Mosquito's and the Pope
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In the light of the Zika virus, how does the catholic church square the conundrum of birth control and preventing the birth of babies with deformities?
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By praying for the babies, of course.0
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They're too busy money laundering , abusing children and then protecting the clergy who are guilty to notice.“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”
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A man of god, a fraudster, a paedophile and a transvestite walk into a bar and the barman says 'Good evening your holiness'Slowmart wrote:They're too busy money laundering , abusing children and then protecting the clergy who are guilty to notice."It must be true, it's on the internet" - Winston Churchill0 -
One of God's creatures doing God's work?
Nice chap, God.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
I think everyone on here knows my position on religion by now.
To paraphrase Wolfgang Pauli
Es gibt keinen Gott und Bally ist sein Prophet.
BTW I am in no way shape or form comparing myself to Paul Dirac. Genius as he was.0 -
Ballysmate wrote:I think everyone on here knows my position on religion by now.
BTW I am in no way shape or form comparing myself to Paul Dirac. Genius as he was.
No, I don't know your position on religion. Please elaborate. Er, and how does Paul Dirac come into this?0 -
Finchy, the original quote by Pauli was
Es gibt keinen Gott und Dirac ist sein Prophet.0 -
Of course, I've heard that one before. Silly me.0
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I believe the church's position is generally to promote abstinence. Yup. Good call. So much better than education and free healthcare.
In an unrelated story of which I only remember a few details . . .
A group of missionaries/VSO types were given the job of explaining contraception to some very uneducated people, and the authorities in that country were promoting the whole idea with a song (which, if anyone knows any more details about this, I'd love to see an English translation of). The volunteers did such a bad job of explaining and were so shy about answering questions that the target audience ended up with the impression that all that was necessary was to sing the song. (Whether before, during or after I don't know)Specialized Roubaix Elite 2015
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I'm sure God has a reason for mosquitos. In the 6000 years since he created the whole Universe and everything in it (in a mere 6 days), mosquitos have killed millions of humans, so they must be there for a reason.0
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Ah, but how many millions of mosquitoes have humans killed?Finesilver24 wrote:I'm sure God has a reason for mosquitos. In the 6000 years since he created the whole Universe and everything in it (in a mere 6 days), mosquitos have killed millions of humans, so they must be there for a reason.
Surely we are the plague?The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Pinno wrote:In the light of the Zika virus, how does the catholic church square the conundrum of birth control and preventing the birth of babies with deformities?
I think the Church does allow the use of condoms for health reasons e.g. AIDS prevention. It is a pretty recent development though, maybe 2010, and quite scandalous that it didn't happen sooner.0 -
Finesilver24 wrote:I'm sure God has a reason for mosquitos. In the 6000 years since he created the whole Universe and everything in it (in a mere 6 days), mosquitos have killed millions of humans, so they must be there for a reason.
On the 7th day, he did chillax, for he was pooped.0 -
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Ah, but how many millions of mosquitoes have humans killed?Finesilver24 wrote:I'm sure God has a reason for mosquitos. In the 6000 years since he created the whole Universe and everything in it (in a mere 6 days), mosquitos have killed millions of humans, so they must be there for a reason.
Surely we are the plague?
By some definitions, I'm sure humans could be classed as a plague. But, it's all pretty arbitrary. Guess you could add, the only time we intentionally harm mosquitoes is in self defence. But they also only bite humans for self preservation. It is the virus doing the harm. However, the same rules of nature that have led to that virus, have also led to us. So go figure!
It's just stuff that is happening, and there is no evidence that there is a reason for any of it beyond selfish genes doing what they do.0 -
Alex99 wrote:Guess you could add, the only time we intentionally harm mosquitoes is in self defence.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Whoa there tiger! I'm sure the Lord wouldn't want you to be dissing his chosen ones like that.Alex99 wrote:By some definitions, I'm sure humans could be classed as a plague.0 -
Finesilver24 wrote:
Whoa there tiger! I'm sure the Lord wouldn't want you to be dissing his chosen ones like that.Alex99 wrote:By some definitions, I'm sure humans could be classed as a plague.
Ah, thanks for putting me back on track
I was forgetting the "made in own image" stuff :oops: 0 -
An evolved parasite doesn't kill it''s host. Pity about humans.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Alex99 wrote:Pinno wrote:An evolved parasite doesn't kill it''s host. Pity about humans.
