Does Dawkins think he’s Napoleon? If so, he’s Crazy
Many of us have felt enraged, and often close to tears of frustration over ignorance and malice of the press in their treatment of the Pope in these last few weeks.
Maybe it’s time for a laugh, courtesy of this editorial by Hilary White, on the attempts by the two most embarrassing atheists alive, Messieurs Dawkins and Hitchens (who else?) to have the Pope arrested when he visits Great Britain this fall. Maybe the press will finally back off, when it learns these two nutjobs are involved in the attack against Benedict. Oh, they originally got acclaim for their books, but now people just more or less look at them funny when they talk. Think of the two oddest uncles at the secularists’ family reunion.
Pointing out that the behavior of the author of The God Delusion, has become more and more well, delusional, the author compares him to Napoleon, who actually did arrest a Pope — Pius VII — and held him captive for six years, an adventure that didn’t turn out well for the emperor:
It is notable that upon Napoleon’s defeat and imprisonment on the remote island of St. Helena, Pius VII begged the British government to treat his former captor more gently.
It is to be hoped that Professor Dawkins has not yet come to the point where he believes he is Napoleon, but if he has, I am confident that our current pope, known for his gentleness and courtly good manners, will be as solicitous for his welfare as was his predecessor for that of the former Emperor.
Do read the whole thing. But this passage really stood out.
But laugh, or cry, as we might, there is a serious side to all this: these men are using the misery and suffering of the victims of horrible sexual crimes for their own political purposes, and worse, for their own self-aggrandizement. The frenzy of pope-bashing that has gone on since Holy Week is an insult not only to the man who has done more than any other religious or political leader to put a stop to the sexual abuse of young people, but to those who have suffered from the crimes and those who have tried to help them.
Amen!
Here’s a very funny take on Dawkins’ megalomania:
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Frank Kelly
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 at 2:17 pm
How many times have we seen this Hitler footage used in this way? Pathetic!
To liken Dawkins, a scholar and a gentleman, to the man who had the support of Nazi-saluting German cardinals, bishops, and priests in the 1930’s, is ironically blinkered thinking beyond belief. It is the Catholic Church (my old crutch) which is fascist in its very essence which is why it covered up child-raping predators within its ranks.
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Lori
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 at 10:02 am
Well, Mr. Kelly, one thing you and poor Mr. Dawkins obviously share is a complete lack of a sense of humor.
In regard to your other charges, even if there were some priests who did not stand up to Hitler, why do you completely fail to mention the many who heroically resisted, even to martyrdom? I guess it just doesn’t fit in with your present world view, which evidently doesn’t admit of any contrary evidence. Much more of a “crutch” than your former Catholicism, I think.
And I guess every other Christian denomination and all of our public school systems, not to mention liberal darlings like Planned Parenthood are all fascist by their very nature too, because they have all covered up for child-raping predators. This is a human problem that isn’t confined to the Catholic Church.