11.16.2004

You've Got to be Fuckin' Kidding Me!!

U.S. Catholic Bishops have elected Bishop William Skylstad as their new President. Who is Mr. Skylstad you ask?

Why he just happens to be in charge of the Spokane, Washington diocese!! If I may revert to my post of a few days ago, in which I proudly declared that the "Roman Catholic Church is Bullshit." I must say that I was correct...again. I have yet another piece of evidence to back up my claim.

Let's take a similar example shall we? Let's say Sandy Weil, ex head of Citigroup, was in a similar situation as head of Traveler's Insurance back in the day. Now this is purely for illustrative purposes, it never happened. Say that Mr. Weil (from here on out known as "SW" was involved in an embezzlement scandal and coverup at Traveler's back in the 80's. Ok, so he got away with that. Then right after Traveler's acquired Citibank, forming the largest financial services firm in the world at the time, the whole thing was made public. Do you think SW would then be made head of all of Citigroup, making him one of the most powerful men on Wall Street??? Of course not!

"Skylstad's diocese announced last week that it planned to file for bankruptcy by the end of November to shield itself from lawsuits seeking tens of millions of dollars for alleged clerical sexual abuse.

Skylstad was not available to comment on this at the meeting on Monday, but said in a statement last week that all claims against his diocese would be treated "equally, fairly, with justice.
" -Reuters

Equally, fairly, with justice?? I think not! About as equal and fair as a trial for Saddam Hussein could possibly be in Iraq me thinks. The article goes on to mention that "The Spokane diocese is the third so far this year to announce bankruptcy filings; the others are Tucson, Arizona, and Portland, Oregon." -Reuters

Leaving a young boy unattended in a church is akin to letting your son sleep over at Neverland Ranch. These priest are as innocent as OJ, Scott Peterson, the Menendez Brothers, Ted Bundy, etc etc, etc. This is nothing but posturing and they all need to be tossed in jail. Where the good ol' boys will treat them with nothing but hospitality.

In light of all of my bitching about the Catholic church lately, I do have some bad news to report. One of my grandparents is dying of cancer. They are the ones who are super religious. Where was God when they called on him? Instead God let cancer ravage an entire person's body and provide for the slowest, most painful death I can think of. Another example of how God has let me down time and again.

Also, the Pope's view on abortion? I won't even get into that. He is an antiquated man. Neither the church, nor anyone else, has a right to tell a female she cannot get an abortion should she chose to do so, regardless of the reason. That is basically the only reason I would have had to vote for Kerry, abortion rights. Otherwise he is a jackass.

Since I believe in neither heaven nor hell I have nothing to fear in telling him to kiss my rosey red Irish ass. For if I am not mistaken one must believe in God to go to heaven. The same has to hold true for any existence of hell. It's a two way street. If it somehow is a one way street I'm playin' chicken in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle.