magnitude of the claim made & the strength of supporting evidence for it.

The problem with religions (all religions) is they have precisely the same amount of independently verifiable evidence: i.e. none (regardless of what anyone says to the contrary). Therefore faith is merely an excuse for accepting an extraordinary claim on zero evidence. This is not an insignificant short coming of all religious beliefs.

[howerd]

Originally Posted by shagger

there's nothing wrong with what frankie's saying we should respect religions

Because...?

Because you can't!

Why?

Because you just can't!

You can criticise politicians, Mac vs. PC, anything really... but apparently not religion. WHY NOT?