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		<title>By: Andrew Lawlor</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2008/04/21/greetings-from-the-pope/comment-page-2/#comment-264005</link>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lawlor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The sheep is well on the way to rehabilitation.  My own escape from the clutches of delusion took nearly twenty years, so it&#039;s early days yet.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The sheep is well on the way to rehabilitation.  My own escape from the clutches of delusion took nearly twenty years, so it&#8217;s early days yet.</p>
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		<title>By: Enf</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2008/04/21/greetings-from-the-pope/comment-page-1/#comment-263980</link>
		<dc:creator>Enf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Er... Stand off?  Where?

Rob is going nuts about bestiality and lashing out at all and sundry  while what I was saying is that maybe the Church could consider practising Christianity in all its markets and give the third world a break.

All this because a German gave us a wave.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Er&#8230; Stand off?  Where?</p>
<p>Rob is going nuts about bestiality and lashing out at all and sundry  while what I was saying is that maybe the Church could consider practising Christianity in all its markets and give the third world a break.</p>
<p>All this because a German gave us a wave.</p>
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		<title>By: Rob Hickey</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2008/04/21/greetings-from-the-pope/comment-page-1/#comment-263934</link>
		<dc:creator>Rob Hickey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;And don&#039;t forget to spread the word. God is fiction. Those who believe in God are deluded, idiotic, sheep who need to spend a little more time considering thed facts.&quot;

So you married an idiotic sheep? I&#039;m sure she would be delighted with that.

You all apear to think that I&#039;m on a mission from St. Paul to convert all the Gentiles. I AM NOT. My only reason for postng on this was, as I have explaiined repeatedly, to rebuff some of the ridiculous statements made at the beginning re Pope/No Role/Cause of AIDS etc.

Religion does have a place in many people&#039;s lives and all of you should respect that - using insulting language to prove that you are clued in and markedly more intelligent than other superstitious &#039;fools&#039; helps no one.

Lads, I&#039;m tired of having to explain myself. I&#039;ll leave you experts to it.

ps - blogging is a bit of sport but rarely avoids falling into embittered stand-offs</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;And don&#8217;t forget to spread the word. God is fiction. Those who believe in God are deluded, idiotic, sheep who need to spend a little more time considering thed facts.&#8221;</p>
<p>So you married an idiotic sheep? I&#8217;m sure she would be delighted with that.</p>
<p>You all apear to think that I&#8217;m on a mission from St. Paul to convert all the Gentiles. I AM NOT. My only reason for postng on this was, as I have explaiined repeatedly, to rebuff some of the ridiculous statements made at the beginning re Pope/No Role/Cause of AIDS etc.</p>
<p>Religion does have a place in many people&#8217;s lives and all of you should respect that &#8211; using insulting language to prove that you are clued in and markedly more intelligent than other superstitious &#8216;fools&#8217; helps no one.</p>
<p>Lads, I&#8217;m tired of having to explain myself. I&#8217;ll leave you experts to it.</p>
<p>ps &#8211; blogging is a bit of sport but rarely avoids falling into embittered stand-offs</p>
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		<title>By: Frank Ryan</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2008/04/21/greetings-from-the-pope/comment-page-1/#comment-263896</link>
		<dc:creator>Frank Ryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Without people standing up for their rights and at least let the crazy clergy know that their cards are marked and not all of the people can be fooled by their superstitious crap. There is always the risk of us falling backwards in time and allowing the churches/religions to regain the power and influence it once had. As Dawkins says: we are pretty  much all &quot;atheists&quot; with regard to hundreds if not thousands of gods. Why not go that one god further and not waste time on the imaginary friend in the sky.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Without people standing up for their rights and at least let the crazy clergy know that their cards are marked and not all of the people can be fooled by their superstitious crap. There is always the risk of us falling backwards in time and allowing the churches/religions to regain the power and influence it once had. As Dawkins says: we are pretty  much all &#8220;atheists&#8221; with regard to hundreds if not thousands of gods. Why not go that one god further and not waste time on the imaginary friend in the sky.</p>
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		<title>By: Frank Ryan</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2008/04/21/greetings-from-the-pope/comment-page-1/#comment-263891</link>
		<dc:creator>Frank Ryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes I must agree that Rob is very much adrift in a sea of confusion and misunderstanding.

The main problem with Religions and so called &quot;faith&quot; is that these religions and the people who buy into the nonsense preached by them is that they are never content to merely just believe in all manner of absurd and fantastical things but rather they all too often feel compelled to &quot;share&quot; their weird and bronze age myths with the rest of us and then impose it as a doctrine, all the while making the most absurd and incredible claims about the nature of life and its origins,not to mention, morality and the imperative of them to impose their morality on the population at large.

