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Piethagoras' Theorem 
the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk
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http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN853614.html
| Quote: | Mon 28 Jan 2008, 14:54 GMT
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict warned on Monday of the "seductive" powers of science that relegate man's spirituality, reviving the science-versus-religion debate which recently forced him to cancel a speech after student protests.
"In an age when scientific developments attract and seduce with the possibilities they offer, it's more important than ever to educate our contemporaries' consciences so that science does not become the criteria for goodness," he told scientists.
Scientific investigation should be accompanied by "research into anthropology, philosophy and theology" to give insight into "man's own mystery, because no science can say who man is, where he comes from or where he is going", the Pope said.
"Man is not the fruit of chance or a bundle of convergences, determinisms or physical and chemical reactions," Benedict told a meeting of academics of different disciplines sponsored by the Paris Academy of Sciences and Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
The Pope reiterated a plea, made in many speeches since he was elected in 2005, for mankind to be "respected as the centre of creation" and not relegated by more short-term interests.
But the conservative German-born Pope's public stand on issues such as abortion and embryonic stem-cell research lead critics to accuse him of holding antiquated views on science.
Students and teachers at Rome's La Sapienza university -- which was founded by a pope more than 700 years ago -- cited such views when they protested loundly a papal speech scheduled for January 17 that it had to be cancelled.
In particular they criticised his views on science, saying a speech he gave in 1990 showed he would have favoured the Church's 17th century heresy trial against Galileo.
The Vatican said the protesters misunderstood that speech, made some 17 years ago when he was Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. |
Thank &%%& people like him no longer have the influence or power over mankind they once did. Could you imagine?
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Dave The Man 
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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The whole religion is living in the Dark Ages
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Zakal
One Game, One Club, One Jumper
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| frankiboy wrote: | http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN853614.html
Thank &%%& people like him no longer have the influence or power over mankind they once did. Could you imagine? |
You seen the US President before havent you?  |
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Piethagoras' Theorem
the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk
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hehe, yes, although I'm not sure evangelicals, protestants or whatever they call themselves actually adhere to the Roman's preachings.
I dare say he and his kind are probably even more backward.
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stui magpie 
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
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Location: In flagrante delicto
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Hmmm. And we criticise fundamentalist islamists for their backward views.
Any wonder Westerners are deserting mainstream religion and going to the Hillsong church or sects.
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spoljar 
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| stui magpie wrote: | | Hmmm. And we criticise fundamentalist islamists for their backward views. |
I know what you mean Stui. What is goes to show is that the Pope is as fundermentalist as what the Ayatolla Khomeini was. Just in a different way.
He does actually realise the world is not flat, does he? |
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sherrife
Victorian Socialists - people before profit
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Actually, the catholic church's refusal to endorse condoms has killed many millions more people than all the actions of all the islamic fundamentalists combined.
I would argue that the catholic church has damaged humanity far more in recent years on that basis alone.
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Pi
Joined: 13 Feb 2006
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| sherrife wrote: | Actually, the catholic church's refusal to endorse condoms has killed many millions more people than all the actions of all the islamic fundamentalists combined.
I would argue that the catholic church has damaged humanity far more in recent years on that basis alone. |
Based on what evidence?
As far as comparing religious body counts and the propensity for genocide among religious faiths, it would be a safer bet to say that none of them are clean, not by a long way.
In 1947 we had the Muslim massacre of Hindus, http://www.hinduholocaust.com/HinduHolocaustMuseum.htm
Ten years earlier in the late 1930’s we had the Catholic endorsement of the Nazi regime and holocaust that followed.
In fact over the course of last century both religions have inflicted misery and mayhem on a global scale.
In relation to the issue of condoms, you may also find that many Muslim leaders support the position of the Catholic Church on this matter and declared so publicly at the UN, despite the fact Islam does not specifically forbid it, in fact it was probably the only thing they could agree on.
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