Yesterday at the end of the day I had a little time to kill so I decided to try a little experiment. You'll notice that in the upper right hand corner of this page, there's a little button that says, "Next Blog". Now it's not the same blog attached to that button everytime and it's pretty random what you're going to end up with, but I decided yesterday to see how many clicks it took to get to a site with porn on it. It took...one! Yup, one click took me to this site which if you venture there yourself you can see is dedicated to adult themed entertainment. It's actually a pretty decent site. So, although it didn't take the amount of time I thought it would, my little experiment was a rousing success.
This article, which I lifted off of Tom's site sent me into a nice foul mood this morning. I can't believe the outright hypocrisy of the Catholic church sometimes. Especially when it manifests itself this blatantly. If Catholics took the time to actually read the Bible (you know, the book your faith is supposedly based on) they would notice that in John 8:7 it plainly says, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." I would like to know how many children enrolled at that particular Catholic school come from divorced parents, parents who practice birth control methods other than the natural ways approved by the church, and people who weren't married in a Catholic church. I'd also like to sit down with Monica Sii (after resisting the overwhelming urge to slap her in the face) and ask why she enrolled her children in that school. The common answer from the Catholic schools around my hometown and current residence is "a better education". Not a religious education per se, but a better education. Most of the public schools are a haven for drugs, crime, etc. and parents see this as a better education alternative. I personally know several sets of parents who joined the Catholic church, sent their children to Catholic school, had their children graduate, and then left the church altogether. Most Catholics gather once a week inside their church because they have to. Religion should be about wanting to. God wanted to give humanity a savior. God didn't "have" to send his son, he did it because he wanted to. I hope that one day Monica's mind will open just a crack to let in the thought that maybe these two gentlemen love their sons as much as a "Catholic" parent and simply want a better education for their them.
Sorry, I didn't mean to rant for so long. It's not good to get me started on the whole Catholic thing. If having gay friends and relatives and accepting that part of "our" yes "our" culture means I'm doomed to spend eternity in hell in the eyes of Catholics then so be it. God and I know better.