Mehmani Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide What the article doesn't address is that much of this was caused by a Christian preacher known as Little Pebbles who claimed the Virgin Mary had appeared to him and told him to massacre the "cockroaches" (Tutsi minority). Rwanda, the most Catholic country in Africa by a huge margin, duly complied. Religious authorities spoke in support of the Genocide and nuns and clergy helped to alert the authorities to the places where Tutsi were hiding. The Catholic Church, almost twenty years on, has still yet not apologized. Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Crouton Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 [quote name='Mikhail Nekem'evič Tal' timestamp='1306248810' post='5228875'] What the article doesn't address is that much of this was caused by a Christian preacher known as Little Pebbles who claimed the Virgin Mary had appeared to him and told him to massacre the "cockroaches" (Tutsi minority). [/quote] It's a wiki. Which means, someone probably edited it out or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Zero Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 http://webtrends.about.com/od/wiki/a/wiki_downside.htm The sad part is that there are people who have enough free time to falsely edit wikis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 800,000? Holy sh**! This thread screams, "Cool story bro." Anyway, I think it's good that this story is getting out there, because I had never heard about this before, but I fail to see how this warrants an "LOLOLOLOL." Religious violence is one of those "old news is old" topics. As for the Catholic Church not apologizing, I'm not surprised at all. No large company, faction or government would ever make a public, "we dun goofed" apology, especially when they have that kind of power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Corgi Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 [quote name='Mikhail Nekem'evič Tal' timestamp='1306248810' post='5228875'] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide What the article doesn't address is that much of this was caused by a Christian preacher known as Little Pebbles who claimed the Virgin Mary had appeared to him and told him to massacre the "cockroaches" (Tutsi minority). Rwanda, the most Catholic country in Africa by a huge margin, duly complied. Religious authorities spoke in support of the Genocide and nuns and clergy helped to alert the authorities to the places where Tutsi were hiding. The Catholic Church, almost twenty years on, has still yet not apologized. Discuss. [/quote] Catholic Church = Fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Revan of the Sith Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 [quote name='Firetruck' timestamp='1306269163' post='5229474'] Catholic Church of Rwanda = Fail. [/quote] Thats better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Corgi Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 [quote name='Identity Unknown' timestamp='1306269281' post='5229481'] Thats better... [/quote] No. The Catholic Church had laws for priests that forbid them to marry girls, so the priests raped a shitload of women. Not fail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 [quote name='Firetruck' timestamp='1306269592' post='5229494'] No. The Catholic Church had laws for priests that forbid them to marry girls, so the priests raped a shitload of women. Not fail? [/quote] You're making generalizations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Corgi Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 [quote name='ADHD-Guitar' timestamp='1306269810' post='5229506'] You're making generalizations. [/quote] I need an explanation of what "generalization" means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 [quote name='Firetruck' timestamp='1306270059' post='5229517'] I need an explanation of what "generalization" means. [/quote] You worded your statement as if every single priest has been guilty of rape. In reality, it was 4% of them. That's still an assload of them, but you can't accuse priests in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Corgi Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 [quote name='ADHD-Guitar' timestamp='1306270348' post='5229534'] You worded your statement as if every single priest has been guilty of rape. In reality, it was 4% of them. That's still an assload of them, but you can't accuse priests in general. [/quote] I didnt. I said an shitload of priests where rapists, 4% is acctually a shitload. THE REST IS VIRGINS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mehmani Posted May 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 [quote name='ADHD-Guitar' timestamp='1306269002' post='5229470'] 800,000? Holy sh**! This thread screams, "Cool story bro." Anyway, I think it's good that this story is getting out there, because I had never heard about this before, but I fail to see how this warrants an "LOLOLOLOL." Religious violence is one of those "old news is old" topics. As for the Catholic Church not apologizing, I'm not surprised at all. No large company, faction or government would ever make a public, "we dun goofed" apology, especially when they have that kind of power. [/quote] The LOLOLOLOL look what I found ;P was a parody of your Soviet persecution thread. Soviet persecution of Christians was child's play compared to the Spanish Inquisition. The sad part is that no one knows the real figure. It could be anything from that to 1,200,000. I really don't think it is acceptable for me to post some of the rather gruesome pictures, I encourage you to Google them instead. The massacre at the school where thousands of children were exterminated...the school is now a museum of Genocide. There is only one exhibit - every room is filled with the bones and emaciated corpses of children. Sickening. [quote name='ADHD-Guitar' timestamp='1306269810' post='5229506'] You're making generalizations. [/quote] I take it you haven't heard of the document Ratzinger issued in the 60s. It's a decree that means that no evidence of any sexual crime a priest commits can be released until the victim is twenty-eight years old (ten years after adulthood). This is done not to protect the victim, but to protect the priest. It only came to light a little while ago after a rogue priest showed the document to a lawyer. I'm not sure of the exact number, but something like four or five popes have committed sex acts on children, and these are only the ones we know of (a Pope Gregory had a heart attack midway through sodomizing a page boy once). I'm not generalizing. According to a survey, somewhere between 20-50% of Catholic priests are gay (I know a couple, one's a great guy). That's a huge figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Revan of the Sith Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 [quote name='Mikhail Nekem'evič Tal' timestamp='1306271994' post='5229626'] The LOLOLOLOL look what I found ;P was a parody of your Soviet persecution thread. Soviet persecution of Christians was child's play compared to the Spanish Inquisition. [/quote] Thank you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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