I really don't see how anyone would ever follow the teachings of any authority when they are so demonstrably wrong and/or baseless.
Catholicism is fucking ridiculous. It's like a castle built on thin air. Take away the warm fuzzies that make you "know by personal experience" that gawd exists and it falls apart.
/rant
Catholicism is fucking ridiculous. It's like a castle built on thin air. Take away the warm fuzzies that make you "know by personal experience" that gawd exists and it falls apart.
/rant
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."