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Post by the_ignored on Oct 16, 2011 23:59:01 GMT -5
Yep, the Catholic church has been caught out (again) doing bullshit to humanity... This is low, even for them. Notice though that this apparently started under Franco...so guess who'll get the blame once the church starts feeling the heat. If anyone can get the link to the actual documentary once it airs it'd be nice...I don't know just how reliable this Daily Mail outfit is. I do know that PZ Myers has picked up on this. Looks like it happened in Australia and Ireland also. |
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Post by stormwarden on Oct 17, 2011 0:31:43 GMT -5
They're gonna need a lot more than luck to get out of this one.
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Post by Smurfette Principle on Oct 17, 2011 0:33:22 GMT -5
Eh, it's the Daily Fail, but somehow I'm not surprised.
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Post by RavynousHunter on Oct 17, 2011 0:36:45 GMT -5
Well, the PZ Myers article comments section has links to sites other than Daily Mail that have the same stuff. Though, the BBC article's figures are about 30,000 kids stolen, while DM reports round about 300,000. Either way...yeah. Fucked the fuck up.
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Post by Thejebusfire on Oct 17, 2011 0:42:41 GMT -5
The church had to have known that was going on...
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Post by canadian mojo on Oct 17, 2011 0:44:43 GMT -5
How do you do this and convince yourself that you are doing God's work?
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Oct 17, 2011 0:58:40 GMT -5
How do you do this and convince yourself that you are doing God's work? "We're ensuring that these babies get to go to heaven by placing them with devout couples!" "This evil, sinful harlot had sex before marriage; such a monstrous woman shouldn't be raising a child!" "We are God's chosen; therefore, we know better than the child's parents, or the heathen legal system." And it's just that easy. People can rationalize damn near anything. |
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Post by Iosa the Invincible on Oct 17, 2011 1:42:11 GMT -5
Some in the comments are already blaming him. Unfortunately, it doesn't explain why the practice continued for 14 years after his death.
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Post by Yla on Oct 17, 2011 1:45:52 GMT -5
I'll be in the Angry Dome.
Seriously, I thought, I'd be hardened by now, but this...
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Post by Random Guy on Oct 17, 2011 2:28:25 GMT -5
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Post by Runa on Oct 17, 2011 2:32:25 GMT -5
This happened in my home country.*sigh*
I cease to be amazed at this sort of thing.
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Post by brendanrizzo on Oct 17, 2011 9:16:04 GMT -5
It's stuff like this which is the reason that all religions need to die out.
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Post by askold on Oct 17, 2011 9:19:21 GMT -5
It's stuff like this which is the reason that all religions need to die out. It's not all the religions that are at fault here, not even all christians or all catholics. |
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Oct 17, 2011 14:58:09 GMT -5
It's stuff like this which is the reason that all religions need to die out. It's not all the religions that are at fault here, not even all christians or all catholics. That's awesome, it's still the Catholic institution that justified this bullshit, & it's not like no other religion will do this. |
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Post by anti-nonsense on Oct 17, 2011 18:07:00 GMT -5
what the hell? Just when I thought I'd seen every possible variety of religious fuckery, they come out with a new one.
I think I may have to go cry in a corner now.
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