Catholic, Episcopal leaders in Liberia: Ebola is God’s punishment for “penetrating homosexualism”

[trotsky]

http://americablog.com/2014/08/catholic-episcopal-leaders-liberia-blame-gays-ebola.html

...Catholic and Episcopal leaders in the west African state of Liberia signed on to a resolution that blames gays for the recent Ebola outbreak in the region.

Specifically, Archbishop of the Catholic Church of Liberia, Lewis Zeigler, and other church leaders came up with the notion that God is punishing Liberia for being too gay.

But they’re hoping that three days of fasting will help God get over his retributive homophobia.

[phantom power]

1. I'm always fascinated (and appalled) at how religions play this card over and over...

and over and over and over and over...

And the rubes are still suckered by it. You'd think that around the thousandth time some religious huckster goes off blaming this disease, or that natural disaster, on their cultural scapegoat of choice, that people would realize it's both bogus and morally bankrupt.

But no.

[mr blur]

2. But you're presuming that the rubes bother to think at all. (nt)

[Act_of_Reparation]

3. This is religion distilled into its simplest, most primitive form

Something bad has happened. Why? Because an invisible tyrant in the sky didn't like something we did and he/she is punishing us.

[Warren Stupidity]

4. This is a step forward. They are only blaming penetrating homosexualism.

We should be celebrating this opening up to non-penetrative homosexualism. Frottaging homosexualism is a-ok with god now!

Instead you bitter angry atheists are shamefully exploiting this horrible disease to take cheap shots at religion.













OFFS: this is not serious.

[trotsky]

6. LOLOLOL

Thanks to you Warren, I have learned a new word today.

[Lordquinton]

12. You are so correct!

I was told repeatedly in the other room that it's ok to be gay, as long as you never act on your evil, immoral urges.

[AtheistCrusader]

5. That kind of bigotry gets people killed.

[trotsky]

7. They're just fringe religious groups. Hardly representative of any major religion.

Oh, wait, they ARE major religions? Sorry, my bad.

[theHandpuppet]

8. Yes, it does.

Tortured, imprisoned, murdered.

I expect "Papa Frank" will be recalling the Archbishop any minute now....

[Lordquinton]

11. Oh, yea the Catholic Archbishop

But there's no one to recall the Episcopalian guy, and they are the "good" ones...

[theHandpuppet]

13. I was being facetious

We all know no one will be recalled, anyway. I'm rather surprised at the Episcopalians, though ... usually it's the Anglicans in league with the Bishops (like in Uganda with their hateful laws) but who can keep score anymore? Or are Episcopalians really Anglicans? It's all so confusing.

[theHandpuppet]

9. Can't you just feel the love?

Day after day after bloody day. Over there, gays get blamed for disease, here they get blamed for hurricanes and tornadoes. Everywhere, some are being beaten, imprisoned, fired, killed, committing suicide, made homeless, because God wills it. But what do I know? I'm just a "hater".

The Chicago Tribune
July 31, 2014, 7:59 PM

A longtime music director at Holy Family Catholic Church in Inverness said he was fired from his job this week after he announced that he was engaged to his male partner...

...“This has not been a secret,” said Collette, who held the job at Holy Family for 17 years. “My partner has read for the church at Mass. We have been living together for five years.”

...After returning to town, Collette headed worship for weekend Masses before being called into the pastor’s office Sunday night, he said.

Collette said the pastor, the Rev. Terry Keehan, told him: “‘I know that this is something that you’ve wanted for a long time.’ I said, ‘Yeah, I think this is what everyone wants, to be happy and be loved.’ He said, ‘In light of that, I would be happy to receive your resignation.’ “

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-church-fires-gay-man-met-20140731-story.html

[trotsky]

10. But, but, Richard Dawkins said something dumb in a tweet!

Now THAT'S outrageous!

[AlbertCat]

14. “penetrating homosexualism”

(cue 70's porn music....whaka-chicka whaka-chicka whaka-chicka)

Yeah Baby!
Do I make you horny?



Is that "-ism" like a religion...y'know like "Hinduism"?

Or is it more of a politico-social thing like Socialism?

Or is it like "scientism"....an "-ism" that doesn't really exist?


(Religious and woo people sure make up a lot of words!)

[FiveGoodMen]

15. This is precisely why religion must be destroyed.

[Curmudgeoness]

16. I just don't understand

why God punishes so many innocent people when he gets mad at a particular group. Kills so many heterosexuals and God-fearing Christians because he is mad at gays? Why doesn't he just wipe all the gays off the face of the earth? I mean right now, just do it.

I suppose this is a question best asked of people who know more about God than atheists. Sorry for the rant.

[uriel1972]

17. But there are so many good things religions do...

*cough*...