It has taken long enough for us to have broken free from the power and tyranny of the churches so if these faith heads would  be kind enough to keep their weird superstitions to themselves and not act as if they had actual answers to any of the major questions about life then all would be fine.

Seen as they cannot de-construct the whole religious apparatus built up over years of ignorance and dominance it is unlikely they will give up the privileged positions they have obtained within society without people standing up for their rights and at least let the crazy clergy know that their cards  are  marked and not all of the people can be fooled by their superstitious crap.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes I must agree that Rob is very much adrift in a sea of confusion and misunderstanding.</p>
<p>The main problem with Religions and so called &#8220;faith&#8221; is that these religions and the people who buy into the nonsense preached by them is that they are never content to merely just believe in all manner of absurd and fantastical things but rather they all too often feel compelled to &#8220;share&#8221; their weird and bronze age myths with the rest of us and then impose it as a doctrine, all the while making the most absurd and incredible claims about the nature of life and its origins,not to mention, morality and the imperative of them to impose their morality on the population at large.</p>
<p>It has taken long enough for us to have broken free from the power and tyranny of the churches so if these faith heads would  be kind enough to keep their weird superstitions to themselves and not act as if they had actual answers to any of the major questions about life then all would be fine.</p>
<p>Seen as they cannot de-construct the whole religious apparatus built up over years of ignorance and dominance it is unlikely they will give up the privileged positions they have obtained within society without people standing up for their rights and at least let the crazy clergy know that their cards  are  marked and not all of the people can be fooled by their superstitious crap.</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew Lawlor</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2008/04/21/greetings-from-the-pope/comment-page-1/#comment-263872</link>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lawlor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&#039;Blogging is a complete waste of time...&#039;  ???

Your name appears at the top of many, many comments on this particular blog.  Obviously blogging serves some purpose in your life.  The issues raised here are usually quite interesting and, when we are not discussing Bertie, we tend to bring more light than heat.  If ths is, as you say, a complete waste of time, then what have you not been doing this weekend when you have been sparring with Enf and Joseph and me?

As Enf said, take a chill pill.

And don&#039;t forget to spread the word.  God is fiction.  Those who believe in God are deluded, idiotic, sheep who need to spend a little more time considering thed facts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;Blogging is a complete waste of time&#8230;&#8217;  ???</p>
<p>Your name appears at the top of many, many comments on this particular blog.  Obviously blogging serves some purpose in your life.  The issues raised here are usually quite interesting and, when we are not discussing Bertie, we tend to bring more light than heat.  If ths is, as you say, a complete waste of time, then what have you not been doing this weekend when you have been sparring with Enf and Joseph and me?</p>
<p>As Enf said, take a chill pill.</p>
<p>And don&#8217;t forget to spread the word.  God is fiction.  Those who believe in God are deluded, idiotic, sheep who need to spend a little more time considering thed facts.</p>
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		<title>By: Enf</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2008/04/21/greetings-from-the-pope/comment-page-1/#comment-263675</link>
		<dc:creator>Enf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rob,

Glad to see that blogging has been disproved as a method for finding imaginary people.  

The Pope in continuing the ban on contraception is causing millions of people to suffer needlessly.  This is why he is both relevant an irrelevant.  

I do not care if God exists or not.  No man should be allowed to prolong the suffering of another man because he thinks the should.

End of.  

Rob take a chill pill.  And maybe get a spellchecker.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rob,</p>
<p>Glad to see that blogging has been disproved as a method for finding imaginary people.  </p>
<p>The Pope in continuing the ban on contraception is causing millions of people to suffer needlessly.  This is why he is both relevant an irrelevant.  </p>
<p>I do not care if God exists or not.  No man should be allowed to prolong the suffering of another man because he thinks the should.</p>
<p>End of.  </p>
<p>Rob take a chill pill.  And maybe get a spellchecker.</p>
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		<title>By: Rob Hickey</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2008/04/21/greetings-from-the-pope/comment-page-1/#comment-263490</link>
		<dc:creator>Rob Hickey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Proving that the Pope was relevant was all I was trying to do. I haven&#039;t tried to &quot;convert&quot; anyone to believing in &quot;my God&quot;. 

I only wrote here as there were sweeping stetments being made that I found offensive.

You, like anyone else Andrew, are entitled to your opinion but that is not a justification for the vocious and &quot;deluded&quot; view that the Pope is a nazi, irrelevant etc etc etc etc etc 

Blogging is a complete waste of time and IS NOT a uselful medium for proving that God exists. I neve said he does exist, I never said he doesn&#039;t exist but again and agian and again you and others have assumed that I am preaching that &quot;HE&quot; does.

People believe it and they are entitled to beloive DONT MISS THE POINT again.

