This was from a conversation I had today with a Muslim colleague:

Me: "You should try alcohol once in a while. It's not as bad as your 'prophet' made it out to be. Besides, it'll be good practice for when/if you get to paradise, what with those rivers of wine n' all..."
Him: "That's reserved strictly for paradise, not on Earth."
Me: "You really should try it. I mean, you might get to paradise and not actually like the taste of wine. What do you do then? You're pretty much fucked. Can you ask for a separate river of McDonald's banana milkshake, or Ribena?"
Him: "You don't have to drink it, it's just that it's not forbidden in paradise."

So, there we have it. He understands the idiocy of what he's saying, but his mind won't let him do anything about it. That's what indoctrination does to a human mind. He won't touch alcohol in the ONLY life he can prove he has. What a waste. It's not just alcohol though. This is a great example of everything they aren't allowed to do.

"I really don't believe in abortion," Bieber says. "It's like killing a baby?"

When pressed about abortion when the pregnancy is the result of rape, Bieber says: "Um. Well, I think that's really sad, but everything happens for a reason. I guess I haven't been in that position, so I wouldn't be able to judge that."
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So, if everything happens for a reason... I think you're an annoying little fucktard because of what you said there.

And yes, Bieber, an abortion is *like* killing a baby, but not *actually* killing a baby. There is a limit to when you can legally abort a pregnancy. Oh, and given that you're a Christian, please note the following:
- Most pregnancies do not come to term.
- Most are actually terminated by the woman's body itself.
- You think your Christian god created woman, and that everything happens for a reason...
That would make YOUR god the biggest abortionist EVER!!!

From ABC News:
It seems as though the Catholic Church really really wants us to go to confession, so much so that apparently it has sanctioned a new iPhone app aimed at bringing some of the wandering sheep back into the fold.

You can now wipe your slate clean with Confession: A Roman Catholic App, available through iTunes for $1.99.

Now I know what you're thinking: Great, no more dark scary box. No more having to look at a perplexed clergyman trying to figure out how anyone could have been so stupid as to do that. But, not so fast.

I'm afraid that the new app doesn't replace traditional confession. You still have to go to a priest for absolution. The app simply attempts to make confession more accessible -- and perhaps a bit more fun.

A spokesman from the company that designed it said, "Our desire is to invite Catholics to engage in their faith through digital technology."

He goes on to quote Pope Benedict XVI's message from last years' World Communications Address, in which the pope encouraged Christians to interact with the digital world in service of the faith. So much for those who have the impression that Pope Benedict is out of touch and anti-technology. If it's going to help the faith, apparently His Holiness is all for it.

So, how does the app work? It leads you through an "Examination of Conscience" to help you figure out what your real sins are -- and not just by retreading your run of the mill 10 Commandments. The sinful suggestions the app offers are inventive and even age appropriate.

If you are worried about all your personal sins being viewed in cyberspace, fear not -- the app customizes each user's list and is password protected for privacy. Once you go to confession, your nefarious revelations are wiped away. So you can text your heart out on your first draft, and then decide how you want to edit your transgressions for the spoken word -- all in the service of making the "big reveal" a little less ominous.
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I have no words. No, wait... I have a few. I'm sick to death of the Catholic Church. The internet isn't new. The App Store isn't new. Embracing the App Store so that people can confess their 'sins' on their iOS gadget is pathetic. Your religion is clearly - shamelessly - invented, and you know it. Keep your mits off things that you don't understand, and would destroy if you ever had the chance to be in charge of it.

I saw TRON: Legacy last night. Wicked, brilliant film. Loved it! Couldn't tell the difference between a 2D and 3D film, but I sat there with the glasses throughout anyway.

Go and see it when it's released. I don't think you'll be disappointed. And no, you don't have to have seen the original 1982 film, but hell, why not find that and watch it anyway?

From BBC News:
A traditionalist Anglican group has voiced regret after an Anglo-Catholic bishop said he would convert to Rome.

The Bishop of Fulham, John Broadhurst, has become the fourth Anglican bishop to make the announcement.

He intends joining the Roman Catholic Church because of his opposition to the way the Church of England plans to introduce women bishops.
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Another person changes his mind about the way to worship an unprovable deity (much like Tony 'fucking' Blair did when he left office). This is NOT news.

I see he's converting because he is opposed to women having any sort of power in the Church. Bigoted asshole. Your own mother had enough power and presence of mind to bring YOU into the world and raise YOU, but another woman can't be a bishop? Fucking religious prick.

