This was one of my favorite Dawkins Debates. In 2018 the good Cardinal was convicted in 2 separate courts in Australia on two separate instances of child molestation. Sadly, an appeals court squashed BOTH convictions earlier this year saying only that both juries should have had doubts and now the Vatican is examining the appeals. (don't hold your breath)
But its a fast paced world and there's no rest for the wicked. Just 4 days ago....
Get a good look to make sure if he beats the new investigation and becomes the new monsignor in your neighborhood after the Roman Catholic Church demotes him and sends him here, you smile wryly at your catholic neighbors....But only if they have children, of course. And only if those children are boys...
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PabloNeruda
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Apr 21, 2020
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Sorry I loved the bit by Richard and but the moment the paedophile started speaking it made me feel ill. That he can be as morally corrupt at he is and sit there spouting rubbish about how xtianity saved people and then to say they are new testament people (I am pretty sure the ones around in the Roman times he spoke of would have been old testament and isn't all of it the word of god?) I could not listen to him.
Budgie
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Apr 20, 2020
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Yeah, I have that same reaction...
That's an interesting story where an appeals court apparently just says the jury was wrong and overturns the concoction. Isn't that just how juries and jury trials work?
prometheus
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Apr 19, 2020
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Terrible performance by Pell. I remember watching it back then. Why did God choose the Jews, since the Egyptions were more advanced, he asks? Duh! We evolved from Neandathols. Double Duh! We know this because they aren't around anymore. Triple Duh! The look on Dawkin's face. It was shameful to pitch a doofus like Pell against Dawkins. But that's our ABC, now. Anything for ratings, entertainment, forget serious debate. As an Australian I was appalled by this episode.
David1955
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Apr 19, 2020
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I was curious to know: In Australia, how common is it for an Appeals Court to hear the appeal of 2 separate trials in 2 separate courts?
Being Australian, maybe you k.now...
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