Re: The Archbishop of Canterbury : Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:25 pm  

Much fun to be had yesterday watching "The Big Questions" on BBC1 - the liberal and raving loony wings of the Anglican church sat tearing strips off each other while a smug Catholic sat in the front row grinning himself to death.

It all comes down to how you interpret the Bible, and whether you believe it to be the word of God or not apparently. Given the New Testament was written about 400 years after the fact it's pretty funny to see those who are prepared to treat it as a contemporaneous record of events defending their position.

Re: The Archbishop of Canterbury : Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:52 am  

wigan_rlfc wrote:

He's hardly the only priest who ever felt the urge to kiss the ring though is he?

Re: The Archbishop of Canterbury : Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:23 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

He's hardly the only priest who ever felt the urge to kiss the ring though is he?

I have yet to read anything about his church castrating young boys either to 'help' them against homosexuality or as a punishment for speaking out about abusive priests, as per the stories now coming out of the Netherlands, which also include the revelation that a former Dutch PM knew what his church was doing and help keep it secret.

Re: The Archbishop of Canterbury : Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:12 pm  

And specifically on that story ...

And specifically on that story ...

Re: The Archbishop of Canterbury : Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:02 pm  

If ever there was a case of religion attempting to trump common sense, then these three should be thrown out of office on the grounds that if lunatics cannot vote, they should certainly not be allowed to serve in Parliament. MPs demand ASA overturn ban on Healing on the Streets claim that god can heal through prayer They are now asking the ASA for scientific evidence that god cannot heal. They're even citing the case of Patrice Muamba

If ever there was a case of religion attempting to trump common sense, then these three should be thrown out of office on the grounds that if lunatics cannot vote, they should certainly not be allowed to serve in Parliament. MPs demand ASA overturn ban on Healing on the Streets claim that god can heal through prayer They are now asking the ASA for scientific evidence that god cannot heal. They're even citing the case of Patrice Muamba

Re: The Archbishop of Canterbury : Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:08 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

He's hardly the only priest who ever felt the urge to kiss the ring though is he?

Why would the Archbishop of Canterbury kiss the Pope's ring ?

Re: The Archbishop of Canterbury : Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:48 pm  

Can't the SAS just covertly bump them off and then they won't have to prove anything.

Re: The Archbishop of Canterbury : Mon Mar 26, 2012 3:01 pm  

Sandra The Terrorist wrote:

Can't the SAS just covertly bump them off and then they won't have to prove anything.

Now corrected

Re: The Archbishop of Canterbury : Mon Mar 26, 2012 3:38 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

Now corrected

Now my post just looks silly, I can manage it all on my own without you helping out.

Re: The Archbishop of Canterbury : Mon Mar 26, 2012 3:45 pm  

Sandra The Terrorist wrote:

Now my post just looks silly, I can manage it all on my own without you helping out.

You need to use the quote facility if you really want to take the piss