Comments on: Mental reservation

By: De Selby

De Selby — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:26:03 +0000

“Politicians around the country were celebrating today as a moral basis was uncovered for the practice of misleading the people. Senior Fianna Fail sources expressed quiet satisfaction that the catholic church had, in the report of the Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation, outlined the church concept of “mental reservation”, which allows one to knowingly mislead people “without being guilty of lying”. A leading theologian confirmed that Bertie Ahern is now “quite likely” to go to heaven.”
see http://poppycockreview.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/catholic-church-reveals-secret-of-deceiving-without-lying/

By: Dave the Sheep.

Dave the Sheep. — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:29:50 +0000

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1127/breaking25.htm

Go and shite.

By: Holemaster

Holemaster — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:51:06 +0000

I could do without hearing Nell McCafferty on the radio. She just hates for the sake it.

By: Dave the Sheep.

Dave the Sheep. — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:37:11 +0000

If they’re admitting to using “tricks” like this to lie (and even if they can’t admit it, that’s what it is), then they know they’re doing something wrong. I mean, they have to know it.

Do they admit that?

By: Holemaster

Holemaster — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:31:40 +0000

Maggot, yep, the Protestant faith has no central Zorg type leader in a gown and funny hat. And the older and uglier I get, the more I see it as the religion which suited Ireland more than Catholicism. It was never an issue with early Republicanism.

Can we start over again?

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:15:03 +0000

Just read that mental reservation bit, I’ve had to read it a few times to be sure I wasn’t missing something.

It’s the equivalent to having your fingers crossed in your pocket.

Utter, utter, utter cunts, with Connell, king of the cunts.

By: Lung the Younger

Lung the Younger — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:37:45 +0000

It’s no surprise that here in Spain and especially amongst the Latin American community, the Catholic Church is losing thousands of followers every year to the Evangelical movement. Now I’m not saying that I’m crazy about the Evangelicals, frankly all organised religion scares the piss out of me. But at least they’re a fairly participative egalitarian church where hierarchy is kept to a minimum. This makes abuse of power more difficult.

By: Northern Slide

Northern Slide — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:53:48 +0000

Not much Irish ‘craic’ in here today !

By: maggot

maggot — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:37:23 +0000

I wonder if the real Cardinal of Ireland, Joe Coleman, will jump on this bandwagon ? Da Virgin was just saying to me last night …..

By: Toronto Icarus

Toronto Icarus — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:21:39 +0000

They can scrape the bottom of the barrel in terms of morality but as long as they stay inside the law nothing will happen.

We’ll have until Christmas of outrage and then it’ll be silent reverence for baby jesus.
Because, sure you couldn’t be tormenting them then when they’re officiating an occasion like that now. Wouldn’t be right.

”Problems start when you have people claiming to be closer to God than you”

- Spot on