Vatican Sends Urgent Appeal

In conjunction with a similar blog over at Atheist Revolution regarding the Vatican, here is a related development:

"VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican announced a stunning decision Tuesday to make it easier for Anglicans to convert, reaching out to those who are disaffected by the election of women and gay bishops to join the Catholic Church's conservative ranks."

The Vatican has a strong history of shifting their vast collection of pedophile priests from one city to another and restricting access to their pious bureaucracy via the special treatment given to "faith based" organizations in order to hide these many crimes against innocent Catholic children.

Then, when secular law prevails to expose these numerous crimes, the Roman Catholic diocese prevents civil trials and victim compensation by filing for bankruptcy:

"Sex Case Diocese Files For Bankruptcy"

So now, in an attempt to attract more "conservative" sheep into the flock, the Vatican finds it necessary to appeal to "the base" of bigotry, misogyny and homophobia.

Obviously, I am not a Roman Catholic, but even the moderate religious adherents should concede that humane compassion and any form of liberal interpretation of Jesus' teachings is giving way to fundamentalism.

Never has there been a better example of organizational cognitive dissonance brought about by the pressure of obsessively unquestioned fealty and communal indoctrination.

Perhaps our own Tim Minchin can now lead us in song ~

I Love Jesus (NSFW)

Tags: Vatican, Catholic Church, faith, children, bigotry, homophobia, Tim Minchin