That scary evil dude (The pope)

The Pope.
Should we listen to what he has to say, or dismiss him as a crazy man who is out of touch with reality and the modern world?
I mean he did wear this hat...



















not to be festive, but because he thought it was a nice hat.
In my opinion when you start wearing red hats with white fir in the winter, and don't even think it may be mistaken as a Santa hat, you have started to loose touch with the world.

Moving on what does the Darth Sidious look alike have to say on important issues? This is more important than making Ad Hominem attacks on the poor guy, but I may slip in a few more because it is so easy when he looks like this...

So lets look at what he has to say about real world issues (please remember people listen to what he has to say).

Using condoms to prevent HIV:

"The traditional teaching of the church has proven to be the only failsafe way to prevent the spread of HIV/Aids."

The Pope warned that contraception was one of a host of trends contributing to a "breakdown in sexual morality", and church teachings should not be ignored.

Great, so based on his interpretation of a bronze age book that doesn't even mention contraceptives, as they hadn't been invented, he is willing to advise millions of people not to use condoms, even though it would save their lives. This is what is known as genocidal stupidity.

What else has the evil pope said/done?

On a minor note he believe that Harry Potter books are evil. (I will agree that 6 and 7 were pretty crap, but I don't know about evil!)

"It is good that you, esteemed and dear Mrs. Kuby, enlighten the people about Harry Potter, because there are subtle seductions, that act unconsciously, deeply distorting Christianity in the soul, before it can properly grow"

And people believe this nutjob is infallible?

Next, a big one.

Crimen Sollicitationis was enforced for 20 years by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before he became the Pope.

It instructs bishops on how to deal with allegations of child abuse against priests and has been seen by few outsiders.

Critics say the document has been used to evade prosecution for sex crimes.

Crimen Sollicitationis, was a confidential document which tells church officials to move priests, who are suspected of crimes such as child abuse, to a new area so they wont be caught and shame the church. It also goes into details on how to silence the accusers. Don't take my word for it, read it, I have linked to it above.
Not only this but Vatican City hides convicted priests and fights the extradition orders of countries where they are wanted.

In my opinion, anyone who can enforce a document that helps child abusers avoid the law, is a sick twisted individual. This man is someone who is happy to let children be sexually abused as long as no one finds out.
You can watch the panorama documentary on the subject on google video.

Now it is possible to go on all day about the things the Nazi Pope has done/said, so I will stop after just one more.

His recent papal encyclical not only attacks atheism with too many logical fallacies for anyone to consider. (His argument basically consists of: Communists were atheists, communists killed many people, therefore atheism is to blame for many deaths. Which is as logically sound as: McDonalds is a business, McDonalds have made many people fat, therefore business itself is to blame for the obesity.)
What I was more annoyed about was what he said on the subject of technology.

In the second encyclical of his papacy, Benedict urges Christians to put their hope for the future in God and not in technology, wealth or political ideologies which can often be deluding.Post Options

Now, quickly skipping over the old claims of money being evil and politics being corrupt, which I can't be bothered with. What the hell does "His Holiness" have against technology? There was a time when we valued God over technology, it is known as the Dark Ages! A time where everything was pretty fucked up from every ones point of view.
Oh except that the Pope had just as much power, if not more, than most of the world leaders. Hmm I wonder why he wants the world to return to the Dark Ages?

In conclusion the Pope is a selfish man who cares more about the power of his church than of the suffering of abused children, people suffering from AIDs and the benefits of modern technology. What a great man to be leader of 1billion Catholics, and no wonder they have to claim he is infallible, otherwise no one would ever listen to a crazy word he said.