From BBC News:
Attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany have "utterly failed", Chancellor Angela Merkel says. She said the so-called "multikulti" concept - where people would "live side-by-side" happily - did not work, and immigrants needed to do more to integrate - including learning German. The comments come amid rising anti-immigration feeling in Germany.

A recent survey suggested more than 30% of people believed the country was "overrun by foreigners". The study - by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation think-tank - also showed that roughly the same number thought that some 16 million of Germany's immigrants or people with foreign origins had come to the country for its social benefits.

Foreign workers
Mrs Merkel told a gathering of younger members of her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party on Saturday that at "the beginning of the 60s our country called the foreign workers to come to Germany and now they live in our country." She added: "We kidded ourselves a while, we said: 'They won't stay, sometime they will be gone', but this isn't reality. And of course, the approach [to build] a multicultural [society] and to live side-by-side and to enjoy each other... has failed, utterly failed."

In her speech in Potsdam, however, the chancellor made clear that immigrants were welcome in Germany. She specifically referred to recent comments by German President Christian Wulff who said that Islam was "part of Germany", like Christianity and Judaism. Mrs Merkel said: "We should not be a country either which gives the impression to the outside world that those who don't speak German immediately or who were not raised speaking German are not welcome here."

Mounting debate
There has been intense debate about multiculturalism in Germany in recent months. Correspondents say Mrs Merkel faces pressure from within her CDU and its allies to take a tougher stance and require immigrants to do more to adapt to German society. Earlier this week, Horst Seehofer, the leader of the CDU's Bavarian sister party, the CSU, said it was "obvious that immigrants from different cultures like Turkey and Arab countries, all in all, find it harder" to integrate. "'Multikulti' is dead," Mr Seehofer said.

Earlier this month the chancellor held talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in which the two leaders pledged to do more to improve the often poor integration record of Germany's estimated 2.5 million-strong Turkish community.

The debate first heated up in August when Thilo Sarrazin, a senior official at Germany's central bank, said that "no immigrant group other than Muslims is so strongly connected with claims on the welfare state and crime". Mr Sarrazin has since resigned.

Such recent strong anti-immigration feelings from mainstream politicians come amid an anger in Germany about high unemployment, even if the economy is growing faster than those of its rivals, our correspondent says. He adds that there also seems to be a new strident tone in the country, perhaps leading to less reticence about no-go-areas of the past.
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Thank Jeebus for someone in the political arena finally speaking the truth about this multiculturalism nonsense. Multiculturalism is a lie. It doesn't work. NOT ALL CULTURES ARE EQUAL! And why, when this was forced upon us in the UK by the Labour government without our consent (was it mentioned in their manifestos...?), do WE have to give overt respect to other cultures yet they don't have to move an inch to respect our own?

Well done, Mrs. Merkel. Well done for understanding that the truth isn't illegal. If there is a roar of oncoming dissent in Europe it will be specifically because the people of this continent have been bullied and ignored by our political leaders for far too long.

And on the subject of no-go areas, there are lots of them in Malmo in Sweden. Look what a shithole that place is turning into. There are immigrants (mostly, if not all, Muslim) who think they rule that city. The emergency services are scared to go into them because of the violence they've encountered there. There IS a link between Muslim immigration and crime, but people are too weak-minded and weak-willed to say it. Show me the statistics.

From BBC News:
A Vatican official has said the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Medicine to British IVF pioneer Robert Edwards is "completely out of order". Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, head of the Pontifical Academy for Life, said the award ignored the ethical questions raised by the fertility treatment. He said IVF had led to the destruction of large numbers of human embryos.

Nearly four million babies have been born using IVF fertility treatment since 1978.

Monsignor Carrasco, the Vatican's spokesman on bio-ethics, said in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) had been "a new and important chapter in the field of human reproduction".

But he said the Nobel prize committee's choice of Prof Edwards had been "completely out of order" as without his treatment, there would be no market for human eggs "and there would not be a large number of freezers filled with embryos in the world", he told Italy's Ansa news agency.

"In the best of cases they are transferred into a uterus but most probably they will end up abandoned or dead, which is a problem for which the new Nobel prize winner is responsible."

In his statement, Monsignor Carrasco stressed that he was speaking in a personal capacity.

The Nobel medicine prize committee in Sweden said Prof Edwards' work had brought "joy to infertile people all over the world". "His achievements have made it possible to treat infertility, a medical condition afflicting a large proportion of humanity, including more than 10% of all couples worldwide," it said.

