Whoops! GNU Atheist PZ Myers Falls For A Prank: "My Sense Of Justice Rises In Terrible Joy That German Lawyers Have Filed Charges Against Ratzinger"

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A Soldier before the Cell of St Peter

How embarrassing! PZ got himself in trouble big time! He jumped the gun thinking that the two German lawyers were legit lawyers who filed charges against Ratzinger in the International Criminal Court, instead, these two lawyers, Christian Sailer and Gert-Joachim Hetzel, belong to a religious sect called the "Universal Life" that 'follows the teachings of self-proclaimed prophet Gabriele Wittek. Wittek, who claims to receive messages directly from Jesus Christ.' Way to go Professor you just shot yourself in the foot! Read his post, the professors doesn't have a clue that the two lawyers are cranks! Myers takes it as a serious court filing with legit grievances. GNU Atheist Myers is losing it! It took awhile for PZ to be alerted to the fact that his blog was siding with religious bigots/nutcases. I post PZ Myers comments explaining that he wasn't duped, Myers tries desperately to defend his wisdom etc.. ha ha ha..


Please perp walk the pope
Category: Religion
Posted on: February 25, 2011 10:51 AM, by PZ Myers

Not that I have much expectation that these charges will be acted upon, but a couple of German lawyers have filed charges against Ratzinger in the International Criminal Court. My sense of justice rises in terrible joy at the accusation, though.

Their charges concern "three worldwide crimes which until now have not been denounced . . . (as) the traditional reverence toward 'ecclesiastical authority' has clouded the sense of right and wrong".

They claim the Pope "is responsible for the preservation and leadership of a worldwide totalitarian regime of coercion which subjugates its members with terrifying and health-endangering threats".

They allege he is also responsible for "the adherence to a fatal forbiddance of the use of condoms, even when the danger of HIV-Aids infection exists" and for "the establishment and maintenance of a worldwide system of cover-up of the sexual crimes committed by Catholic priests and their preferential treatment, which aids and abets ever new crimes".

They claim the Catholic Church "acquires its members through a compulsory act, namely, through the baptism of infants that do not yet have a will of their own". This act was "irrevocable" and is buttressed by threats of excommunication and the fires of hell.

It was "a grave impairment of the personal freedom of development and of a person's emotional and mental integrity". The Pope was "responsible for its preservation and enforcement and, as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith of his Church, he was jointly responsible" with Pope John Paul II.

Catholics "threatened by HIV-AIDS … are faced with a terrible alternative: If they protect themselves with condoms during sexual intercourse, they become grave sinners; if they do not protect themselves out of fear of the punishment of sin threatened by the church, they become candidates for death."

My one reservation is that by charging the Pope alone, they are letting the whole damnable hierarchy of the church and a few centuries worth of evil doctrines off the hook.

Comments:

Posted by: nickmatzke.ncse February 25, 2011 12:04 PM

The Catholics have already pointed out some pretty devastating thing about these kooks. I haven't verified it, but if anything like this is true...egg on your face.

'Christian Sailer and Gert-Joachim Hetzel, based at Marktheidenfeld in the Pope’s home state of Bavaria, last week submitted a 16,500-word document to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court at the Hague, Dr Luis Moreno Ocampo.’ What Patsy McGarry doesn’t report is that Christian Sailer and Gert-Joachim Hetzel are two lawyers who belong to the “Universal Life” sect, ‘a religious group that follows the teachings of self-proclaimed prophet Gabriele Wittek, who claims to receive messages directly from Jesus Christ.’ In 2000 Christian Sailer and Gert-Joachim Hetzel asked the German Ministry for Families to classify the Bible as inappropriate literature for children. The application was rejected by Minister Christine Bergmann.

Whoops!

Posted by: PZ Myers February 25, 2011 12:15 PM

So, Nick, I should judge people's views on the basis of their other positions? I should reject Ken Miller's excellent critiques of intelligent design because he's a Catholic? I don't give a damn about the German lawyers religion -- I like their critique of the pope.

PZ Myers is just another bigot who hates the Holy Roman Catholic Church, just as the two prankster lawyers hate Her, Myers pretends to put a new face on bigotry with "Science", but is doesn't work very well, the GNU Atheist movement uses the same exact tactics to attack the Holy Roman Catholic Church as did Martin Luther, as did all bigoted heretics in the past. Myers said he doesn't give a damn about the religion of the two pranksters, the reason why he doesn't care is because:

Birds resort unto their like Ecclesiasticus 27:10