Vatican To Reach out to Atheists

[maiforpeace]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/2 ... 15600.html

By Francis X. Rocca
Religion News Service

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican announced a new initiative aimed at promoting dialogue between theists and atheists to be launched with a two-day event this March in Paris.

The Vatican's Pontifical Council for Culture will sponsor a series of seminars on the theme of "Religion, Light and Common Reason," at various locations in the city, including Paris-Sorbonne University.

The events will conclude with a party for youth in the courtyard of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, followed by prayer and meditation inside the cathedral.

The initiative, called "Courtyard of the Gentiles," takes its name from a section of the ancient Temple of Jerusalem accessible to non-Jews, which Pope Benedict XVI has used as a metaphor for dialogue between Catholics and non-believers.

"I believe that the church should also today open a sort of `courtyard of the gentiles' where men can in some way hook on to God, without knowing Him and before having gained access to His mystery," Benedict said in Dec. 2009.

The pope has made turning back the tide of Western secularism one of the major campaigns of his papacy. The Vatican last year established the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization to focus especially on promoting Christianity in Europe.

And this is reaching out to atheists how, exactly?

Le Pape est un vrai con, lui.

[Animavore]

If he wants to reach out to me he can start taking responsibility for the churches past actions.

[Geoff]

He can just

[lsdetroit]

hahaha "Courtyard of the Gentiles," "where men can in some way hook on to God, without knowing Him"

[Animavore]

Yeah, hook me up to that shit.

It sounds like some sort of ecclesiastical opium den.

[maiforpeace]

Yeah, hook me up to that shit.

It sounds like some sort of ecclesiastical opium den.

It's an insult to opium to compare the two.

[JimC]

...to fondle their naughty bits...

[Feck]

Is this because blaming us for the collapse of society and for Priestley abuse did not work very well ? so now they are reaching out to us .....

Any priest that reaches for me will not get his fingers back .

[devogue]

"Religion, Light and Common Reason,"

There. Just there. That's when this happened...

[.Morticia.]

It started at VATICAN CITY.

Who do they think they are they can start dialogue with atheists?

Who are these atheists they plan to talk to?

( It reminds me of talks with "Black Leaders" , the so called unelected leaders that the power elite use to "talk down" special interest groups. Fuck, I hate identity politics, it's such a scam. )

Does that mean the Vatican sets the agenda?

What do they suppose to achieve with these talks?

[JimC]

It started at VATICAN CITY.

Who do they think they are they can start dialogue with atheists?

Who are these atheists they plan to talk to?

( It reminds me of talks with "Black Leaders" , the so called unelected leaders that the power elite use to "talk down" special interest groups. Fuck, I hate identity politics, it's such a scam. )

Does that mean the Vatican sets the agenda?

What do they suppose to achieve with these talks?

They hoped for a little media spin, to make them appear tolerant and pluralistic...

Epic fail...

[Xamonas Chegwé]

The events will conclude with a party for youth in the courtyard of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, followed by prayer and meditation inside the cathedral.

Hmmm... yes, I can see a lot of atheists going for that big time!

Personally though, if that nazi bastard Palpatine the pope and his scaly, kiddie-fiddling fingers try to reach out to me, I will cut them off and shove them, one by one and still be-ringed, up his papal arse. And fucking Youtube the whole event!

[Clinton Huxley]

If His Gropiness The Pope reaches out to me, he shall encounter the business end of a blunderbuss

[Mysturji]

The Vatican's Pontifical Council for Culture will sponsor a series of seminars on the theme of "Religion, Light and Common Reason,"

I quite like light. I use it to see things with. It's very useful for reading and such, and comes in very handy while driving.
Of course, dark has its uses too. Like when going to sleep.
Sometimes both light and dark are useful at the same time, like at the cinema.

...

Well, that's those topics of conversation all used up. Because I have absolutely no interest in listening to a Vatican sponsored seminar on religion, and what they know about reason could be written on a quantum bit.

[klr]

By Francis X. Rocca
Religion News Service

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican announced a new initiative aimed at promoting dialogue between theists and atheists to be launched with a two-day event this March in Paris.

The Vatican's Pontifical Council for Culture will sponsor a series of seminars on the theme of "Religion, Light and Common Reason," at various locations in the city, including Paris-Sorbonne University.

The events will conclude with a party for youth in the courtyard of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, followed by prayer and meditation inside the cathedral.

The initiative, called "Courtyard of the Gentiles," takes its name from a section of the ancient Temple of Jerusalem accessible to non-Jews, which Pope Benedict XVI has used as a metaphor for dialogue between Catholics and non-believers.

"I believe that the church should also today open a sort of `courtyard of the gentiles' where men can in some way hook on to God, without knowing Him and before having gained access to His mystery," Benedict said in Dec. 2009.

The pope has made turning back the tide of Western secularism one of the major campaigns of his papacy. The Vatican last year established the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization to focus especially on promoting Christianity in Europe.

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Fuck off, you condescending, child-molesting, hypocritical, patronising bastards.

I think that covers just about everything.