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Stop that at once, amen

Dec 13th, 2008 2:57 pm | By

The Vatican has told us all what’s what again.

The Vatican says these techniques violate the principles that every human life — even an embryo — is sacred, and that babies should be conceived only through intercourse by a married couple.

Why? Because…intercourse by a married couple is sacred, thus matching the sacredness of the embryo? What if the married couple in question has used contraception in the past? Is their intercourse still sacred? Is the Vatican sure it wouldn’t prefer an innocent test tube that has never used any form of artificial contraception whatsoever? Has the Vatican thought this through?

The Vatican’s intended audience is not only individual Roman Catholics, but also non-Catholic doctors, scientists, medical researchers and legislators

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Mukoko Changed People’s Lives *

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Article 19 says Mukoko (and everyone) has the right to ‘receive and impart information and ideas through any media.’… Read the rest



Silenced: the Sharpest Voice Against Mugabe *

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Mukoko has collected evidence of tens of thousands of abuses in the past decade.… Read the rest



Vatican’s Position is Scientifically Insupportable *

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The Center for Inquiry deplores the Vatican’s pronouncement.… Read the rest



Scientific American on Vatican ‘Instructions’ *

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The Vatican is committed to conception that involves marital sex. Why?… Read the rest



Vatican Inadvertently Endorses Abortion *

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Vatican says human life ‘can never be reduced merely to a group of cells.’ Just so.… Read the rest



Vatican Issues ‘Instruction’ on Bioethics *

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Vatican’s most ‘authoritative’ document in 20 years, reinforcing the church’s mindless opposition to everything.… Read the rest



Want to Feel Better? Try Tuning Fork Therapy *

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Or perhaps a gemstone elixir, or some nice Fibonacci set, or a mix of chakra forks and angel forks.… Read the rest



Ben Goldacre Says Why He is so Repetitive *

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Six newspapers report coroner hearing case of toddler who died after MMR jab; one reports the result: MMR not guilty.… Read the rest



Ben Goldacre Considers *

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Scientific proof that we live in a warmer and more caring universe.… Read the rest



Blair Regrets Reticence About His ‘Faith’ *

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Thinks people are ‘comforted if they think the person leading them has some sense of spiritual values.’… Read the rest



Documentary Celebrates UDHR 60th Anniversary *

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Shows 8 people who have fought to exercise their right to free speech; the last is David Irving.… Read the rest



David Irving, Free Speech Defender *

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So the libel suit was just a joke?… Read the rest



Bush Admin Blamed for Abuse of Detainees *

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Bipartisan Senate report says coercive interrogation practices damaged the government’s moral authority.… Read the rest



Routine Violence in UK Madrassas *

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‘We are hiding behind the defence of cultural sensitivities and our children are not being protected.’… Read the rest



Religion and Compassion in the UK *

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Madrassa ‘teacher’ whipped children for forgetting verses or mispronouncing Arabic words.… Read the rest



Jesus Repaired Mo’s Irony Meter *

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But Mo just will not be careful.… Read the rest



Padraig Reidy on Article 19 *

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Most pernicious is the notion that ideas, like people, should be afforded protection. … Read the rest



What the UDHR Drafters Wanted *

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That everyone should belong somewhere, but not be imprisoned by that belonging.… Read the rest



The UDHR at 60 *

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Grayling, Tutu, Robinson, Chakrabarti, Reidy, others comment.… Read the rest