Every year, Catholic clergy invite the Supreme Court Justices to attend a special mass on the Sunday prior to the opening of a new term on the First of October. Here is an excellent article linked to in the title to this posting by our good friend Rob Boston.With regards to the problems of separation of religion and government, I have this to say. In my 55 years, I have only witnessed one religion in the United States of America. That religion is the worship of Money. I have never met a single member of the clergy of any religious organization that did not worship Money above all else. And of course, all politicians worship at the temple of the Golden Idol. And this is a Capitalist nation, one nation under Greed.
In previous years, some bishops have even used the mass to carp about the lack of tax support for Catholic schools.
So tell me if anyone out there knows, whatever happened to that sin of usury?
If thou lend money to any of My people, even to the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest. {Exodus, 22:24}
In The Divine Comedy Dante places the usurers in the inner ring of the seventh circle of hell, below even suicides. (Showing how cultural attitudes have changed since the 14th century, the usurers’ ring was shared only by the blasphemers and sodomites.)
OMG, we’re going to spend eternity with all the money changers and gays and lesbians.After Katrina, the Washington Post showed a picture of a Nun testifying on Capitol Hill for money. And don’t even get me started on all the tax breaks they enjoy and work the hardest to protect above all else. No children, there is a god. And everyone you know worships that god. It is the Almighty Buck. Now pray for more bucks to fall into your pocket. God bless.Peter Nuhn
Rusty,
Why does this not apply to O.J.? His trial may not have been a fraoud, but it certainly was a scam.
you frauds are jealous of the catholic church because it preachs the truth.open your hearts and your wallets.faith is about taking chances something you angry unhappy atheists don’t have the courage to do.if you believed in something bigger than yourself maybe you would have morals.atheism=homosexuality most likely the source of your unhappiness.
Thanks for the WP link to Dawkin’s answer to the On Faith question.
More of his answers can be found starting here:
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/richard_dawkins/
Man, talk about grabbing people’s interest. 692 comments is incredible.
I thought I had posted on this earlier, but I don’t find it now. At the Newsweek/WP “On Faith” site, you can find “Muslims Speak Out”.
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/projects/muslimsspeakout/index.html
These are supposedly “moderate” Muslims, but reading their apologies for Islam, you soon find that they are completely delusional like the “radicals”.
Like xians too, they love to cherry pick their “sacred” texts and then give their “correct” interpretation as opposed to the “false” one of the radicals.
As I have pointed out before, all such interpretations are equivalent because there is no standard by which to judge the truthiness of one or another.
bernarda
and you are not delusional i suppose.god is real just take out a dollar bill and look at him.
reason,
George Washington is god?
666,
No, that is his eye staring down at you from above the pyramid. It’s just one of the ways he fulfills his omnipresence obligations.
You DO have a dollar bill on you, don’t you? It is required by law!
I have a dollar bill taped above my marital bed, so God can ensure I only have sex for procreation reasons, and only in the missionary position.
Ren,
(chuckle)
Not really sure I want a peeping tom right in my bedroom!