Re: Michael Jackson bust

On 26 Nov 2003 04:41:07 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Crowley),
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alt.atheism;

>Gregory Gadow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> Are you familiar with Project Censored? (http://www.projectcensored.org/)?
>> It is an on-going group at Sonoma State University (part of the Califorina
>> State University system) that publishes an annual "top 20 censored news
>> stories." They have a section in the annual called "news abuse", which
>> gives the ten leading instances of overcovered news.
>> 
>> The Jackson arrest most certainly counts as news abuse; its prominance
>> means that CNN and Fox don't have to give so much coverage to the deaths
>> in Afghanistan, the "end of major conflict" in Iraq, the much opposed
>> Medicare prescription plan, the skyrocketing incidents of gay-bashing and
>> other hate crimes as a result of Gene Robinson's consecration and the
>> Massachussetts ruling, or any thing else that might be considered
>> meaningful information.
>
>The difference between Michael Jackson and any other alleged
>paedophile, or a past American President and any other alleged
>adulterer, or a former (now deceased) cricketer and any other gambling
>"fixer", or a movie star with weight problems and any other overweight
>person, is that they are public figures.  For every public figure
>arrested or criticised on such counts, there are probably hundreds of
>private individuals who are not publicly berated.
>
>It is a moot point whether the public figure should be so treated,
>although I suppose if they gain the benefit of sympathetic media and
>marketing in more favourable times, then they are at the risk of the
>opposite happening in due course.
>
>IN the case of the church, I believe God (I'm a Christian obviously)
>wants His church back in one piece.  Between the thousands of
>differing Protestant sects who cannot agree despite having the same
>Bible by the same Holy Spirit, poltical chicanery by the Orthodox
>churches in Russia and the Balkans, the alleged infallibility of the
>Magisterium, the banning of the pill by the Catholic Church (I believe
>in fact it was God's gift), and now the coverups of paedophilia by
>Catholic church officials, there is not much hope.

Ummm, Bob, by definition everything that occurs is "God's Will."

However, back to reality, if the church bothered to follow what the
Bible says they wouldn't be in this predicament.  If the church had
compassion, empathy, integrity, humility, and humanity and no Bible they
wouldn't be in this self-generated predicament.

>No wonder He is allowing the Moslems to challenge the West.  I think
>He's had enough and is going to jettison the current status quo and
>start afresh.

You worship a malevolent, unintelligent, and very weak deity construct.

>Bob Crowley.

         

   
             Stoney
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               and
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