Enough of this useless debate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Proving that the Pope was relevant was all I was trying to do. I haven&#8217;t tried to &#8220;convert&#8221; anyone to believing in &#8220;my God&#8221;. </p>
<p>I only wrote here as there were sweeping stetments being made that I found offensive.</p>
<p>You, like anyone else Andrew, are entitled to your opinion but that is not a justification for the vocious and &#8220;deluded&#8221; view that the Pope is a nazi, irrelevant etc etc etc etc etc </p>
<p>Blogging is a complete waste of time and IS NOT a uselful medium for proving that God exists. I neve said he does exist, I never said he doesn&#8217;t exist but again and agian and again you and others have assumed that I am preaching that &#8220;HE&#8221; does.</p>
<p>People believe it and they are entitled to beloive DONT MISS THE POINT again.</p>
<p>Enough of this useless debate.</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew Lawlor</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2008/04/21/greetings-from-the-pope/comment-page-1/#comment-263470</link>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lawlor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ah, Rob.  Please don&#039;t get carried away.  Proving that the Pope is relevant is not really a big deal.  The Pope is of course hugely relevant to followes of the Roman Catholic religion.  To me, however, he is utterly inconsequential.  If you believe, as Joseph does, that the Pope bears some responsibility for the spread of AIDS in Africa, then, of course, the Pope has huge relevance.
I don&#039;t think that anyone here denied that religion has a role to play in many people&#039;s lives.  That is just &#039;the bleedin&#039; obvious&#039;.  

More importantly, I would like to hear about how you have proved that comments damning religion/catholicism as delusion are both ignorant and useless.  Have you proved to anyone that your God exists?  Have you converted any sceptics here?
I look for evidence of God&#039;s existence and I see none.  If I ask you to present evidence of God&#039;s existence you will show me none.  I use this lack of evidence (among other things) to deduce that God does not exist.  You claim, despite the lack of evidence, that God does exist. And yet, my deduction is dismissed as ignorant and useless.
The Lord moves in mysterious ways indeed, as do the deluded minds of his followers.
When asked what he would do if he could be God for a day, London mayoral candidate, Boris Johnston, said, &#039;I think I would try just a little bit harder to convince Richard Dawkins that I exist.&#039;
Yes, quite.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah, Rob.  Please don&#8217;t get carried away.  Proving that the Pope is relevant is not really a big deal.  The Pope is of course hugely relevant to followes of the Roman Catholic religion.  To me, however, he is utterly inconsequential.  If you believe, as Joseph does, that the Pope bears some responsibility for the spread of AIDS in Africa, then, of course, the Pope has huge relevance.<br />
I don&#8217;t think that anyone here denied that religion has a role to play in many people&#8217;s lives.  That is just &#8216;the bleedin&#8217; obvious&#8217;.  </p>
<p>More importantly, I would like to hear about how you have proved that comments damning religion/catholicism as delusion are both ignorant and useless.  Have you proved to anyone that your God exists?  Have you converted any sceptics here?<br />
I look for evidence of God&#8217;s existence and I see none.  If I ask you to present evidence of God&#8217;s existence you will show me none.  I use this lack of evidence (among other things) to deduce that God does not exist.  You claim, despite the lack of evidence, that God does exist. And yet, my deduction is dismissed as ignorant and useless.<br />
The Lord moves in mysterious ways indeed, as do the deluded minds of his followers.<br />
When asked what he would do if he could be God for a day, London mayoral candidate, Boris Johnston, said, &#8216;I think I would try just a little bit harder to convince Richard Dawkins that I exist.&#8217;<br />
Yes, quite.</p>
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		<title>By: Rob Hickey</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2008/04/21/greetings-from-the-pope/comment-page-1/#comment-263452</link>
		<dc:creator>Rob Hickey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Basically Andrew has blown any hint of credibility from Rob out of the water and rendered his arguments completely silly and circular.&quot;

How did he manage that then Joseph? Explain...

I think I managed to prove the points I was making namely that the Pope IS VERY relevant (whether you believe it or not), that religion DOES have a role to play in many people&#039;s lives (and always has), that the Pope did not cause AIDS (!!!!) and that comments damning religion/catholicism as delusions are both ignorant and useless.

(in CAPS as this is the language you seem to understand)

How about respecting other people&#039;s opnions instead of resorting to namecalling and slander?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Basically Andrew has blown any hint of credibility from Rob out of the water and rendered his arguments completely silly and circular.&#8221;</p>
<p>How did he manage that then Joseph? Explain&#8230;</p>
<p>I think I managed to prove the points I was making namely that the Pope IS VERY relevant (whether you believe it or not), that religion DOES have a role to play in many people&#8217;s lives (and always has), that the Pope did not cause AIDS (!!!!) and that comments damning religion/catholicism as delusions are both ignorant and useless.</p>
<p>(in CAPS as this is the language you seem to understand)</p>
<p>How about respecting other people&#8217;s opnions instead of resorting to namecalling and slander?</p>
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