It's Time to Quit the Catholic Church

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 26 August 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Another child abuse scandal rocks the Catholic Church. We explore the reports coming out of Pennsylvania, and the Church's long, ugly track record of abuse and coverup. Freedom From Religion Foundation's Andrew Seidel joins the conversation.

Articles:
CNN ARTICLE: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/21/world/catholic-church-abuse-scandal-timeline/index.html
ANDREW SEIDEL'S ARTICLE: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/freethoughtnow/pa-abuse-report
FRIENDLY ATHEIST'S ARTICLE: http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/08/15/here-are-the-worst-abuses-by-catholic-priests-from-the-pa-grand-jurys-report/
PENNSYLVANIA GRAND JURY REPORT: http://media-downloads.pacourts.us/InterimRedactedReportandResponses.pdf?cb=22148
FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION: http://www.ffrf.org

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0:00.0	Okay, here we go, standby.
0:01.6	Three, two, one.
0:03.8	Action!
0:06.4	Assume nothing.
0:08.2	Rash, bald face, black for me.
0:10.5	Question.
0:11.5	Everything.
0:12.3	Find it extremely hard to imagine.
0:14.1	Open your eyes.
0:16.3	It is quite all right to be an atheist.
0:18.6	The fastest growing group of people in the country
0:21.0	has been measured as being those who have no belief
0:23.4	or who are atheists.
0:24.9	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:27.3	Challenge the opposition.
0:28.9	You see religion on 100 fronts losing the argument.
0:32.8	And start thinking.
0:37.8	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
0:44.6	And here we go again.
0:48.2	Another quote unquote, breaking story
0:51.4	about sexual abuse allegations from within the Catholic Church
0:55.8	and the cover-up of an article posted at CNN
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