Pope Benedict this Palm Sunday dismissed the “petty gossip” of the allegations during his homily. The recent scandal rocking the Catholic Church involves a Wisconsin Priest who raped over 200 deaf boys and had his case dismissed by Pope Benedict (then Cardinal Ratzinger). Could the Pope possibly minimize the grotesque nature of child rape even more? The Church has been more concerned with covering it’s own backside than it is with solving the widespread problem of child rape in the priesthood. It is much more concerned with it’s public image than it is concerned with admitting faults and making amends with the victims.
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Story of Stuff
A new movement, illustrated by the Story of Stuff, encourages us to break the cycle of work,shop,work,shop and try to understand where all our stuff comes from and the impact it has on the earth and other people around the earth.
What Could be Better Than Marriage?
What are the legal and financial pros and cons of marriage? This article covers everything you need to know to decide if marriage or a tailored partnership is best for you and your partner.
The average US wedding costs about $35,000 in 2008. If a new couple invested that money in IRA with an annual rate of 9%, they would have 1.26 million dollars by the time the reached 65.
Mid-life crisis or not?
If our major life course is decided by us when we have not formed our mature selves, it is no wonder that many people feel they need a major overhaul in their 30s and 40s. Each person’s experiences, accumulation of knowledge, and social encounters shapes our personality and opens us up to ideas and paths that we may not have encountered before.
Haiti’s misfortune brings the problem of ‘good and evil’ to the forefront.
Since Haiti was hit by the earthquake I have been patiently waiting for any religious person I know to excuse god for the disaster and blame “mother nature”. Haiti’s misfortune brings up and all to familiar inconsistency in religion, especially the monotheistic religions: the problem of good and evil.
Pat Robinson, Christian TV evangelist was so disabled by this conundrum that he publicly resorted to claiming that the reason Haiti suffered such great misfortune was because they had “made a pact with the devil”. For him, this was a sufficient explanation for the recent Tsunami, Hurricane and now Earthquake that has brought this country to its most desperate hour.
Yum, chemical soup in your dental products
So why should we care about 8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate ? For starters it is found in some hair products and denture/dental products.
It is in so many products despite it’s ability to cause cancer in lab rats and toxicity of the human digestive, respiratory and circulatory systems.
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