Think Progress
Appearing on a webcast hosted by the conservative Family Research Council, Walker Nickless, the Bishop of Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, warned the Obama administration’s new contraception policy is the work of “the devil,” who “wants to silence the [Catholic] Church’s voice.” During the interview, first flagged by Right Wing Watch, Nickless said, “The power of evil, the devil, is certainly looking everywhere where the power of evil can make a difference.” “And that’s why we’ve got to stand up and violently oppose this,” he added, “we cannot let darkness overshadow us.”
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While it’s unclear if Nickless is calling for literal violence in opposition to the mandate — something that’s difficult to square with Jesus Christ’s teaching that “if someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other” — or merely calling for strong resistance, his comment underscores the extreme rhetoric with which some religious conservatives have responded to the Obama Administration’s effort to ensure that all women have access to contraception. Some recently told Sean Hannity they’d be willing to die before complying with the law.
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Unfortunately the Church calling for violence isn’t so hard to image or square with if one consider their history of violent conquest and of missionary work of christian religion.
You know what’s funny? I can’t think of a single Biblical passage that even remotely refers to birth control of any kind.
I can think of lots of passages that forbid violence, greed, and lying. Not one about birth control.
It’s rather telling how people are willing to rise up violently and die over birth control, but don’t really care much about, say, people dying of hunger or lack of clean water.
You know what’s funny? I can’t think of a single Biblical passage that even remotely refers to birth control of any kind.
I can think of lots of passages that forbid violence, greed, and lying. Not one about birth control.
Touche’ WK!