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On last Friday's Liveline, one of Ireland's most popular radio shows, presenter Joe Duffy was flooded with calls from irate Catholics mortified by this "blasphemous" artwork. One recounted the story of Our Lady of Guadeloupe and then told how "Microsoft and Nasa" had recently used a special microscope which had proved the miraculous nature of the image of Mary that had appeared on the poncho of Juan Diego. Their calls for bans and protests were countered by Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland, who later commented: "It was like discussing the rules of quidditch with people who believe Harry Potter was a documentary."
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There are no words.
 
"Microsoft and Nasa"

Hahahahaha, how are people so out of touch?
 
Heh, Bishop Buckley. He's a funny man. He used to come to our school and wander around giving out miraculous medals. I accidentally gave him the impression that I was a Protestant once (in reality I'm not anything) and he got all hot under the collar and went to talk to somebody else.

I should take a stroll down on Monday to see what all the fuss is about. Really though, people should get over themselves. I hope this doesn't go any further than a few crackpots slightly blocking the college entrance.
 
KiplingsCat said:
Heh, Bishop Buckley. He's a funny man. He used to come to our school and wander around giving out miraculous medals. I accidentally gave him the impression that I was a Protestant once (in reality I'm not anything) and he got all hot under the collar and went to talk to somebody else.
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This reminds me of a joke I heard about an Irish child 'coming out' to their parents that they're an atheist. The parents respond, "okay, but are you a catholic or protestant atheist?"
 
Bad^Hat said:
This reminds me of a joke I heard about an Irish child 'coming out' to their parents that they're an atheist. The parents respond, "okay, but are you a catholic or protestant atheist?"
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Why is that a joke?
 
"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."

Denis Diderot
 
I bet he didn't use such cool vivid language, though.
 
Yeah, there's no better way to inspire peoples' faith than by antagonizing it. Keep that shit out of government, though.
 
I wonder what these people had to say about the uproar a few years back, when that (dutch?) newspaper printed a picture of Mohammed?
 
Yeh, well only a small percentage of Irish catholics go to mass on sunday, it's just part of their national identity i suppose
 
"It was like discussing the rules of quidditch with people who believe Harry Potter was a documentary."

Dirty mudbloods the lot of ye!!!
 
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