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RE: Another example of the religious war on science
April 25, 2012 at 4:57 pm
(This post was last modified: April 25, 2012 at 4:58 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Oh IDK Poetess, people like to get dressed up and bullshit each other about how successful or happy or decent they are regardless. I bet they wouldn't lose as many parishioners as one might hope. Plenty of folks banging their heads against the pews do it out of tradition alone.
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RE: Another example of the religious war on science
April 25, 2012 at 5:04 pm
The fuckers already have a problem with attendance.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/o...story.html
Quote:merican congregations have grown less healthy in the past decade, with fewer people in the pews and aging memberships, according to a new Hartford Seminary study.
We just need to keep up the pressure by existing as an alternative to their silly bullshit.
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RE: Another example of the religious war on science
April 25, 2012 at 6:16 pm
Fuck sake... the Catholics can never do anything right.
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RE: Another example of the religious war on science
April 25, 2012 at 6:58 pm
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Quote: DM says: "So instead they decided the single mother violated Roman Catholic Church doctrine by using artificial insemination - which is considered a 'gravely immoral act' by the Catholic church."
That's just disgusting I have absolutely no respect for these nutbags anymore whatsoever.
What's crazier is they don't accept children from IVF but they do the ones concieved from rape.
Apparently children concieved from rape is not immoral because they where concieved the natural way or way "God intended".
Just look they even have a special appreciation tours for those because they where not aborted:
http://www.personhoodusa.com/press-relea...tour-today
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RE: Another example of the religious war on science
April 25, 2012 at 9:00 pm
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So, they'll go to the greatest lengths to keep women from having abortions and using birth control. But when a woman actually WANTS to have a baby, and by any means necessary, she gets fired?!
Sounds more like a war on logic to me 
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RE: Another example of the religious war on science
April 26, 2012 at 2:04 am
This isn't just an example of the war on science, it's the War on Freedom (as well as the War on Reproductive Rights).
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RE: Another example of the religious war on science
April 26, 2012 at 2:40 am
Ok, so here's the thing I've never understood about believers: if you are willing to stretch your mind into believing in miracles, that there is an omnipotent god, that the earth is about 6000 years old etc etc, why can't you for everyone's sake convince yourself that your brilliant god came up with IVF, to answer the prayers of childless women and so forth? (I know that there are some who do, and even though it's annoying, it is at least better than the alternative, I think..)
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RE: Another example of the religious war on science
April 26, 2012 at 5:54 am
Because they think that if you are childless, that is god's will, and IVF is using evil science to circumvent his will. You've got to remember, these are people that believe that understanding and manipulating the world through science is inherently evil, until of course they need cancer treatment.
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RE: Another example of the religious war on science
April 26, 2012 at 6:15 am
(April 26, 2012 at 5:54 am)Faith No More Wrote: [...] until of course they need cancer treatment.
Not all. There are still those crazy fuckers, who prefer to pray the cancer away.. 
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RE: Another example of the religious war on science
April 26, 2012 at 11:28 am
Luckily, those have a short shelf-life.
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