In his Good Friday (being nailed to a stick was a good day?) address, Pope Benedict had a word or two to say about science. You’ve probably heard some of these words before: satanic, sinful, evil, filth, blah…blah…blah.

Of course, he wasn’t referring to all of science, just the bits he and his invisible mate disapprove of, such as genetics and stem cell research. From an article in The Times (UK):

“Particular condemnation is reserved for scientific advances in the field of genetic manipulation. Warning against the move to “modify the very grammar of life as planned and willed by God”, the Pope will lead prayers against “insane, risky and dangerous” ventures in attempting “to take God’s place without being God”.”

“Modify the very grammar of life as planned and willed by God?”

Got any evidence for that claim pal? Nah, didn’t think so. We have LOTS for evolution though. Oh…sorry, I forgot you don’t care about evidence.

“‘Insane, risky and dangerous’ ventures…”

You hear voices from an invisible magic dude in the sky and you’re lecturing scientists on sanity? An entire army of pots and kettles are calling each other black, and laughing their asses off.

“To take God’s place without being God.”

I especially like the whole ‘playing God’ argument. Wouldn’t it be horrible if the scientists figured out how to cure all those nasty diseases? It would be nice if someone was playing God…like maybe, God. Why don’t you help us out magic dude? Oh, you don’t exist – sorry. Since you don’t exist, is it okay if we try to help ourselves out? Cool, thanks.

The Pope also asked: “Where is Jesus in the agony of our own time, in the division of our world into belts of prosperity and belts of poverty?”

Yeah, where the hell is that guy? Didn’t he say he’d be coming back? Oh, that’s right – he told his mates in the Bible he’d be back in their lifetimes; guess he’s not coming then. How disappointing, I love a good magic trick as much as the next guy.

This Pope might even be worse than the last one. At least JP recognized the validity of evolution. How long before this guy rescinds those statements and publicly backs intelligent design? Get your bets in the pool people.