CBC posts story on Pope, who promotes being good stewards of Earth; CBC reader/haters go wild

Aceeeeee wrote:
Posted 2008/07/17 at 4:44 PM ET
When one man sees something others dont, we usually call it hallucination. When thousands of people hallucinates, its called religion.

Victor Hughes wrote:
Posted 2008/07/17 at 4:14 PM ET

[…] They continue to fleeece the poor, especially in the third world, … Return to the hillside religious presentations!!
Sadly, you are too comfortable in the west preaching to the ‘blue rinse’ crowd!!

cds_carlo wrote:
Posted 2008/07/17 at 1:32 PM ET

[…] Also the Vatican backed the Nazi regime of Hitler. These are things that people don’t see about the church

Anyways I do not mean to offend anyone but I just believe this information is good for eveyrone to know

Mountain Man wrote:
Posted 2008/07/17 at 1:07 PM ET

[…] I was disappointed though that the Pope didn’t acknowledge his church’s role in overrunning this planet with greedy humans. I guess that would be too much to ask for.

True North wrote:
Posted 2008/07/17 at 12:15 AM ET

It’s easy for the Pope to jump on the climate change bandwagon, after all it’s not going to affect his life style. But what really gets my goat is that any civilized country would let the Roman Catholic Church hold a youth festival in the first place. It’s like leading sheep to the slaughter. And while the Pope pontificates about the environment he makes no apologies for the sex abuse scandals which he himself tried to cover up. That makes Ratzinger a moral coward in my opinion.

SensFan wrote:
Posted 2008/07/17 at 12:02 AM ET

Let me get this straight…

A Nazi who leads a group that says birth control is wrong flew halfway around the world to complain about violence and consumption are ruining the world?

Wow….just wow…

cait50 wrote:
Posted 2008/07/17 at 9:43 AM ET

Thank goodness he’s doing something useful instead of attacking women and gays.

Beaconsfield Ray wrote:
Posted 2008/07/17 at 8:22 AM ET

If the Holy Roman Catholic Church would enter the 21st century and remove their archaic stance on birth control (a true crime against humanity), perhaps there would be less people on this planet (and fewer painful deaths from over-population, starvation and associated diseases) and therefore, less ‘insatiable consumption’.

Budgemuch wrote:
Posted 2008/07/17 at 8:17 AM ET

“Man shall have dominion over the fish, the animals…”

With a dangerous statement like that, I’m surprised there is anything left of the Earth at all.

This is merely one passage of many in that hysterical collection of nursery rhymes and fairy tales – aka, the Bible – which gives religious fanatics the belief that they are free to rape, pillage, and plunder the earth while God stands by to cover their backsides.

What a disgrace.

The Pope should be forced to debate either Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens in person. Preferably both at the same time. Maybe then will the Pope realize what an obscenity against common-sense and nature religion is.

FarLeft wrote:
Posted 2008/07/17 at 8:12 AM ET

Well, it’s worth a try.

The deniers of global warming and over-consumption refuse to believe the scientists.

Maybe they’ll believe the Pope – most of them are religious nutjobs anyway.

liberalminded wrote:
Posted 2008/07/17 at 7:12 AM ET

“…“poison” are afflicting the world’s social environment, he said, such as substance abuse, along with the exaltation of violence and sexual degradation, for which he blamed television and the internet.”

Maybe Mr. Ratzinger should look at his own organization for ‘exaltation violence and sexual degradation.’ The teachings of this organization have propagated hate and division for centuries. Its warped ideal system still permeates our ‘secular’ countries laws and citizens.

I believe that this is an evil organization, which has done far more harm than good since its inception.

joethebruce wrote:
Posted 2008/07/17 at 7:20 PM ET

“Insatiable Consumption”!!! Has anyone seen St. Peter’s Basilica and the Vatican? The Roman Catholic Church invented “Insatiable Consumption” and slave labour for that matter.

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