That's true, but the difference is that any view a religion takes becomes a dogma.
Whether it be geocentricm, views on homosexuality and women, belief in a god or
any other dogma the church has held/still does hold.

Dogma changes far slower than intellectual or social trends, which is why the CoE only
started ordaining gay vickers in the late 90s/early 00s; long after equality in the
work place was granted.

The inertia of doctrine lingers for a long time and leads to long staying reputations,
even after change has finaly taken place.

Well at least he wont have to worry about being beheaded for making that video:yep: A lot of christains would be laughing with him i presume if they see the funny side of it.

I thought it was a very funny satire. A poke in the ribs type of joke. Certainly nothing to get upset over.

Well, it's nothing surprising, that's for sure. My religious leaders have often pointed out that it's inevitable we will be ridiculed for holding our beliefs, even as the selfsame PC-cultists yammer on and on about how wonderful Islam & other religions are. :nope: Still, better this trash than the serious persecution that Christians in other countries have to put up with.

I know, I cannot buy that either, but the person telling me was reading a book on the Catholic Church....

I really think the next video should be poking fun at the two sides trying to stamp out each other's genes.. or have one side clone a member of the other side or something. It's the next logical step.

Imagine..

"We have bioengineered Christian chickens !"

I really think the next post should be Skybird lecturing Americans about how intolerant they are (as usual). He's setting quite an example with his tolerance for Christians. I bet the hilarious irony would escape him, but that's his loss.

A book by whom - Pat Condell...? :lol:

Some of you guys thought this was real???:o :nope:

I got the joke as soon as I read the title.:rock:

Im not sure any thaught it was "real" as such (no one could do that right?!), but reading
through the posts here it looks like at least one person is suspect for missing the irony. ;)

I read it three, with a fourth having come to a late enlightenment. Thus my comment two days ago.

Still can't believe how this thread developed. I just burst in a laughter over that film, appreciated the cleverness in it - and that was all in there for me.

Hmmmm no, but, Eastern Rite Catholic priests can be married if they were so before ordination. Just like the Eastern Orthodox Churches where most Eastern Rite churches originate from (they recognize the pope but keep Eastern rites and the right to ordain married men). I think married Anglican priests who convert are allowed to become Catholic as well but that I am shaky on.

I just thought the film was funny but as usual threads take on a life of their own.

I'm surprised I missed this post - it exemplifies the attitudes toward Christianity I encountered. Like I said, in college whenever Christianity was mentioned (outside of historical courses) it was generally for the purpose of tying conservative Christians to Fred Phelps and his kind. That's the way the left wingers on campus thought. Their intolerance of conservative Christianity was always justified, as opposed to the "bad intolerance" of the Westboro-type Christians. Christian "hatemongers" were a mortal threat to the campus and to society - never mind that liberal viewpints predominated throughout pretty much the entire school.

I admit that I didnt get the irony first. Well I didnt pay much attention afterall, and maybe I don't think this stuff is as silly as it sounds.

This is because there are neurologic hints towards a religious brain (of course not differentiated between christianity and other forms ) - not so much different to brains with special mathematical or musical talent. Of course this kind of research is under the carpet and not very welcome - the same as the research on gay, criminal or intelligence genes. People of course are less scared by the facts than by what could be made out of it.

Yeah, "religious" (of all kinds) people get on my nerves... ;)