http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2007/05/03/catholic-church-cant-take-a-joke/ Thoughts by Stephen Soldz on war, peace, politics, psychoanalysis, and research methods Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2007/05/03/catholic-church-cant-take-a-joke/#comment-66516 Chad Thu, 03 May 2007 13:01:16 +0000 http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2007/05/03/catholic-church-cant-take-a-joke/#comment-66516 I guess the thing that resembles terrorism is the lack of reason underlying these attacks/jokes...I mean to be humorous they need to be based in something more intelliegent than some irrational ax to grind with the Pope or the Catholic Church. For example, the reason why the evolution joke is ridiculous is because it's false. The Pope actually does believe in evolution...so not very funny. Also, the plain difference between the funerals between the dictators and Welby is that Welby took a moral/political stance completely at odds with the Church's stance on human life and dignity, and then made his own premature death a political statement, in complete contradiction of what the Church teaches. Why would the Church give this man a funeral just because his family members have some sentimental attachment to Catholicism, when Welby, in effect, chose not to have a Catholic funeral in his choice to be euthanized? This is not the same thing as the other two. I guess the thing that resembles terrorism is the lack of reason underlying these attacks/jokes…I mean to be humorous they need to be based in something more intelliegent than some irrational ax to grind with the Pope or the Catholic Church. For example, the reason why the evolution joke is ridiculous is because it’s false. The Pope actually does believe in evolution…so not very funny. Also, the plain difference between the funerals between the dictators and Welby is that Welby took a moral/political stance completely at odds with the Church’s stance on human life and dignity, and then made his own premature death a political statement, in complete contradiction of what the Church teaches. Why would the Church give this man a funeral just because his family members have some sentimental attachment to Catholicism, when Welby, in effect, chose not to have a Catholic funeral in his choice to be euthanized? This is not the same thing as the other two.

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