{"id":2226,"date":"2009-11-09T09:29:35","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T01:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2009-11-09T09:29:35","modified_gmt":"2009-11-09T01:29:35","slug":"is-the-catholic-church-a-force-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/2009\/11\/09\/is-the-catholic-church-a-force-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Catholic Church a force for good?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Is the Catholic Church a force for good in the world?” was the topic for an interesting debate recently aired on BBC World.<\/p>\n

The outcome was entirely unsurprising – not due to the unbalanced quality of the speakers, but because of the clearly unassailable position of the church. I honestly feel that it would be easier to argue that a large multinational corporation is a force for good. What does that say about the world?<\/p>\n

Here’s the video playlist (it’s long, but worthwhile):<\/p>\n

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Here’s a summary from the YouTube page<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Aired 11-7-09 on BBC World<\/p>\n

Is the Catholic church a force for good in the world?<\/p>\n

“It stands up for the oppressed and offers spiritual succour to billions say the Church’s supporters. But what about the Church’s teachings on condoms, gays and women priests, ask the detractors.”<\/p>\n

Speaking for the motion, Archbishop John Onaiyekan and Anne Widdencombe MP. Speaking against the motion, Christopher Hitchens and Stephen Fry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

via VideoSift<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Is the Catholic Church a force for good in the world?” was the topic for an interesting debate recently aired on BBC World. The outcome was entirely unsurprising – not due to the unbalanced quality of the speakers, but because of the clearly unassailable position of the church. I honestly feel that it would be … Continue reading “Is the Catholic Church a force for good?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paLsRH-zU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2226"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2235,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions\/2235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}