Some religious bloke not falling to temptation

[Derek Smith]

. . . for hyperbole:

"In the fight for the family, the very notion of being – of what being human really means – is being called into question,"

What is it? Vicars buggering children? The church's stand against condoms in an Africa ridden with AIDS? The rant against birth control despite the vast majority of its members practising it? Or the advice to scientists not to do their job in trying to find out about the universe?

No. Somethng far, far worse it would appear.

[url]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/v...

[scenario8]

Broken link, Derek?

[Digger]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/v...

[TheHeretic]

And you wonder why people are voicing their opposition to 'religion'.

[KB_S1]

It is almost like something The Onion would publish.
Just not as close to reality.

[Caulkhead]

Ex-nazi in lecturing people on the value of the family shocker.

[TheHeretic]

Caulkhead said:

Ex-nazi in lecturing people on the value of the family shocker.

This is the chap who was in charge of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, who essentially kept kiddy fiddling under wraps. Nice bloke to be lecturing on anything to do with morals.

[anonymous-user]

What's his point? Is gay marriage going to be made compulsory then?

[SpeckledJim]

TheHeretic said:

Caulkhead said:

Ex-nazi in lecturing people on the value of the family shocker.

This is the chap who was in charge of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, who essentially kept kiddy fiddling under wraps. Nice bloke to be lecturing on anything to do with morals.

Steady on. That was some infallible kiddy-fiddler-hiding you're criticising.

[TheHeretic]

REALIST123 said:

What's his point? Is gay marriage going to be made compulsory then?

yes, and we straight folk will be doooooomed.... DOOOOOOOOOMED!

[Mr_B]

Every knows the real problem for mankind is overpopulation. Maybe more people coming out as gay and getting on with their life, would be of more benefit than telling fools that condoms are bad.

[hornet]

Population of planet 1927 > 2 billion
Population of planet 2012 > 7 billion

So that's 5 billion additional people during Ratzinger's lifetime, a period during which homosexuality has moved from being hidden and illegal to legal and for the most part accepted in most reasonable corners of the world. If that's an attack on the future of humanity, it's a pretty rubbish one.

I'm not sure how seriously I can take lectures about the future of the species from a man who believes humanity started from a man and his genetic male transgender clone and whose career dictates celibacy.

[HOGEPH]