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BBC News - Papal visit: Pope offers 'hand of friendship' to UK
Excuse me?
What is classed as an "agressive form of secularism"?
Sorry, we're not gonna ban condoms cause you say so...
BBC News - Pope speech compares atheist 'extremism' with Nazism
Now.
As an Athiest (and a jedi ) I have no doubts in my mind, there are idiots out there that want all religion eradicated...
HOWEVER... To compare those 2 things, when religious people are still a vast, and widespread majority on planet Earth, is as misguided as it is downright stupid.
Pope Benedict has said he wants to "extend the hand of friendship" to the whole of the UK during his visit.
He also urged the UK to resist "more aggressive forms of secularism" after being welcomed by the Queen at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
Tens of thousands of people cheered and waved flags as he travelled through the city centre in the Popemobile, although small protests also took place.
The Pope is now heading to Glasgow for an open-air Mass starting at 1730 BST.
Excuse me?
What is classed as an "agressive form of secularism"?
Sorry, we're not gonna ban condoms cause you say so...
BBC News - Pope speech compares atheist 'extremism' with Nazism
The Pope has compared "atheist extremism" to the Nazi tyranny of WWII in a speech given in Edinburgh as he begins a four-day visit to the UK.
The pontiff praised Britain's fight against the Nazis - who "wished to eradicate God" - before relating it to modern day "atheist extremism".
Afterwards his spokesman Federico Lombardi said: "I think the Pope knows rather well what the Nazi ideology is".
Humanists have said the comments were a "terrible libel" against non-believers.
Now.
As an Athiest (and a jedi ) I have no doubts in my mind, there are idiots out there that want all religion eradicated...
HOWEVER... To compare those 2 things, when religious people are still a vast, and widespread majority on planet Earth, is as misguided as it is downright stupid.