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theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
Thu May 1, 2014, 04:42 PM May 2014

Kenya catholic church critcises Obama's gay stance

http://www.tvcnews.tv/?q=article/kenya-catholic-church-critcises-obamas-gay-stance

TVC NEWS, NAIROBI - The catholic church in Kenya has criticised U.S. President Barack Obama's call for legalisation of same-sex union in Africa.

"Let him (Obama) forget... I don't think God was making a mistake when he created Adam and Eve and told them what to do," Archbishop of Nairobi, Cardinal Njue told a local newspaper.

Cardinal Njue said Kenyans should respect their identity and cultural norms, adding that they dont need lessons from a "ruined" society.

"We must be proud of who we are. Those who have already ruined their society cannot come here to teach us what we should do," he was quoted as saying by Daily Nation.... MORE
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Kenya catholic church critcises Obama's gay stance (Original Post) theHandpuppet May 2014 OP
If I was satan ... GeorgeGist May 2014 #1
If I was satan... Fearless May 2014 #2
So love thy neighbor... Fearless May 2014 #3
Just follow these simple rules and you, too, may find enlightenment theHandpuppet May 2014 #4
Umm... Fearless May 2014 #5
Never, have I been so fed up with fucken religion as now. Religion today is RKP5637 May 2014 #6
I don't know... uriel1972 May 2014 #7
Yep, quite true. It is laced with some pretty strange groups, cults, RKP5637 May 2014 #8

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
4. Just follow these simple rules and you, too, may find enlightenment
Fri May 2, 2014, 07:19 AM
May 2014

Rule 1: No sex. Ever.

Other rules: after #1, does it matter?

A map for your road to enlightenment may be found here: http://www.couragerc.net/

RKP5637

(67,109 posts)
6. Never, have I been so fed up with fucken religion as now. Religion today is
Sat May 3, 2014, 12:17 AM
May 2014

filled with more wackos than usual.

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)
7. I don't know...
Sat May 3, 2014, 03:18 AM
May 2014

Having read a bit of history, it seems its always had it's fair share of whackaloons.

RKP5637

(67,109 posts)
8. Yep, quite true. It is laced with some pretty strange groups, cults,
Sat May 3, 2014, 08:54 AM
May 2014

practices and belief systems throughout history. And huge profit centers of wealth. What always strikes me is how many people seemingly can't think for themselves, seemingly preferring to follow blindly dogmatic and pragmatic belief systems, but often falsified for the advantage of the upper echelon.

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