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Catholic Church targets 'non-cognitive elites'
March 29, 2012 at 10:27 am
(This post was last modified: March 29, 2012 at 10:30 am by NoMoreFaith.)
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Pharyngula - PZ Myers Wrote:I have a new favorite insult!
by PZ Myers
I shouldn’t be this petty, given the ghastliness of these recently disclosed documents from the National Organization for Marriage. NOM is openly linking up with the Catholic Church, which is providing millions of dollars for campaigns to poison people into hating gays. They’re talking about fomenting hatred: they want to “interrupt the process of assimilation” of Hispanics into the wider culture by making gay marriage a sticking point; they say “The strategic goal of this project is to drive a wedge between gays and blacks – two key Democratic constituencies.”
This is despicable. They’re targeting minorities to train them to find a new reason to hate, an artificial reason that widens the gulf without addressing the real problems of discrimination.
That isn’t funny. Their methods aren’t funny, either: they have lots of money, and they’re throwing it into hate-mongering ads, just like the Mormon church did with Proposition 8. But one of their proposed tactics did tickle my warped sense of humor:
"Hollywood with its cultural biases is far bigger than we can hope to be. We recognize this. But we also recognize the opportunity – the disproportionate potential impact of proactively seeking to gather and connect a community of artists, athletes, writers, beauty queens and other glamorous non-cognitive elites across national boundaries."
Yeah, they’re going to recruit famous dumbasses who can fall for their lies and toxic message…because don’t you know how effective Victoria Jackson has been as a spokesperson for tea-party insanity? But I do love how they openly admit that they have to recruit stupid people…ahem, I mean “non-cognitive” people… to their cause.
That's just low.. deliberately targeting famous stupid people to get your message of Hate around.
These guys think they're doing the word of God, then why target stupid people? Do they already KNOW that smart people don't fall for their shit?
Weirds me out completely. But I have a new favourite insult too.
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RE: Catholic Church targets 'non-cognitive elites'
March 29, 2012 at 11:31 am
Of course it is low. It wouldn't be religion if it wasn't willing to sink to any depth, extract any price from humanity, disseminate any bullshit, exploit any intellectual weakness to aggrandize itself.
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RE: Catholic Church targets 'non-cognitive elites'
March 29, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Hey, that's what faith does. Ask any Christian, faith gives you the right to push any BS on anyone simply because you can, no matter how vile or harmful.
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RE: Catholic Church targets 'non-cognitive elites'
March 29, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Quote:deliberately targeting famous stupid people to get your message of Hate around.
Nothing new in this. All churches are aimed at the dumbest of the dumb. Just look at the collection of theistic assholes we have around here.
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RE: Catholic Church targets 'non-cognitive elites'
March 29, 2012 at 2:47 pm
(March 29, 2012 at 1:23 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Just look at the collection of theistic assholes we have around here.
About them, about those "theistic assholes" that come around here: why do they? Are they some kind of perverted masochists, or do they think they are doing the Lord's work? (Finding and trapping heathens in the lion's den).
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RE: Catholic Church targets 'non-cognitive elites'
March 29, 2012 at 3:00 pm
(March 29, 2012 at 2:47 pm)BoyWonder Wrote: About them, about those "theistic assholes" that come around here: why do they? Are they some kind of perverted masochists, or do they think they are doing the Lord's work? (Finding and trapping heathens in the lion's den).
Yes.
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RE: Catholic Church targets 'non-cognitive elites'
March 29, 2012 at 3:25 pm
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(March 29, 2012 at 2:47 pm)BoyWonder Wrote: (March 29, 2012 at 1:23 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Just look at the collection of theistic assholes we have around here.
About them, about those "theistic assholes" that come around here: why do they? Are they some kind of perverted masochists, or do they think they are doing the Lord's work? (Finding and trapping heathens in the lion's den).
I have soooo often wondered this too. I imagine they think it's their "Christian duty" to try and convert us to Chrisitianity ~cough~ force your religion on others ~cough~
Many religions, Christianity most especially, are absolutely incapable of the concept of live and let live. It's in the bible to "go out and make disciples" which over the years has turned into be a friggin pain in the ass and hound them over and over again and one day they will see the "truth" and convert. But what Christians don't understand is WE KNOW the whole friggin story and concept, if people wanted to convert they would. Sitting there forcing it down our throats will 99 times out of 100 do nothing but annoy us and turn us even more OFF to Christianity than towards it.
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RE: Catholic Church targets 'non-cognitive elites'
March 29, 2012 at 3:52 pm
So they consider writers to be in the same cognitive category as beauty queens? They must be talking about sit-com writers.
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RE: Catholic Church targets 'non-cognitive elites'
March 29, 2012 at 8:06 pm
I suspect the majority of them are just trolls.
But if they want to play the role I'm glad to shit all over them.
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