Marcy Wheeler: 83 Waterboardings, 10 Pieces of Intel

I think when Cheney says that torture "produced intelligence", what he meant was "I felt smarter as soon as we started doing it".
About Dick Cheney
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Pope Controversies Worry The Vatican

"OC4Obama4Pres f this user

Yes, it is a misunderstanding. Infallibility only applies when the Pope speaks ex cathedra on matters regarding faith and morals."

Thanks OC4Obama4Pres for clearing that up for me. Thanks to the others who added comment too.

I'm not sure that I would buy the Vatican's premise that they are only infallible in a specific set of circumstance, while at the same time implying that the Pope has a "direct line" to the boss when ever he needs it. Seems he might ask BEFORE making a comment to the WORLD! It can't really help the Church if the "voice of God on earth" is walking around making a bunch of "personal" comments that are provably false.
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Infallible?

Pope's gaffes spook Vatican

Correspondents in Yaounde | March 21, 2009

Article from: The Australian

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25216429-2703,00.html

Maybe someone can help me out with this. A few days ago I read the article that said the Pope was apologizing for some of the statements and decisions he's made recently. In essence he said he "misspoke".

Perhaps I'm simply confused, but I had understood one of the precepts of the Catholic faith to be based upon the "infallibility of the Papacy". Is this incorrect? I had thought that the premise was that the Pope was a direct lineage from God, and that the Pope essentially had a "direct line" to the boss. By virtue of that "direct line" the Pope COULD NOT "misspeak" because every utterance, every word from his lips, essentially is coming directly from God, who is omnipotent and all knowing.

Is this a misunderstanding on my part?

The one that started it all.

Perhaps you have heard of the "Gum Game"? The story was disturbing enough, but the site for the organization that perpetrated this on the students was what really got me.


Students Get Lesson to Chew On

Gum Sharing Disgusts Montgomery Parents, Officials

By Daniel de ViseWashington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 10, 2007; Page A01

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/09/AR2007020902283.html?nav=rss_education

Enter the site (below), and see all the people, and all the reasons, that "God" might hate.

http://www.rcpc.org/index.html

These, are without a doubt, NOT the people I want teaching "Sex Education" to my child.

How about you?

Why?

I recently happened upon a post in the news that simply blew me away. It also had a link to a site, that proved to be the impetus for this blog.

Now, to be perfectly honest, I do not believe that God hates me. In fact, I don't believe he/she hates anyone.

Apparently this is not the belief of a large segment of the conservative Right.

I will attempt to provide links and articles, to stimulate discussion, and to occasionally post opinions on the current state of religious expression in the U.S. Hopefully, you will find it of interest, and worthy of comment.

I reserve the right to remove comments that I find do not contribute to the discussion or, that I find to be patently offensive.

Thank you