(June 11, 2012 at 9:40 pm)Epimethean Wrote: Your rhetoric is getting stained, dear. Your pope does not agree with you.Yes he did. Your quote is from a totally different context.
Quote:Standing next to the Queen, the Pope delivered a highly-politicized speech that was long on intolerance and hatred and short on accuracy. The Pope used this speech to warn Britain about "aggressive forms of secularism" and "atheist extremism" in society. He recounted Britain's stand against the Nazis, then stated "As we reflect on the sobering lessons of the atheist extremism of the Twentieth Century."lol what? Intolerance and hatred? Would you feel the same if he talked about "aggressive forms of religiosity" and "religious extremism"? Is that also "intolerant" and "hateful"? Because I can tell you I hear those sorts of statements every day. If this is what you call "persecution of atheists" then welp!
Again, a very very number of Christians were killed in the 20th century in the name of state atheism. Thousands upon thousands of times the number of atheists who were killed in the entire history of state religion. Learning lessons from that isn't "intolerant of atheists".
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Woe to the serpent and rescue to man.
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Measure your aid by the depth of our need.
Bend from your throne at the voice of our crying,
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