Prof Edwards efforts in the 1950s, 60s and 70s led to the birth of the world's first "test tube baby", Louise Brown, in July 1978. Ms Brown said the award was "fantastic news". "Me and mum are so glad that one of the pioneers of IVF has been given the recognition he deserves," she said. "We hold Bob in great affection and are delighted to send our personal congratulations to him and his family at this time."
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There's something twisted about the Catholic Church (quelle surprise). Rather than join Ms Brown in her admiration for Prof. Edwards' work bringing joy to millions of couples worldwide, they go on the attack. Typical behaviour.

We can sum up this idiot priest's views by turning them around to him. Observe:

• IVF had led to the destruction of large numbers of human embryos = The Catholic Church had led to the destruction of large numbers of actual human beings because of their genocidal views on condom use in sub-Saharan Africa.
• completely out of order = completely out of touch with modernity
• In the best of cases they are transferred into a uterus but most probably they will end up abandoned or dead, which is a problem for which the new Nobel prize winner is responsible = In the best of cases they are transferred out of the 'care' of paedophile Catholic priests and into a loving home but most probably they will end up being abused by these priests and abandoned, which is a problem for which the Catholic Church is responsible but has long buried its head in the sand and attempted to pay off their victims.

From BBC News:
Eggs, bottles and shoes have been thrown at the former prime minister Tony Blair as he attended a book signing in Dublin. [HAHAHAHAHAHAHA - Ed]

It happened as he arrived at Easons on O'Connell Street in the city to sign copies of his autobiography. The missiles, which were thrown by anti-war protesters, did not hit Mr Blair. Four people were arrested as activists clashed with Irish police at a security barrier outside the bookshop. Around 200 protesters demonstrated at Mr Blair's role in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on one side of the street on Saturday morning. On the other side, more than 300 people gathered to get a copy of his book signed. It was Mr Blair's first book-signing since the publication of his autobiography.

BBC Northern Ireland reporter Julian O'Neill said one of the activists had managed to get into the book shop. "We talked to one person who managed to get in the book shop to get her book signed and as Mr Blair was signing her copy she said she wanted to make a citizen's arrest for war crimes," he said. "She said Mr Blair looked a little taken aback but before she knew it she was surrounded by four security personnel who ushered her into the stairwell."

There was a large police presence in Dublin and O'Connell Street was closed to traffic. Among those who turned out to see Mr Blair was Emily Lynch, from Termofeckin, County Louth, who praised him for playing a huge part in Irish history. "He helped make a very important moment in Ireland," she said.

'On our side'
"I remember him coming out and giving a speech on the steps in Belfast in 1998. He is the only prime minister Irish people can relate to and feel he's on our side, before that there had been nothing like that."

Groups represented at the demonstration included the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Coalition and the 32-County Sovereignty Movement. Richard Boyd-Barrett, of the Irish Anti-War Movement, accused Mr Blair of making "blood money" from the memoirs.

Mr Blair has said he would hand over the reported £4m advance payment for the book plus all royalties to the Royal British Legion.

His memoirs detail his accounts of life in Downing Street, the Iraq war, the 9/11 terrorist attacks in America and Princess Diana's death. He also wrote about concerns over the amount he was drinking and of his rift with his successor Gordon Brown.

'Stretched the truth'
One of the chapters also deals with his efforts to secure peace in Northern Ireland and his relationships with the key political players. He admitted that he often stretched the truth past breaking point to get agreement during the peace process and he admits that he took horrendous chances with the political parties.
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LOL.

You know what? Blair should hand that money over, and any other money he makes from his life in No. 10. The man is a liar, a warmonger, and a total shit. He fucked our country over for years, sucking up to George W. Bush - and wasn't he a wonderful president - and sold us out to Europe. I hate the man. It's a shame none of the 'missiles' hit him, because he personally signed off on actual missiles hitting people for years.

From BBC News:
Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi says the EU should pay Libya at least 5bn euros (£4bn; $6.3bn) a year to stop illegal African immigration and avoid a "black Europe". Speaking on a visit to Italy, Col Gaddafi said Europe "could turn into Africa" as "there are millions of Africans who want to come in". Italy has drawn criticism for handing over to Libya migrants it intercepts at sea, without screening them first. Far fewer now reach Italy from Libya.

European Commission figures show that in 2009 the number of people caught trying to enter Italy illegally fell to 7,300, from 32,052 in 2008. The data was collected under the EU's Eurodac fingerprinting system.

Col Gaddafi has forged close ties with Italy since a friendship treaty was signed two years ago. It sought to draw a line under historic bitterness between Libya and Italy, its former colonial master. "Tomorrow Europe might no longer be European, and even black, as there are millions who want to come in," said Col Gaddafi, quoted by the AFP news agency. He was speaking at a ceremony in Rome late on Monday, standing next to Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. "We don't know what will happen, what will be the reaction of the white and Christian Europeans faced with this influx of starving and ignorant Africans," Col Gaddafi said. "We don't know if Europe will remain an advanced and united continent or if it will be destroyed, as happened with the barbarian invasions."

