Yet more BS from Pope Hilarity

[Sionnach Glic]

Pope Benedict XVI has said that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour is just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction.

He explained that defending God's creation was not limited to saving the environment, but also about protecting man from self-destruction.

The Pope was delivering his end-of-year address to senior Vatican staff.

His words, later released to the media, emphasised his rejection of gender theory.

Speaking on Monday, Pope Benedict XVI warned that gender theory blurred the distinction between male and female and could thus lead to the "self-destruction" of the human race.

Gender theory

Gender theory explores sexual orientation, the roles assigned by society to individuals according to their gender, and how people perceive their biological identity.Gay and transsexual groups, particularly in the United States, promote it as a key to understanding and tolerance, but the Pope disagreed.

When the Roman Catholic Church defends God's Creation, "it does not only defend the earth, water and the air... but (it) also protects man from his own destruction," he said.

"Rainforests deserve, yes, our protection, but the human being ... does not deserve it less," the pontiff said.

It is not "out-of-date metaphysics" to "speak of human nature as 'man' or woman'", he told scores of prelates gathered in the Vatican's sumptuous Clementine Hall.

"We need something like human ecology, meant in the right way."

The Catholic Church opposes gay marriage. It teaches that while homosexuality is not sinful, homosexual acts are.

Rev Sharon Ferguson, chief executive of Britain's Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, described the Pope's remarks as "totally irresponsible and unacceptable".

"When you have religious leaders like that making that sort of statement then followers feel they are justified in behaving in an aggressive and violent way," she said.

'Rock festival'

The pope uses his traditional end-of-year speech to offer his Christmas greetings and say a few words about what he considers the important issues of the day.

This year, Pope Benedict also deplored the tendency to depict the Catholic church's World Youth Day, which he attended in Sydney earlier this year, as mere spectacle.

He stressed that the event should not be considered a "variant of modern youth culture, as a kind of ecclesiastical rock festival with the Pope as the star," but as the fruition of a "long exterior and interior path".

Commence bitching.

[Aaron]

A guy who has never gotten laid is trying to tell us what we can and cannot do in that regard, yay! This guy needs a good ass fucking.

Edit: Nice to know that homosexuals or bi's are Untermensch though. Perhaps I should stick a pink triangle on my wife so the locals can stone her.

[Sionnach Glic]

Hey, he's probably just suggesting what he was thought back in the Hitler Youth.

[shran]

Would he say this wth regard to the entire human population or just the Catholic part?

[Nutso]

So, his Hitler Youth experience is coming in handy. I wonder when he's going to unveil his Final Solution for the gays...

[Captain Seafort]

*shrugs*

The entire OP can be summed up as "Shock news: the Pope's a Catholic".

[Mark]

Must better to be gay and a stand up person than a pedofile priest. Oh wait, they're not gay..................there just friggin' SICK!!!!


I notice his holiness is very quiet about that, as is most of the church.

[Sionnach Glic]

The church likes to pretend that doesn't happen.

[Mark]

Oh, yeah...........I forgot

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Someone might wanna clue him in that without the rainforests, we can't exactly breathe. Which is a lot more important than what two consenting adults do!

[Captain Seafort]

At least he realises, and is pointing out, that environmental issues are important, which makes him a sight better than most politicians it that respect.

[Mark]

Just not AS important as who is sleeping with whom.

[Graham Kennedy]

I guess you have to expect this sort of thing from a pope... I mean, it's part of the job description to base his opinions in the ethics and societal norms of 2,000 years ago.

For me it just highlights how silly the whole concept of religion is.

[stitch626]

At least he realises, and is pointing out, that environmental issues are important, which makes him a sight better than most politicians it that respect.

Very true. Unfortunately, he continues to speak after that.

When the Roman Catholic Church defends God's Creation, "it does not only defend the earth, water and the air... but (it) also protects man from his own destruction," he said.

Protects man from his own destruction...
Right. Does he know any history?
The Catholic church has been involved in more bloodshed than the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians combined.

No offense meant to Catholics.

[Mark]

But Stitch, that didn't count. They had God's permission.