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Related: About this forumPope Benedict: Church Must Stand Against "Intolerant Agnosticism"
Reuters | Posted: 01/06/2013 7:13 am EST
By Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Pope Benedict said on Sunday that Roman Catholic leaders must have the courage to stand up to attacks by "intolerant agnosticism" prevalent in many countries.
The pope and the Church have come under increased attack because of their opposition to homosexual marriage and women priests. The pope has repeatedly denounced what he says are attempts to push religion out of public debate.
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"Anyone who lives and proclaims the faith of the Church is on many points out of step with the prevalent way of thinking," he said. "The approval of the prevailing wisdom, however, is not the criterion to which we submit."
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"Today's regnant agnosticism has its own dogmas and is extremely intolerant regarding anything that would question it and the criteria it employs," the pope said.
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AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Hey, Pope Benny, fuck you.
djean111
(14,255 posts)"Today's regnant agnosticism has its own dogmas and is extremely intolerant regarding anything that would question it and the criteria it employs," the pope said.
Warpy
(111,437 posts)is clearly in need of a few whacks by a clue-by-four.
Unfortunately he's well guarded, so that's just not going to happen. The irony meter will continue to be pinned until the old fool kicks the bucket.
LeftishBrit
(41,219 posts)I thought the whole point of being agnostic is that you don't think you know the answer; how can that be intolerant?
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)If you have twitter maybe he will answer you
okasha
(11,573 posts)Agnostics get bricks thhrown at them from both sides: conservative theists and atheists who call them dishonest cowards, neither of which allows them the dignity of self definition.
rug
(82,333 posts)I suspect he used agnosticism because the rest of the homily was about truth, as in known truth.
He is, if nothing elses, an academic to the core.
rug
(82,333 posts)cbayer
(146,218 posts)Including the Pope's.
skepticscott
(13,029 posts)"A bunch of dumbasses"? If so, consider it challenged.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)C'mon Scott, intolerance is a problem for others. Bayers can spew whatever they want yet remain on their high horses criticizing others. IOKIYAB!
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)We have ways of making you not know.
Just give me time to ask the chief agnostic, the guy who is exactly 50% infallible. That'll clear this all up.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)The church's slippage into irrelevancy is entertaining to watch...
Iggo
(47,591 posts)...and not sad, at all...not even a little bit.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)uriel1972
(4,261 posts)I recall reading in at least one of the gospels that he enjoined his followers to go forth with as few belongings as possible.
I don't see this much in the Pope and RCC as an organisation. If they became more 'Christ-like', stopped preaching intolerance towards LGBT'ers and woman and did a bit more with all that wealth they have accumulated than I might give a tinker's cuss or more about what they had to say.
gcomeau
(5,764 posts)Used by juvenile jackasses who think they're being clever all over the world. And of course, in the Vatican.