Fox News anti-Catholic?
Offline I've noticed that all the news media outlets EXCEPT FOX NEWS, have covered the Pope as if he were the reincarnation of the Beatles.
It is sicking enough that ONE man, one human being out of 6 billion, gets that kind of press. But why has Fox's cable news station spending almost no time on his visit when MSNBC and CNN covered his sermon LIVE.
I find it funny that the most right wing network who claims to be the champion of religion wont cover Catholics.
Humanity, while it shows promise in breaking down stereotypes, still seems to be stuck in worship of celebrity.
People don't want to face the fact that the Vatican was in bed with all the oppressive kingships of the Dark Ages, sat on it's hands while millions of Jews were slaughtered, and continues to condemn scientific advances.
BUT, I find it funny that right wing non-Catholics accuse others of sterotyping them, but watch a network that panders to people who don't see Catholics as "true Christians".
Catholics should rightfully warn right wing "evangelicals" not to worship people like Robertson , yet readly worship a KING. It is sad because we are talking about a human being and to me worshiping any human being is as bad as worshiping Brad Pit or Britney Spears.
The Vatican has reluctantly had to apologize for what it did to Galileo. It refused to believe that the Earth was round UNTILL THE 20th century. It has stuck it's nose in forgien politics and has even reduced itself to claiming to be a drivers ed teacher.
Having said that, I really could give a crap less what either left or right religious people believe if Catholics, or any religion would keep it's nose out of politics, but I find it funny that the most conservitive people who don't want non-conservitives demonizing them, watch a network that seems to discriminate against Catholics.
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"CATHOLICS ARN'T TRUE CHRISITANS"
FOX NOISE is the champion of whomever pays their advertising dollars and if those people don't think Catholics are true Christians, the Pope ain't going much coverage from them.
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This is very odd, given that Rupert Murdoch himself is a Catholic.
Yeah MSNBC practically sucked the Pope's dick for like 2-3 hours covering his whole mass and doing running commentary. I am pretty sure Hannity and Oreilly are Catholics as well. They had their father Jonathan cover some stuff on it though. Maybe, just maybe, they were trying to provide coverage that was both fair and balanced? Nah, they would never do that.
“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” Yoda
...does anyone else here find him somewhat effeminate? I don't know about anyone else, but he really sets off my gaydar.
Not that that's a bad thing...except when it's hypocritical.
Conor
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"Faith does not fear reason."--Pope Pius XII
"But it should!"--Me
Yeah, but he can be mean too, as evidenced in the Margaret Downey interview on Faux News about the tree of knowledge. I think he has really put a lot of time into emanating an appearance of love and compassion. It is the main reason why he is so marketable. The newer generation of seminary students and students of all faiths seem to understand that dealing with the media and creating good PR spin is essential for advancing your place in the particular faith's heirarchy. He may be gay, but think about it, if you were brought up to believe homosexuality was a sin and wanted to do anything to please your God, it is not a giant leap to go into the priesthood so that you can kill two birds with one stone. I am not implying he is going to have gay sex with priests or boys, but rather the priesthood provides a framework and justification for acting against your biological nature. I personally don't think he is gay for the record.
“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” Yoda
Oreilly is definitely Catholic as well as Fox News' favorite girlfriend right wing wacko Ann Coulter. Fox is all about making money, if they don't think it will generate cash flow (greater viewers) they don't do it.
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What I find bizarre is that the Pope's visit attracted more attention in US media than the visit of our PM to your shores. Gordon might not be a popular leader but he's a damn sight cleverer than that fool Benedict.
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O'reilly's Catholicism is opportunistic--I don't believe he's an attender of services. He's also an avid fan of phone sex with women he's not married to. Ann Coulter is an evangelical protestant according to what I've seen. Sean Hannity is the Catholic golden boy of the network.
"The whole conception of God is a conception derived from ancient Oriental despotisms. It is a conception quite unworthy of free men."
--Bertrand Russell
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"I guess it's time to ask if you live under high voltage power transmission lines which have been shown to cause stimulation of the fantasy centers of the brain due to electromagnetic waves?" - Me
"God is omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent, - it says so right here on the label. If you have a mind capable of believing all three of these divine attributes simultaneously, I have a wonderful bargain for you. No checks please. Cash and in small bills." - Robert A Heinlein.
"Apparently Ann Coulter belongs to no denomination other than wacko "
While it is true that Ann Coulter is a wacko, very often the claim of "I don't have a denomination" comes precisely from Evangelicals, particularly Evangelicals who are trying to get you to convert to Evangelicalism. They wish to present themselves as denomination-neutral, or "disinterested," if you will, in the hopes that their ideas gain a better hearing. Evangelicals coming to this website to preach have made this very claim. So don't think that a denial of having a denomination either coming directly from Miss Coulter (...if this does...) or from someone else (...if it doesn't...) means anything about them being some kind of "neutral Christian." There is no such thing as a neutral Christian.
Conor
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"Faith does not fear reason."--Pope Pius XII
"But it should!"--Me
I would say they(all of the Faux News talking heads) could be classified as Conservative Christians rather than specific groups. They believe in the strict father morality espoused by the bible and usually fall prey to the no true scotsman fallacy when talking to liberal and progressive Christians from the likes of San Francisco of whose views they abhor. The neutrality is a myth in Christian converters circles akin to marijuana being evil in the sense of its supposed gateway-opening to hard drugs and drug/alcohol abuse.
“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” Yoda
The TV is a heart break. I fucking hate the FCC. Such potential for healing communication, denied as it is privately owned by an elite few. Why we allow it really angers me. For every hour of an evangelist, should be an hour of opposing ideas, etc etc.
"The Devil is the absence of details", the essence of TV / FCC ..... "Eat the RICH" .....
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o'reilly is catholic. i believe he said so in his interview with dawkins. it is definitely not because of any intense mystical experience. i recall him saying something like, "i have my religion because it's good for ME, it helps ME live." (no kidding, he really did put that strong an emphasis on "ME." )
now, of course most religious people are religious because of "ME" (i.e. themselves) but they usually think it's tactful to deny it. o'reilly seems to revel in it.
yet more proof he's a fucktard.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
ann coulter is completely opportunistic in her religion. pre-bush administration (before the neo-cons put such a HEAVY emphasis on christianity), comments about being a christian were nowhere to be found. now, she never shuts the fuck up about it.
i don't believe it, but i really can see how some people argue that ann coulter is setting herself up as a straw man intentionally. i mean, she is the first person i've ever seen who actually thinks she can accomplish something by making a total neo-con caricature of herself. whatever line the republican party sets, even one that contradicts one that came earlier, she will fuckin' toe it evangelically. i still remember how she blatantly said jews should be "perfected" on national TV.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson