Proving once again that he lives in some warped parallel universe, Pope Benedict XVI, a/k/a God's Rottweiler, a/k/a the Nazi Pope, a/k/a Papa Ratzi, has come out with the ludicrous claim that Christians are the most persecuted of any group on the planet. Somehow, Papa Ratzi - maybe because he's lost somewhere in the 13th century - manages to ignore the fact that in much of the world and certainly in the USA and Europe, its the CHRISTIANS who are the persecutors. They are anything but the victims - indeed they demonize gays, Hispanics, non-Christians, and anyone else who does look and believe like they do. My advice to Benedict XVI and his sycophants - come outside of the bubble of the Vatican and the circle of ass kissing subordinates and take a look at the real world. In my view, Ratzinger's statement lends further proof that the man is (a) senile, (b) crazy, (c) out of touch with reality, or (d) all of the foregoing. Here are highlights from MSNBC on Benedict's latest batshitery:*
Pope Benedict XVI singled out Christians as the religious group that suffers from the most persecution on Thursday, denouncing lack of freedom of worship as an "intolerable" threat to world security.
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"Sadly, the year now ending has again been marked by persecution, discrimination, terrible acts of violence and religious intolerance," Benedict lamented in the message for World Peace Day, celebrated by the church on Jan. 1, but traditionally released in advance
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"At present, Christians are the religious group which suffers most from persecution on account of its faith," the pontiff asserted, and cited Christian communities suffering from violence and intolerance particularly in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Holy Land.
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He blasted what he called "more sophisticated forms of hostility to religion, which, in Western countries, occasionally find expression in a denial of history and the rejection of religious symbols which reflect the identity and the culture of the majority of its citizens." Benedict has been continuing a campaign launched by his predecessor, the late John Paul II, to reinvigorate Europe's "Christian roots."
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The denial of history, huh? Like the historical fact that most of the persecution Christians have faced has been at the hands of other Christians?
And is it really persecution when people of other faiths, or atheists, just don't want to be told that they have to do/say/believe what your religion tells them they must?
Is it really persecution just because someone tells you to mind your own business and keep your nose out of theirs?
Or is persecution actively working to deny rights to a minority just because you don't like them; all the while spreading lies and fake science to back up your claims as to why they don't deserve their rights and freedoms? Or how about denying victims of sexual assault the right to seek justice and compensation for their pain?
Seems to me that persecution, to them, means: They aren't listening to us and doing what we want them to do, thus we are being persecuted.
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