Musings of a free mind...

Another religious contradiction? Surely not!

BBC news reported Monday that Pope Benedict  XVI told a meeting of bishops that the pursuit of money and wealth is pointless.

He says that the current financial crisis is proof of this.  That the banking institutions going under, being nationalised or taken over are proof of this.

And here's the catch:  He says that instead of pursuing wealth, people should base their lives on God's word.  But, as the spokesman for God, wouldn't that effectively mean people would be basing their lives on what he, the Pope, says?

I agree that people SOLELY shouldn't pursue wealth, but ol' Benedict here is being a bit of a hypocrite.  Take a look at his shiny, expensive looking hat:

Oh, and the current economic climate isn't "proof" that people shouldn't pursue wealth and should, instead, pursue God.  It's proof that, as a collective of thinking, free-minded individuals, society as a whole is undergoing evolution.

We're adapting to change as time moves forward.  Unlike religion.

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No more mistakes!

So I'm just about to go to bed and I read a story on Yahoo (UK) news about a government official who is due to be charged after losing top secret files allegedly relating to al Qaeda, and also a report on the Iraqi armed forces.

The files were found in an envelope on a train and apparently this anonymous government figure will be charged under the Official Secrets Act.

Unfortunately the article didn't specify what exactly the person is going to be charged with.  This is important to me as I wonder to how inhumane we've become when we start filing criminal charges against a person who has made a mistake.

That's all it is, a mistake.  There has never been even an allegation that this person mislaid the files deliberately or had any ulterior motives for losing the files.

This is a mistake.  People are human.  Humans make mistakes.

How you can punish someone so severely for a genuine mistake is beyond me.

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The fundamental problem.

Fundamental Christian America strikes again with another instance of logic and reason-defying stupidity.

'Gospel Today' magazine has been pulled from public display from more than 100 Lifeway Christian bookstores in the USA.  "Why?"  You might ask.  Well, it turns out that this month's issue has a picture of 5 female pastors on the front cover.  Obviously this is unacceptable.

The Southern Baptist Convention owns the bookstores and has pulled the magazine from display because female pators are "contrary to what we believe."

I despair at the USA every time religious stories like these rear their ugly head.  It just serves as a reminder of how backwards, judgemental and discriminatory the worlds largest superpower is.

I was under the impression that God loved all as equal?  If that's the case, I'm sure it wouldn't mind a few female preachers.  In fact, I KNOW it wouldn't.  Because, if God exists, it would be very SANE and LOGICAL.  Don't you see?

It's another case of a few male chauvinists at the top who are scared of losing their position of power to women.  This is a man-made issue, not an issue of the divine.

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