Why I hate the Church... [View All]

[Jamnt]

First, I don't mean to offend anyone. I have no problem with spirituality but organized religion ignores both science and common sense. They teach people to ignore facts and "trust in god". What they don't tell you is they lost their direct line to the big "man" a long, long time ago.

I just got done reading a thread here where the Pope was talking about declining population trends in Canada. The very first sentence was enough for me. "Pope Benedict said Saturday that low birth rates in Canada are the result of the "pervasive effects of secularism" and asked the country's bishops to counter the trend by preaching "with passion" the truth of Christ."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2297256

Seriously, WHAT THE FUCK???!!! The single biggest problem facing this planet in the coming centuries is overpopulation. For those who don't agree see this link. Google "world population trends" for others. I would suggest that ALL OTHER PROBLEMS STEM FROM COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES DUE TO PLANETARY OVERPOPULATION.
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/Papers/gkh1/chap1.htm
To compound this problem we have a leader of one of the biggest and most influential religions in the world telling people that declining birth rates are a concern, essentially advocating a population increase. This person's logic must be something along these lines:
1. People will fuck, their is nothing in the history of the world to suggest otherwise, not even Church teachings.
2. Fucking without birth control results in babies and increasing population trends.
3. Fucking with birth control can result in a flat or decreasing population trend.
4. Canada's birth rates are low, so people are fucking with birth control.
5. The Church absolutely can't stand people fucking with birth control, so the only possible position to take is one that would result in high birth rates.

I'm certain the Pope wouldn't limit his position to industrialized Canada. He would also say this to any third world citizen. Don't fuck at all, if you do only do it to make babies. So poor third world citizen, besides not knowing where your next meal is coming from, besides the worry about militias roaming your neighborhood, besides not being able to educate yourself out of your desperate situation, besides KNOWING you will never be able to educate yourself out of your desperate situation, besides the loss of all hope, besides the loss of all dreams, besides the pain of death of your loved ones to starvation, disease, neglect, besides the hunger and thirst you experience on a daily basis, besides the yearning for relief, besides the lack of clothing and shelter, besides all these things, the one place you thought you could go to find some sort of explanation for all the pain, the church, is telling you not to find comfort in a lovers arms. Don't dare experience the one thing that may make you feel wanted and un-alone. Don't express your love for someone in this way without bringing another soul into what you know to be a miserable existence. Don't hold someone on your mat at night and feel, if only till the morning when you have to beg for your food again, that things, in this moment, are good. Don't do that because the Church knows what will save your soul.

Well I say FUCK THEM. The church may have good intentions but they really need to get their collective head out of the sand. A few billion more people will stretch resources to the limit. People will fuck, their is nothing in the history of the world to suggest otherwise, not even church teachings. Not even AIDS. It's time to accept it as true even if you don't want it to be and formulate public policy around that.