"Pity about humans." Not sure I follow... humans seem to be doing OK in most ways. Would be good if we could all 'calm down a bit'
The current consumption of resources is unsustainable and the current consumption of fossil fuels spells danger. If you would like an argument about the environment, from plastics to pollution - roll it on.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
So you're equating a parasite on a living host to humans on earth as I our host. Interesting analogy.
If you follow it through you could say natural processes will apply to us by either global warming wipes us out or carbon fuel runs out before we get wiped out forcing us to leech off the planet in a less destructive way. I guess it's kind of like a parasite in our body either gets killed off, gets managed by the body or kills us. We'll end up as one of those unless we consciously decide to change our outlook/practises to become less draining on the planet.
Still, I think it's a bit melodramatic putting it quite like that.0 -
Pinno wrote:Alex99 wrote:Pinno wrote:An evolved parasite doesn't kill it''s host. Pity about humans.
"Pity about humans." Not sure I follow... humans seem to be doing OK in most ways. Would be good if we could all 'calm down a bit'
The current consumption of resources is unsustainable and the current consumption of fossil fuels spells danger. If you would like an argument about the environment, from plastics to pollution - roll it on.
Not sure there is debate on whether human activity is damaging the environment.0 -
Melodramatic maybe, but it is a simple analogy that gets the point across.Tangled Metal wrote:So you're equating a parasite on a living host to humans on earth as I our host. Interesting analogy.
If you follow it through you could say natural processes will apply to us by either global warming wipes us out or carbon fuel runs out before we get wiped out forcing us to leech off the planet in a less destructive way. I guess it's kind of like a parasite in our body either gets killed off, gets managed by the body or kills us. We'll end up as one of those unless we consciously decide to change our outlook/practises to become less draining on the planet.
Still, I think it's a bit melodramatic putting it quite like that.
The worst creature on this planet is humans. Humans don't like being told that, obviously.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Tangled Metal wrote:So you're equating a parasite on a living host to humans on earth as I our host. Interesting analogy.
If you follow it through you could say natural processes will apply to us by either global warming wipes us out or carbon fuel runs out before we get wiped out forcing us to leech off the planet in a less destructive way. I guess it's kind of like a parasite in our body either gets killed off, gets managed by the body or kills us. We'll end up as one of those unless we consciously decide to change our outlook/practises to become less draining on the planet.
Still, I think it's a bit melodramatic putting it quite like that.
I'm sure evolved strategies of parasites is well studied, not particularly by me.
An issue is, that in the context of humans, and earth, definitions are a bit subjective. For a relationship to be 'parasitic', the host needs to derive no advantage, otherwise it is symbiotic. How do you define 'advantage' to the earth, which is not alive in itself? I don't know! The earth doesn't 'care'.
Another difference withthe humans/earth analogy, is that we really don't want to 'kill' our 'host' as we can't easily hop to another one. Different strategy required. I would hazard a guess that some parasites favour rapid re-production or growth over maintaining the host.0 -
We don't want to kill our "host", but we are.Alex99 wrote:Another difference withthe humans/earth analogy, is that we really don't want to 'kill' our 'host' as we can't easily hop to another one. Different strategy required. I would hazard a guess that some parasites favour rapid re-production or growth over maintaining the host.
Rapid reproduction is a major part of the problem.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Alex99 wrote:Tangled Metal wrote:So you're equating a parasite on a living host to humans on earth as I our host. Interesting analogy.
If...planet.
Still, I think it's a bit melodramatic putting it quite like that.
I'm sure evolved strategies of parasites is well studied, not particularly by me.
An...For a relationship to be 'parasitic', the host needs to derive no advantage, otherwise it is symbiotic.
The host, i'e the planet doesn't derive any advantage from humans, so by your theory, we are parasitic.
The earth doesn't 'care'.
Quite correct except that it suggests that the host or the parasite is conscious of the relationship, which is very difficult to determine. If you followed that philosophy through to completion, does it really matter that we are destroying the environment?
Another difference with the humans/earth analogy, is that we really don't want to 'kill' our 'host' as we can't easily hop to another one.
We don't seem to have a tangible momentum of a collective consciousness.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
