Pope Benedict XVI strongly criticized atheism in a major document released Friday, saying it had led to some of the “greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice” ever known.
Historical revisionism at it’s best, right from the horses mouth.
During the Inquisitions how many people were tortured and put to death by Christians in the name of their religion and their god?
* Was that not cruel and a violation of justice?
How many people were tortured and burned at the stake by Christians in the name of their religion and their god during the witch hunts?
* Was that not cruel and a violation of justice?
What about the Aboriginal children who were sexually, physically, and mentally assaulted and abused by nuns and priests?
* Was there no cruelty or violations of justice there?
* What about those god fearing folks in the KKK who used (and continue to use) the bible for their segregationist tripe?
* Was there no cruelty or violations of justice there?
Hitler was a good Catholic lad, he quoted the Christian scripture time and time again and used it as a justification for his actions and decisions.
* Was the holocaust not a violation of justice? Was there no cruelty?
There was a great line in the movie The Da Vinci Code, it goes like this
As long as there has been one true god there has been killing in his name.
And that my friends is a fact.
We missed our regular Sunday open trackbacks and comments post so we’re doing it today with this one.


Did he deny that Christians weren’t cruel?
No.
He simply stated a fact: atheism has led to cruelty.
And Hitler was not a “good Catholic lad”. Anyone who has studied Hitler seriously knows that. If he ever invoked Christian symbols, it was not in a way that was compatible to the Catholic Faith. In fact, that’s why the pope wrote an encyclical in German– to denounce Nazism.
As long as there has been one true god there has been killing in his name.
Getting rid of God didn’t make it better.