Audience of women
Col Gaddafi has long seen himself as a champion of African interests on the international stage and has hosted many summits with African leaders. Mr Berlusconi made no immediate comment on Col Gaddafi's demand. Italy has been carrying out joint naval patrols with Libya for the past year, intercepting illegal migrants at sea.

The BBC's David Willey says Col Gaddafi's visit to Rome was overshadowed by another controversial speech he made - to two groups of several hundred young Italian women, hired at a fee of 70 or 80 euros each from a local modelling agency.

He told them that Islam should become the religion of Europe and gave them free copies of the Koran, after he had lectured them for an hour on the freedoms enjoyed by women in Libya.
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First comes the offer to convert to Islam, then comes the threat. Typical behaviour by an Islamic leader.

I'll tell you what, Mr. Gaddafi, how about YOU pay US $5bn a year to stop YOUR African friends from getting into the EU? After all, you're a 'champion of African interests', aren't you? Surely you must want your friends to stay where they are and live under Islamic rule?

I fail to understand why assholes like this guy are given column inches. The guy's a cunt. Abdel bassett al-Megrahi (or whatever his fucking name is) is a convicted terrorist, and YOU welcomed him home as a national hero! You're a cunt, Gaddafi. Luckily, you're a really old cunt, so your particular brand of madness will be done with soon enough. Old, Islamic cunt.

From BBC News:
A US district court has issued a temporary injunction blocking plans by the Obama administration to increase funding for stem cell research. The court ruled in favour of researchers who say human embryonic stem cell research involved the destruction of human embryos. Judge Royce Lamberth said lawsuits brought against the new guidelines could now go ahead.

President Obama lifted a ban on funding for stem cell research in March. Critics say the ban, which was kept in place by Mr Obama's predecessor, George W Bush, impeded the fight to find treatments for diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and diabetes.

The suit, which was also backed by some Christian groups, is against the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Those against the new plan to increase funding argued the NIH policy violated US law and also took funds from researchers seeking to work with adult stem cells.

"ESC (embryonic stem cell) research is clearly research in which an embryo is destroyed," Judge Lamberth said. He added: "To conduct ESC research, ESCs must be derived from an embryo. The process of deriving ESCs from an embryo results in the destruction of the embryo. Thus ESC research necessarily depends upon the destruction of a human embryo."

But Judge Lamberth said an injunction would not "seriously harm" the embryonic studies because it did "not interfere with their [researchers'] ability to obtain private funding for their research".

The Dickey-Wicker Amendment, which Congress adds to budget legislation each year, played an important role in the case. The amendment bans the use of federal funds to destroy human embryos. With the injunction in place, Judge Royce Lamberth is now likely to hear groups on both sides of the case argue whether the new guidelines should be permanently blocked or allowed to continue.
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Well, I can't say I'm surprised that this was backed by "some Christian groups". After all, these are the people who think that there shouldn't be a national vaccination programme for the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) because the threat of cancer is a better deterrent to pre-marital sex. In other words these people (members of some Christian groups...) would like to see hundreds of young women in America die of HPV-related cancer rather than give them an effective, safe vaccine.

That sort of idiocy has no place in the modern world.

They would rather we don't advance in medicine and cure the little girl with burns over 80% of her body, or the young mother with a spinal injury, because ESC research necessarily involves the destruction of a human embryo. And what is a human embryo? Well, it's a little ickle human being, innit? To quote Sam Harris from the excellent book 'Letter to a Christian Nation': "A 3-day-old human embryo is a collection of 150 cells called a blastocyst. There are, for the sake of comparison, more than 100,000 cells in the brain of a fly. The embryos that are destroyed in stem-cell research do not have brains, or even neurons. Consequently, there is no reason to believe they can suffer their destruction in any way at all. The truth is that President Bush’s unjustified religious beliefs about the human soul are, at this very moment, prolonging the scarcely endurable misery of tens of millions of human beings."

Why not, eh? After all, your god has nothing to do with miscarriages, does he? It's estimated that 50% of all pregnancies are terminated naturally by the woman's body. If that's so, that makes 'god' the most prolific abortionist in history! (Sam Harris again.)

Do these people not understand what happens in IVF? More than one human embryo is used, and not all of them create babies. Where do the others go? Hmmm...

Seriously, it's 2010. The nonsense that the religious people of this world spew forth has truly awful consequences, and I'm fed up of society having to pander to it.