Papal Irony

Protesting students at a university founded by Pope Boniface VIII back in 1303 successfully get Pope Benedict's visit canceled. And the Pope's intended message "I don't come to impose the faith"

"Many things said by theologians in our [Church] history or even practiced by Church authorities, have been proven false by history. Nevertheless, it is true that the history of the saints, the history of Humanism grown on the foundations of the Christian faith, demonstrates that at its essential core is the truth of the faith, thus giving it a role in public reason."

Oh the sweet irony when the uninformed proclaim their shallow knowledge from the rooftops.

They that lack faith

Amid the hooting and hollering, clapping and cheers, there is a hollow silence. The atheist and "secularists" that protested the papal visit to La Sapienza university in Rome, and think they have won, are exposing a crisis of faith. No, not a crisis of faith in God, there has to be some faith for it to be a crisis. They are revealing a crisis of faith in "science". Or more accurately, their faith in secularism.

If their "science" can't handle a visit from a prominent religious figure, perhaps it isn't science at all. Science by definition should be tested. If the theory doesn't hold up, then it is discarded.

I'll drink to that

Never really needing a good reason to enjoy a good drink, here is a good reason anyway. Tolkien Society: 2008 birthday toast index

word games

Funny how the "tolerant left" is so intolerant of anyone who doesn't agree with them. Those that want us to tolerate any sort of repulsive behavior won't allow anyone to speak against them because "someone may be offended". Irony Alert: Catholic Disallowed to Speak About Intolerance Toward Catholics

The Royal Commonwealth Society barred a well-known Roman Catholic commentator from attacking intolerance towards Christians at its annual carol service.

Cristina Odone, a writer and editor on religion, was to be one of the "celebrity readers" at a service in St Martin in the Fields church in central London next month, which is attended by diplomats and politicians.

She intended to speak about how secularists are intolerant of those of faith. But she was told that those words were inappropriate and then told she couldn't speak.

"I am incandescent," said Odone after being told that the words she had written were "not appropriate because the congregation would include people of little or no faith who presumably would be upset. Even more insultingly, I was asked instead to read a passage from Bertrand Russell, a militant atheist."

She developed the theme of secular intolerance towards believers of all faiths, from the British Airways worker suspended for wearing a cross to the Muslim schoolgirl banned from wearing the veil.